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The Cheese Throw Down Afterglow (and a Trip for Tastebud Travelers Who Missed the Party)
Posted on May 11, 2009 at 1:30pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
This is what happens when a cheese lover attends an event showcasing a thousand-plus chunks of fine cheese and a dozen cheese-inspired gourmet dishes, all of which is washed down with her favorite local beers and wines.
Judging by the turnout (Bowers Harbor Inn, its fabulous new outdoor… Continue
I am the cheese.
Posted on May 5, 2009 at 8:11am 3 Comments 0 Likes
These are my deserted-island three. My last-meal trifecta. My go-to, triple-time-healer of a broken heart, bad hangover or even slightly irritable episode of P.M.S.
I eat the big three, I feel joy. It’s very simple.
They don’t… Continue
Shop—in the name of Michigan State Park System love.
Posted on April 14, 2009 at 6:00am 4 Comments 0 Likes
Let’s start with the most respectable of the bunch: our state park system. Michigan’s such a dang pretty state—I mean, come on, 10,000-plus miles of shoreline, 31,407 islands, rolling hills, deep forests, wildflower meadows, four fabulously gorgeous seasons, and rivers and inland lakes everywhere you look—we Michiganders luck out wherever a state park… Continue
Much Like R. Kelly, I Believe I Can Fly.
Posted on February 24, 2009 at 6:00am 5 Comments 0 Likes
The problem? They don’t actually carve. They “sort of” carve. So says Ron anyway.
At first I am disappointed at this news. My slick, pretty, perfect… Continue
Rodent skiing: not cool.
Posted on February 9, 2009 at 11:17am 4 Comments 0 Likes
"Look around," he yells as I zip past him, chin to chest. "Check out the… Continue
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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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