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Wildlife Experts versus Media Showmen
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 4:30pm —
A True-Life Steel Magnolia
As a young man I believed that the woman I loved would be a tender, delicate rose.… Continue
Posted on October 11th, 2009 at 2:03am —
Priorities in a Real Survival Situation
Posted on September 29th, 2009 at 2:03pm —
Hard Facts About Gray Wolves:
Posted on August 31st, 2009 at 3:30pm —
"Futurehunt," a sci-fi story
Posted on August 25th, 2009 at 8:00pm —
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This is an interesting time to be a writer or in publishing, isn't it? So much is expected to be free and yet at the same time, it costs time and money to write something informed, reported, etc. I can certainly empathize with your challenge. I'm not involved in the freelance end of our products but will definitely pass your inquiry on to Jeff Smith, the editor of the magazines we produce.
This note was really meant to inspire organizations and individuals to share stories of participating, competing and giving back. I think a lot of people who are not writers or photographers aren't sure how to participate and yet, they have so much to share. It's just a new tool to build a sense of community.
Thanks for writing. We all so appreciate you being a part of this conversation. I'll pass along your inquiry to Jeff. And I'd say we're a week to 10 days away from peak color!
Deb
To try to fix Michigan's tax system, the legislature enacted the Michigan Business Tax. Trouble is, the MBT still remains a gross receipts tax - which was the problem with the Single Business Tax it was designed to replace. We've been working hard to get the word out about a fairer, progressive consumption tax plan known as the Michigan FairTax. In order to give Michigan voters the power to choose, we are laying the groundwork for a ballot drive to get the Michigan FairTax on the 2010 general election ballot.
What's more, every Michigan resident-family will receive a monthly "prebate" check, in amount based on family size (.0975 x $ [ poverty level per 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. Thus, the MI FairTax rate would effectively be 0% on all monthly family spending up to the monthly poverty level, thereafter it would be 9.75%. A reasonable average effective rate, inferred, would be about 5.5% (that's without putting anything away!) Monies placed into savings are not available to spend, and therefore would result in a further effective tax rate reduction.
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(We seldom email state-wide, generally notifying members nearby to events or initiatives.)
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Under a FairTax system, points of collection will be dramatically reduced (from millions of individuals to considerably fewer retailers, many of whom are already collecting sales tax). With a Michigan FairTax, income tax-- returns, audits, interest, and penalites vanish.
Currently, goods / services prices and fees carry income / payroll tax compliance costs - "a hidden tax," ultimately paid by us. The FairTax will externalize these costs, making them visible. Michigan exporters will then be able to jettison the FairTax, prior to shipment, making Michigan products more competitive, globally. The MI FairTax is NOT applied to non-retail, business-to-business purchases, as this inseparably embeds taxation costs in prices of finished goods and services.
This plan is revenue neutral, as it-- ends "first fruit" confiscation of wages, stops the practice of hiding consumer taxes in retail prices, makes the true cost of gov't visible, and properly pays for gov't as we meet personal and family needs. Take action! - JOIN OUR TAX REFORM ARMY - of 20,000, and counting! - to bring Michigan back!
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Made popular by the federal FairTax bill (H.R. 25, which was either co-sponsored or otherwise endorsed by several 2008 presidential candidates), this approach to taxation reaches across the political spectrum
Why the FairTax idea is right for America's working families.
Dr. Laurence Kotlikoff believes that it will take the FairTax to reverse unfunded U.S. government obligations, now above
$53$60 trillion and counting !