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At 5:53am on January 7th, 2009, Daar Fisher said…

Hi Brian , I’m the Internal Communication Director for the Michigan FairTax Assn. As you’re aware, our state legislature has recently enacted the Michigan Business Tax [MBT] as a response to ending the Single Business Tax [SBT] (a gross receipts tax). Our goal is to inform Michiganders about a proposed Michigan FairTax alternative that would both simplify, and stimulate, Michigan's business / jobs climate in order to stem the mass-emigration of businesses and families currently taking place.

The proposed Michigan FairTax would REPLACE the income tax and current sales tax, with a consumption tax (sales tax at point of retail sale). Under this plan, no more state tax will be withheld from Michigan wage-earners' paychecks. What's more, every Michigan resident-family will receive a monthly "prebate" check, in amount based on family size. This will ensure that NO Michigan family will EVEN BEGIN paying the MI FairTax on goods / services unless, or until, they exceed poverty-level spending.

Under the MI FairTax plan, points of collection are substantially reduced to just retailers, many of whom are already collecting sales tax. Because service providers must account for income tax withholding and compliance costs, their prices carry a hidden tax which a FairTax will make visible. (Business-to-business purchases would not carry the tax, as this would, again, hide the cost of taxation in prices.)

Because of the "prebate" (advance rebate calculated as .0975 x $ [poverty level spending per family size]) to ALL Michigan-resident households, the MI FairTax rate would effectively be 0% on all monthly family spending to the poverty level; thereafter it's 9.75%. A reasonably inferred average effective rate would be ~5.5% (see p.2 of pdf brochure, also review an economic analysis [pdf] on MI FairTax effects prepared by the Hillsdale Policy Group).

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At 1:38pm on October 9th, 2008, Monterey Wheeler said…: Ah yes...I recognize that face. Cara would love it!

At 9:44am on October 9th, 2008, Brian Confer said…: There. I think this is my good side. Yes? No?

At 9:12am on October 9th, 2008, Diane Kolak said…: A photographer without an avatar? Seriously?

At 12:12pm on October 8th, 2008, Michael Thompson said…: Hey Brian,

I don't know that we've really met, but I'm the nerd-ish fellow that resides in Artville.

At 12:02pm on October 8th, 2008, Monterey Wheeler said…: Hey Brian, you've changed! Welcome to the community (sounds kinda' like Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood!) Cheers, mw