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Tag: Speaker Bolger

Both Plans Gave Me Gas

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Wed Jan 23, 2013 at 01:26:37 PM EST
Tags: Speaker Bolger, Michigan Roads, Roger Kahn SEIU-lite, Rick Snyder, Big government, Budget, Wholesale Tax Hikes, gas tax, registration fees, Taxes, Exchanges, Obamacare, Gun Control, 2A, un-a-LIEN-able, Right to Life, Purge Violators, SB59, Rick Snyder Veto, CMU, Rape, Government sanctioned Homicide Zones, Michigan (all tags)

via freep.com

Michigan voters could face a May 7 vote on how they want to pay for billions of dollars in road and bridge repairs in the next few years.
A key lawmaker has put forward a plan under which voters would be asked to choose between a legislative plan to hike fuel taxes and vehicle registration fees, or a second option that would involve a 2-percentage-point increase in the state's 6% sales tax.
The statewide vote would be premised on the gas tax increase and vehicle registration hike already getting approved in the Legislature. So choosing neither would not be an option.
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Yessirree, SSDD in Lansing.

Funny how 2¢ was viewed not long ago. Keep that stiff upper lip, Speaker Bolger.

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Taxpayers Should Be Last Place We Look

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Fri Jan 18, 2013 at 01:55:47 PM EST
Tags: Speaker Bolger, Michigan Roads, Rick Snyder, Big government, Budget, gas tax, registration fees, Taxes, Exchanges, Obamacare, Gun Control, 2A, un-a-LIEN-able, Right to Life, Purge Violators, SB59, Rick Snyder Veto, CMU, Rape, Government sanctioned Homicide Zones, Michigan (all tags)

Stand tall, legislators! The One Term Nerd works to undermine your most every important move. There are options available to help solve road funding.

Ps. standing tall includes all local Party leaders, too.

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

Good News On The Guv Nerdholm Income Tax Affront

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Wed Jan 25, 2012 at 11:29:25 AM EST
Tags: Governor Snyder, Anti-Right To Work, DRIC-NITC, Light Rail boondoggles, Massive Federal debt is not a factor, Obamacare Health Exchange, Foreign National Job Preference, H-1B Visas, EB-5 Citizenship, Wholesale Gas Tax, Registration Fees, Stem Cell Research, Government Funding, Reinventing Climate Change, Cowardly with Detroits Financial Disaster, Progressives, Been there done that with Granholm, HB 4087, Senate Republicans, From 8 with lifetime benefits to 50, Speaker Bolger (all tags)

It appears the Rick Nerdholm push-back in the Senate is finally start to happen. Senator Jack Brandenburg-R has introduced SB 906 that if passed, will place the State Income Tax rollback again on its proper course.

Thanks to Sens. David Robertson, James Marleau, David Hildenbrand, Howard Walker, Patrick Colbeck, Michael Kowall, Michael Green, Rick Jones, Joseph Hune, Tory Rocca, Tupac Hunter for cosponsoring.

Leader Richardville, all eyes are watching you.

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Amazing Jase How Sweet This Sounds

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Tue Jan 24, 2012 at 01:32:15 PM EST
Tags: Governor Snyder, Anti-Right To Work, DRIC-NITC, Light Rail boondoggles, Massive Federal debt is not a factor, Obamacare Health Exchange, Obamacare suit in jeopardy, Foreign National Job Preference, H-1B Visas, EB-5 Citizenship, Wholesale Gas Tax, Registration Fees, Stem Cell Research, Government Funding, Reinventing Climate Change, Cowardly with Detroits Financial Disaster, Progressives, Been there done that with Granholm, HB 4087, Senate Republicans, From 8 with lifetime benefits to 50, Speaker Bolger, HB 5014 Stopped in its tracks (all tags)

via detnews.com

State House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, said Friday that the House wants to wait until after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on President Barack Obama's federal health reforms to decide its next steps on the exchange.
"The governor and I are not in agreement on this issue," he said. "The rights of our citizens to control their own health care is more important than an IT (information technology) deadline."
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is supporting the legal effort to get the federal reforms declared unconstitutional.
State Rep. Chuck Moss, R-Birmingham, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, also said the GOP caucus doesn't want to act unless it has to.
"We don't like Obamacare; we don't like national health care. We don't think it's good for the country; we don't think it's good for Michigan," Moss said. "We don't want to be early adopters and go down that road if we don't have to."

Could we be witnessing Speaker Bolger growing into a leader within the Republican Party?

Time will tell...

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It is time to return what is rightfully ours.

By KG One, Section News
Posted on Sun Jan 08, 2012 at 11:26:59 AM EST
Tags: Rick Snyder, Senate Fiscal Agency MICHIGAN'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND BUDGET REVIEW FY 2010-11, FY 2011-12, FY 2012-13, and FY 2013-14, Too much money coming in, Why? Republican initiated tax hikes that's why, Speaker Bolger, Sen. Richardville, Snookered, Pension Tax, Income Tax, Medicaid Tax, Death Tax, Time to fix it. (all tags)

"I BELIEVE government must practice fiscal responsibility and allow individuals to keep more of the money they earn." - Republican Principles, Michigan GOP

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