2018 MI Governor's race: on Tax Reform
Bill Schuette:
Cut taxes and make Michigan a growth state
Q: Support President Trump's tax cuts? Cut Michigan taxes?Bill Schuette (R): Yes. "I will cut taxes like @POTUS did nationally and make Michigan a growth state." Reduce MI taxes from 4.25% to 3.9%.
Gretchen Whitmer (D):
No. Trump cuts help millionaires & billionaires, not families just trying to get by." Repeal retirement tax. Increase state user fees to pay for infrastructure.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Michigan Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Gretchen Whitmer:
Trump tax cuts help only millionaires & billionaires
Q: Support President Trump's tax cuts? Cut Michigan taxes?Bill Schuette (R): Yes. "I will cut taxes like @POTUS did nationally and make Michigan a growth state." Reduce MI taxes from 4.25% to 3.9%.
Gretchen Whitmer (D):
No. Trump cuts help millionaires & billionaires, not families just trying to get by." Repeal retirement tax. Increase state user fees to pay for infrastructure.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Michigan Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Bill Schuette:
Signed pledge to oppose any tax increase
I recently received high praise from the nation's preeminent grassroots leader for tax cuts. The president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), said, "Bill Schuette has been a consistent tax fighter and friend of taxpayers. Nobody will fight harder
or more effectively to cut taxes in Michigan, as President Trump has done nationally." I have signed ATR's Pledge to oppose any tax increase. If I have the honor of serving as governor, I will make eliminating Granholm's income tax hike a top priority.
Source: Holland Sentinel OpEd for 2018 Michigan gubernatorial race
May 28, 2018
Abdul El-Sayed:
Limit tax foreclosures for over-assessed Detroit properties
Over-inflated property taxes and inflexible state laws have created a cycle of foreclosures and blight in the heart of Detroit. Detroit property tax rates are among the highest in the country, in part because of collapsing property values after the
housing bubble burst. And for many years, Detroit didn't reassess properties to their current, depressed value, which would have decimated county revenues."Some people in Detroit are paying more than the value of their home every year in taxes,"
El-Sayed said. "If that happened in the suburbs, people would be up in arms." El-Sayed's plan builds in a review of every tax foreclosure for over-assessment. Any finding of over-assessment at any point would lead to automatic enrollment
in a discounted state repayment plan. Money from the state's Hardest Hit Fund could assist county governments with the review. El-Sayed would also streamline the process for a poverty exemption, which would no longer have to be handled in person.
Source: The Nation (newsmagazine) on 2018 Michigan governor race
Jan 29, 2018
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