Another "Call of the House", with no way, physically, to get to the outside world. As soon as the Floor Leader announced that we were officially locked in, we decided to go "At Ease". Kind of like being on a cruise ship, I guess, but without all that pesky sun and fun.
This from the Capitol Press Corp:
The House is expected to vote on five revenue bills during Tuesday’s session.
House Democrats are expected to caucus for several hours before the vote. If all five revenue proposals were to become law they would raise an estimated $345.8 million.
The revenue proposals are a 15 percent reduction in Michigan Business Tax credits, equal to $116.1 million, raising the state’s other tobacco products tax by $41 million, an extended hours liquor license fee to raise $13.7 million, freezing some personal exemptions to the income tax to save $55 million, and raising the earned income tax credit by less than the scheduled level to save $120 million.
A sixth proposal to launch a tax on physicians at 3 percent is not expected to come up for a vote today. Gongwer News Service will follow this story during Tuesday.
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Ken, I am becoming quite anxious. When I was in college taking economics classes we were taught that an unemployment rate of 12% or more defined a depression. We are at 15+, as you have stated. That does not count those who are jobless. The people of Michigan haven't the money in our pockets to spur the economy onto recovery and I understand the stimulus money is going to fill holes in the budget instead of creating jobs. And those that are in the majority want to take more from our pockets.
ReplyDeleteI ask you to help those of us who have been struggling to find meaningful & gainful employment.
Please reintroduce a bill that was first introduced by the disgraced Senator David Jaye that provided for funding to give free bus tickets to Arizona for anyone collecting welfare and amend it to provide the same for those of us who are either unemployed or under employed.
A bus ticket to Arizona would cost about the same as one months benefit that the bridge card for which I am having an intense internal struggle with myself to not fill out and send in an application.
Ken, thanks for all you do. Keep up the Good Fight!