Michigan Republicans want to raise taxes on the poor to pay for road repairs

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Michigan Republicans want to raise taxes on low-income workers to pay for road repairs. Ending the state's Earned Income Tax Credit, a program Republicans helped create just under a decade ago, would only pay for a fraction of the repairs the state's roads need, but hey, every little bit helps, and is that much sweeter to Republicans if it comes out of the hides of poor people.

The state House has passed a bill that would kill the EITC, and state Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof is all for it:

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Except that raising taxes on poor people isn't so much redirecting Republican priorities as it is using the need to fix roads as an excuse to carry out other Republican priorities. ...

... said [state Rep. Aric] Nesbitt, R-Lawton. The EITC "is how our state used to do business — handouts, giveaways."

Michigan Republicans already reduced the EITC in 2011 as part of a tax overhaul that cost individuals nearly $900 million, with the burden falling especially on low-income households, while cutting business taxes by $1.7 billion. ...

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