Recalls gaining steam in MI.

[Flying Dog]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071004/NEWS06/710040353

This is ridiculous. A raise from 3.9% to 4.35% doesn't warrant a recall.

[Speed of Sound]

Well, this doesnt bode well at all for incumbents in the state. Clearly Michiganders are feeling restless, so bump every race a point or two towards the challenger.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071004/NEWS06/710040353

This is ridiculous. A raise from 3.9% to 4.35% doesn't warrant a recall.

What about a 6% sales on services, such as nail salonists, tourism, storage, packaging, shipping, advising, etc...?

[JohnnyLongtorso]

If you don't like what your elected officials are doing, then vote them out in the next election. Recalls are only supposed to be used in extreme circumstances. This is absurd.

[Nym90]

I wouldn't go so far as to say "gaining steam". This type of thing is frequently tried in Michigan and never succeeds. For starters a million signatures are needed to even get the issue on the ballot, which is a pretty high threshold to meet in a state the size of Michigan.

The tax increase was sorely needed to ensure that further cuts in state services, which have already been stripped to the bone, were not necessary. State governments of course don't have the luxury of running a budget deficit like the federal government does; what if Bush were forced to raise taxes to pay for the war in Iraq? What would his approval rating be then?

[Ban my account ffs!]

BAAAAhahahahaha!  I don't want to hear complaining from Michiganders about income taxes!

We pay 7.05% of our income to the state.  On top of that, we pay 7% in sales tax (6.5% to the state, .5% to the city) and 1.2% of our property value to the county...

The poor pay 5.85% in income taxes and the rich 7.85%  Some Democrats wanted to create a new bracket for those making more than $250,000/yr and raise the tax to 9%, but that was rejected.

I think people are getting their panties in a wad over this all for nothing, really.  It could be much worse.

Then there's Missouri which actually has a regressive income tax system:

http://www.thebestinvesting.info/taxes/state/state_images/state_2.jpg

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Dude, there's nothing notable about regressive state taxes. At least 49 states have a regressive state tax structure. Politicians are generally a bunch of poor haters.