Comments on: Michelle McManus to speak on Michigan's budget & business issues http://www.leelanau.com/blog/michelle-mcmanus-to-speak-on-michigans-budget-business-issues/ News, Weather, Events & Photos from Leelanau County & Northern Michigan Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:37:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Andrew McFarlane http://www.leelanau.com/blog/michelle-mcmanus-to-speak-on-michigans-budget-business-issues/#comment-6270 Andrew McFarlane Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:06:36 +0000 http://www.leelanau.com/blog/michelle-mcmanus-to-speak-on-michigans-budget-business-issues/#comment-6270 <p>I can't make it to the forum. I did send this question in:</p> <blockquote><p>Dear Sen. McManus,</p> <p>I regret that I will be unable to attend your talk Friday in Leland. As a business owner who may or may not be affected by the new service tax, I am extremely concerned that my business would be asked to pay the tax while lawyers, accountants and other consultants would not.</p> <p>As a school board member, I understand that Michigan somehow needs to increase tax revenues or risk becoming further mired in a downward spiral brought on by a poorly educated work force.</p> <p>I thought that this article proposing doing away with the unfair service tax and having a general increase in the business tax deserved serious consideration and would like to know what you think about it.<br /> http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071031/OPINION03/710310355</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> -Andy McFarlane</p></blockquote> I can't make it to the forum. I did send this question in:

Dear Sen. McManus,

I regret that I will be unable to attend your talk Friday in Leland. As a business owner who may or may not be affected by the new service tax, I am extremely concerned that my business would be asked to pay the tax while lawyers, accountants and other consultants would not.

As a school board member, I understand that Michigan somehow needs to increase tax revenues or risk becoming further mired in a downward spiral brought on by a poorly educated work force.

I thought that this article proposing doing away with the unfair service tax and having a general increase in the business tax deserved serious consideration and would like to know what you think about it.
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071031/OPINION03/710310355

Thanks,
-Andy McFarlane

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