Michigan would ditch the state income tax, under legislation moving ahead in Lansing.
The state treasurer and some democratic lawmakers warn the proposed income tax phase-out would put a one-point-one billion dollar hole in in the budget during the first full year. They say public service programs would suffer as a result.
Republican Representative Martin Howrylak is on the committee that O-K’d the rollback. He says he’s in favor of tax reform, but the bill is moving too fast.
“We need to have more than, you know, an hour’s worth of testimony. And more importantly I think there’s a better way of balancing out tax relief.”
Supporters of the plan say they aren’t worried about balancing the budget down the road.
They say this is a chance for the Legislature to give the working men and women of the state a break.