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Middle class Michiganders to pay considerably more in taxes despite the anti-tax rhetoric of Lansing Republicans

By Mark | February 19, 2013

Reading an article in the Detroit Free Press this evening about how taxes are going up precipitously on working class Michiganders, I’m reminded of something that I wrote about a year ago for this site. Here’s how my post began. Why is it that we allow the Republicans to refer to themselves as the anti-tax [...]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Observations, Politics | Also tagged class warfare, crazy ideas that just might work, Earned Income Tax Credit, Ed Asner California Association of Teachers, EITC, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager Act, higher education, income disparity, income tax, Kickstarter, local income tax, Michael Stampfler, Michigan, Michigan Republicans, progressive taxation, public education, revolution, Rick Snyder, tax credits, tax policy, tax the rich, trickle down economics, we need a revolution | 20 Comments

How do you convey to people the seriousness of what’s happening to Michigan’s working class?

By Mark | April 23, 2012

Why is it that we allow the Republicans to refer to themselves as the anti-tax party, when they keep demonstrating that they clearly aren’t? Sure, they’re all for the cutting of business taxes, inheritance taxes, and other taxes that would threaten to decrease the wealth of their party’s high-net-worth donors, but, invariably, those shifts in [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Ideas, Politics, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged class warfare, crazy ideas that just might work, Earned Income Tax Credit, EITC, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager Act, higher education, income disparity, income tax, Kickstarter, local income tax, Michael Stampfler, Michigan, Michigan Republicans, progressive taxation, public education, revolution, tax credits, tax policy, tax the rich, we need a revolution | 58 Comments

HOTT LAVA on Friday night at the Yellow Barn

By Mark | June 10, 2010

In less than 24 hours, my friend Forest “the one man arts community of Ann Arbor” Juziuk, whom you might remember from the Corner Brewery’s men’s bathroom, will be hosting something in Ann Arbor called HOTT LAVA. In an effort to understand what it’s all about, I’ve asked Forest a few questions… Here are his [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 5 o'Clock Vodka, Add new tag, Alivia Zivich, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, art films, Art School Girls Of Doom, arthouse, avant-garde, Benoit Pioulard, Bill Frisell, Bill Morrison, Black & Mild, Blues Control, Brakhage, Brian Hunter, Burton Theatre, Charles Burns, Chicago Underground Duo, conspiracy theories, counter-culture, Criterion, Dan Tower, Dark Matter, David Daniell & Doug McCombs, David Wm. Sims, Demons, Dirty Tricks Done in the Park Like Three Quarks for Muster Mark Meant to Leave You in the Dark, Dog Boy, Dreamland Theater, Erin Nicole Bratkovich, Everything Is Terrible!, experimental film, Flying Lotus, Forest Juziuk, GARY, Geoff Perrin, Harry Smith, Hausu, Heaven & Earth Magic, Hello Dad I'm in Jail, Hot Lava, HOTT LAVA, IFC, independent film, Invisible Hands, Jeremy Lemos, Jesus Lizard, John North Wright, Kranky Records, Liquid Television, Mark Mothersbaugh, Matt Clark, Maya Deren, Meshes of the Afternoon, microcinema, Mountains, Mystery Party, Noveller, one man arts community, Philip Glass, Port Huron, Richard Kern, Richard Sala, Sarah Lipstate, social clubs, Strictly Modern, The Butchers, The Garland Street Men's Society, tiparellos, Tom Carey, unFact, Was Not Was, Water Street Video, White/Light, Windy Weber, Winter Steele, Yellow Barn | 8 Comments

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Middle class Michiganders to pay considerably more in taxes despite the anti-tax rhetoric of Lansing Republicans

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