Detroit Free Press: Time to Talk Tax Equality in Michigan
media mentionMichigan ranks 29th in personal tax equality and 48th in the percentage of tax revenue contributed by businesses, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the House Fiscal Agency.
Why is it that an impoverished family living in Flint making $10,000 a year and a working-class family in Howell making $50,000 both contribute 9.2% of their hard-earned money each year, while a billionaire like Manuel (Matty) Moroun contributes less than 5% toward an education system, work force and infrastructure that helped him accumulate a personal wealth of $1.5 billion?