Mark Maynard | Michigan

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 anti-university, 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 Republicans, progressive taxation, public education, revolution, Rick Snyder, tax credits, tax policy, tax the rich, trickle down economics, we need a revolution | 20 Comments

California bans the pay-the-gay-away psychological torture of LGBT youth known as “reparative therapy”

By Mark | October 1, 2012

As you may recall, former Ypsilantian Josh Steichman told us earlier this summer that he was working on a campaign to see the so-called reparative therapy of minors outlawed in California. Well, this weekend, Josh and the rest of the Equality California team were successful. California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law legislation that would [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties | Also tagged AB 1505, AB 1700, AB 1856, anti-science, anxiety, But I'm a Cheerleader, California, closet case, conversion therapy, depression, Don't Ask Don't Tell, EOS, Equality California, ex gay, gay, gay marriage, gay rights, George Rekers, homophobia, Jerry Brown, Josh Steichman, legislation, LGBTQ, lube, Magic Mike, Marcus Bachmann, Michele Bachmann, pay the gay away, pray the gay away, psychological abuse, rent boy, reparative therapy, Rick Snyder, SB 1140, self hatred, suicide, Ted Lieu, therapy, UCLA, Vermont, Wisconsin, Ypsilanti water tower | 39 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 anti-university, 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 Republicans, progressive taxation, public education, revolution, tax credits, tax policy, tax the rich, we need a revolution | 58 Comments

Rewarding Corporations While Punishing Workers

By Mark | March 19, 2011

Our friends at ThinkProgress had a great piece yesterday on how different states are setting out to address their budget shortfalls. It would seem that not all states are seeking to balance their budgets on the backs of the middle class while at the same time handing away billions in tax breaks to the corporate [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Arizona, Brian Schweitzer, Chris Christie, Dan Malloy, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Jan Brewer, John Kasich, Kansas, Larry O'Neal, Maine, Mark Dayton, New Jersey, Nikki Haley, Ohio, Paul LePag, Pennsylvania, Republican governors, Rick Scot, Rick Snyder, Sam Brownback, South Carolina, ThinkProgress, Tom Branstad, Tom Corbett | 35 Comments

Michigan gets screwed with federal stimulus spending

By Mark | May 29, 2009

According to USA Today, Michigan, arguably the worst off of the 50 states, is getting just a fraction of what some other, more well-off states are getting when it comes to federal stimulus spending. Here’s a clip: States hit hardest by the recession received only a few of the government’s first stimulus contracts, even though [...]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Arms Forest, Federal Procurement Data System, stimulus, The Hard Lessons, unemployment, USA Today | 7 Comments

Tag Archives: Michigan

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

California bans the pay-the-gay-away psychological torture of LGBT youth known as “reparative therapy”

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

Rewarding Corporations While Punishing Workers

Michigan gets screwed with federal stimulus spending

Connect

Recent Comments

Elsewhere

Arts and Culture

Friends

Information, News & Politics

Organizations

SE Michigan Blogs

Special Projects

Ypsi Living

Search