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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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Michigan Alliance for Prosperity officially submitted their petitions with the Michigan Bureau of Elections to place a question before Michigan voters in November that would require lawmakers to get a two-thirds majority in order to pass future tax increases in Michigan. The amendment increases the legislative approval requirement to raise taxes from the current 50 percent-plus-one to two-thirds of the legislature.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should Michigan voters pass the ballot proposal to require a 2/3 vote in the legislature to raise taxes?<br />
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Undecided<br />
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TO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />
<a href="http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-michigan-voters-pass-ballot-proposal-november-require-23-vote-legislature-raise-taxes">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-michigan-voters-pass-ballot-proposal-november-require-23-vote-legislature-raise-taxes</a><br />
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(To enter your comments click on &quot;Add new comment</span><span style="font-size: medium;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> after you vote.)<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the legislature pass legislation to require small businesses to provide sick leave to their employees?<br />
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Yes . . . . . . . . . . . 16%<br />
No . . . . . . . . . . . . 84%<br />
Undecided . . . . . . .0% <br />
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THREE COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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COMMENT #1<br />
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Most businesses do offer something, but a business owner should be able to make their own decisions on how they run their business &amp; what benefits best meet the needs of their staffs, within their means. It is their business, the government didnt build it, they arent there to bail them out if they overspend or do a bad job, &amp; cant pay the bills. So many government entities have overspent &amp; are in financial trouble, providing benefits they cannot afford &amp; do not fund, i dont think business needs to take thier lead! Most legislators have never had to meet a payroll or find the money to pay the bills, they just raise more taxes or fees, taking more from business &amp; individuals. Lansing needs to stay out of our lives &amp; fix your own problems!<br />
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COMMENT#2<br />
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All to often we have forgotten that we are all in this together. Employers and employees both contribute to a business, employees should not have the worry that if they become sick that they will lose their jobs, or not be able to pay their bills. If and employer can not/does not have the ability to do this then maybe they need to rethink how they are doing business. What is a shame is that this sort of thing would need to be legislated.<br />
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COMMENT#3<br />
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We have put enough taxes and regulations on business already. Do we want to drive business out of the state or bring more business in? Mandates of any kind drive up the cost of doing business. We want a business friendly state, don't we?<br />
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Ida Salisbury<br />
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