There are some key distinctions.
We've hosted forums where a BROAD-BASED, LOW-RATE sales tax on services was discussed. The original plan pitched by the governor earlier this year was closer to the mark.
THIS service tax, passed in the pre-dawn hours, without a single public hearing, on an arbitrary and bizarre mix of businesses,at a rate TRIPLE what the governor originally proposed, is not what's been advocated by any economist or expert associated with the Center for Michigan.