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</span><span style="font-size: xx-large; ">Two lawmakers in Lansing have introduced legislation in the Michigan House and Senate that would exempt unemployment benefits from the Michigan income tax.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #8d0505"><span style="font-size: xx-large; ">About 122,000 people are currently collecting jobless benefits according to a spokeswoman for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #8d0505"><span style="font-size: xx-large; ">Someone who receives the average weekly benefit of $298 for 20 weeks would save about $253 by not paying the 4.25 percent state income tax. The number of recipients varies, but if the current claimants all took 20 weeks of benefits, the tax exemption would amount to $30.9 million.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #8d0505"><span style="font-size: xx-large; ">Six other states exempt unemployment benefits from income tax, and two other states partially exempt them, according to the lawmakers.</span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><br />
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #8d0505"><span style="font-size: xx-large; "><b>Should Michigan pass a bill to eliminate the state tax on unemployment benefits?</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #8d0505"><span style="font-size: xx-large; ">Yes</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #8d0505"><span style="font-size: xx-large; ">Do you feel a federal judge should be able to nullify the same sex benefit law passed in Michigan?</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #8d0505"><span style="font-size: xx-large; ">Yes - 20%</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #8d0505"><span style="font-size: xx-large; ">No - 77%</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #8d0505"><span style="font-size: xx-large; ">Undecided - 3%</span></p>
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