Issue Position: Tax Fairness

Issue Position

I am ready to go to Lansing and fight on your behalf to restore tax fairness and put some money back in your pockets. In 2011, the governor and Lansing legislators made severe changes to the Michigan tax code, punishing middle-class families and seniors. These changes include imposing a tax on retirement income, eliminating the Homestead Property Tax Credit for many families, a drastic cut to the Earned Income Tax Credit and the elimination of the $600 per-child tax deduction and tax credits for charitable donations. These changes were made to fund nearly $2 billion in tax breaks for big corporations, effectively making Michigan's low-income and middle-class families pay for a handout to big corporations. We were promised that these handouts would bring jobs to our state. But it has been two years, and our economy is still struggling. It's time for a change.

As your state representative, I pledge to work with my colleagues on both sides of
the aisle to fight against tax increases on the middle class and seniors every
time a new, harmful tax is introduced to the Legislature. I look forward to beginning the fight for Michigan's middle class.

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