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]]>Nesbitt voted no.
Wendzel voted yes.
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]]>extensions for other MSF-designated zones.
Generally speaking, renaissance zones are tax-free zones designed for businesses in specific geographic areas or for specific kinds of facilities or industries anywhere in the state. Under the act, the State Administrative Board designates certain areas in Michigan as Renewable Energy and Forest Product Processing renaissance zones upon the recommendation of the MSF’s board of directors, and the MSF can designate 25 additional areas as Border Crossing zones. As of 2020, there were six Renewable Energy,1 eight Forest Product Processing, and all 25 Border Crossing Facility renaissance zones available for designation.
“Renaissance zones” are special interest areas that politicians set up to allow special interest entities and developers to develop the land at taxpayer expense, while normal people are subjected to the normal oppressive tax and regulatory system. If the legislature was actually seeking to improve the economic outlook of the state, and particularly the poor, the would reduce taxes and regulations on all citizens equally to allow everyone to flourish.
Rep. Wendzel voted no.
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]]>Governor Whitmer cited revenue projections in her budget proposal expecting a $2.5 billion surplus. However, revenue projections are rarely correct. And the actual money coming into government coffers this year has sharply declined. And given the state of businesses in Michigan, it is only going to get worse.
Citizen’s Research Council article on this year’s pork.
Sen. Nesbitt voted no. But in a secret vote, he voted for immediate effect to help the Democrats spend their pork faster.
Wendzel voted no.
Bill passed and signed by governor.
Signed into law July 31, 2023: PA 119 of 2023
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]]>Sen. Nesbitt voted no.
Wendzel voted yes.
Bill passed and signed by governor.
Signed by governor on July 18, 2023: PA 89 of 2023
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]]>Melstrom, et al. – “Black and Hispanic households benefit less than White households from brownfield cleanup and vacant land development. Second, owners appear to benefit more than renters from cleanup and development. Overall, these results provide evidence of differences associated with race and housing tenure in who benefits from local land use actions.”
Sen. Nesbitt voted no.
Wendzel voted no.
Bill passed and signed by governor.
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]]>Per Sen. Nesbitt, this bill was intended to fix an oversight in the tax code which would tax installation and delivery of goods as part of the sales tax.
He also stated at the county GOP meeting that this was what he traded to the Democrats to get his vote to fast track their budget. The vote for elimination of another tax is a positive. Trading the removal of an error in the tax code that should never have occurred, in exchange for making tax payers subsidize Chinese battery plants and big businesses across the state, is significantly less defensible.
Sen. Nesbitt voted yes.
Wendzel voted yes.
Bill passed and signed into law May 8, 2023: PA 29 of 2023.
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]]>Sinking funds are used to pay for infrastructure and capital improvements. Republicans attempted to limit the length of sinking fund millages from 20 down to 10 years. And they also attempted to have the Democrats follow the law as the bill would require a three-quarters vote to pass because it increased the statutory limits for ad valorem property taxes for schools. Both attempts failed and no Republican amendments were allowed.
Sen. Nesbitt voted for the minority amendment to limit duration of sinking fund tax which failed 17 – 21.
Sen. Nesbitt voted no on passage
Wendzel voted no on passage.
Signed into law May 8, 2023: PA 26 of 202
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]]>Even the IRS admits over 1 in 4 EITC credits are fraudulent.
Heritage Foundation Article on reforming EITC.
Cato Institute – article on eliminating the EITC.
Nesbitt voted no.
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]]>Sen. Nesbitt’s Statement: “We should provide relief to all seniors, not just a select few.”
Senate bill 3 also sought to increase the EITC.
Nesbitt voted against both.
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