Tag Archives: income tax

Rick Snyder’s budget and the impact on cities like Ypsilanti

A couple nights ago, I posted something here about our Governor’s proposed 2012 budget. My impression, as I shared with you, was that, while he was doing some things that were both good and necessary, he was, for the most part, just shifting the economic burden to the local communities, who would be forced to […]

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Spending my night learning about James Couzens

My friend Dave in Seattle mentioned to me a few days ago that he’s been reading a biography written in the 1950’s on former Detroit Mayor and U.S. Senator James Couzens (1872-1936). The book, “Independent Man,” sounds incredibly interesting, and I’ve been spending my time this evening reading up on Couzens, who, prior to going […]

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Monday night news dump

There were three stories in the news tonight that I wanted to write about, before my brain got hijacked by local politics. I don’t have time to write about any of them at length right now, as my eyelids are beginning to droop, but I did want to pass along the links, as they’re all […]

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Taxed Enough Already

Footage from the big D.C. Tea Party rally on Thursday: Untitled from elizabeth glover on Vimeo. It seems that Tea Baggers are irate over the recent tax increases that Obama has forced down the throats of the American middle class. I’d be the first to agree that their anger was justified, if only the facts […]

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