Yesterday we talked about Obstructionist of the House Andy Dillon's refusal to allow a vote or even a committee hearing on a series of Republican bills designed to assist homeowners struggling under the weight of Jennifer Granholm's economy.  

What with today being tax day it only seems appropriate that we shift our focus onto efforts dealing specifically with the fruits of Dillon's labor, the massive tax hike he and his Dem cronies rammed through the House last fall after shutting down the State government for the first time ever.

House Republicans yesterday held a press conference to call attention to their attempts to force an up or down vote on legislation aimed at rolling back last year's income tax hike.  Representative Phil Pavlov is scheduled to drop the bill today.  They'd like to see the rate moved from 4.35% back to 3.9% where it was before the Dems got their grubby little paws on it.

When you do the math that'd come out to about $300 a year for the average Michigan family.  Heck, when you think about it in those terms it's like doubling the federal "stimulus" package that's hitting mailboxes now.  Except this time it'd actually be based on taxes paid which is always a good thing.

Not that you'd get that vibe from the do-nothing Democrats in the House of Representatives.  They're pretending this issue doesn't exist and hoping it'll go away.  They claim it's just not feasible.  That the rollback of their precious tax cut would blow a massive hole in the budget.  Give them enough time and you'd probably hear them echo Granholm's old arguments that schools would close and sick people would die.  Which begs the question... if it's that rotten an idea then obviously it'd go down to defeat... so why not hold the vote?

The answer, obviously, is that it'd put their members in a tricky situation.  Who wants to go on record voting against a tax cut right before an election... especially when there's more than enough savings waiting to be picked from the low branches.  

The House Republicans aren't just proposing we blow a hole in the budget.  They've got a giant list of pretty common-sense and imminently doable cuts and reforms that'd wipe the red ink right out of the budget.

Read on...