Comments on: Minimal Reforms for Massive Tax Hike http://www.grpundit.com/2007/10/02/minimal-reforms-for-massive-tax-hike/ Politics | Economics | Society | Grand Rapids, Michigan Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:57:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: GRPundit http://www.grpundit.com/2007/10/02/minimal-reforms-for-massive-tax-hike/#comment-54 GRPundit Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:15:04 +0000 http://www.grpundit.com/2007/10/02/minimal-reforms-for-massive-tax-hike/#comment-54 1.5 billion divided by 10 million residents equals $150 per resident (man, woman, and child). Total household tax increase is about $400 per household. (Using census bureau data from 2007 - http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26000.html) 1.5 billion divided by 10 million residents equals $150 per resident (man, woman, and child). Total household tax increase is about $400 per household. (Using census bureau data from 2007 – http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26000.html)

]]> By: Rollnggrnade http://www.grpundit.com/2007/10/02/minimal-reforms-for-massive-tax-hike/#comment-53 Rollnggrnade Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:50:36 +0000 http://www.grpundit.com/2007/10/02/minimal-reforms-for-massive-tax-hike/#comment-53 Don't worry - MESSA is going away. School administrators who aren't part of the teachers unions have already been pushed out of MESSA and into health insurance pools. It's only a matter of time. I'm no mathematician (or economist either, apparently) but don't the tax increases total about $50/person per year for the average resident? Also - aren't there still $440 million worth of cuts yet to be made as part of this budget agreement? Don’t worry – MESSA is going away. School administrators who aren’t part of the teachers unions have already been pushed out of MESSA and into health insurance pools. It’s only a matter of time.

I’m no mathematician (or economist either, apparently) but don’t the tax increases total about $50/person per year for the average resident?

Also – aren’t there still $440 million worth of cuts yet to be made as part of this budget agreement?

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