 ccrp poll michigan tax breaks for student loans   new poll overview senate bill 408 was reported out of committee this week that would allow graduates of michigan s public and private colleges and universities a tax credit equal to 50 percent of their student loan payments for each tax year if they live and work in the state the bill introduced by sen glenn anderson dwestland has bipartisan support in the senate with sen rick jones rgrand ledge and sen tory rocca rsterling heights joining democrats including minority leader sen gretchen whitmer deast lansing in cosponsoring the legislation the senate finance committee approved the proposal wednesday sending it to the full senate for a vote the credit would be capped at an amount equal to 20 percent of the average annual tuition for michigan s public universities the credit would last for five years after graduation and would require students to prove residency and employment in the state before it could be claimed a senate fiscal agency analysis of the credit estimates it would reduce state revenues by 294 million for 20132014 and projects the credit could cost up to 152 million by 20172018 as more graduates became eligible new poll question should the legislature pass a law giving college students tax credits equal to 50 of their student loan payments each year yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http wwwclintoncountygoporg content shouldlegislaturepasslawgivingcollegestudentstaxcr  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should the legislature pass a law that changes the freedom of information fees and penalties that are currently being imposed yes 66 no 25 undecided 9 one comment was made on this poll question comment 1 freedom of information act amendments there is a cost of government as well as providing services for searching for reviewing copying and providing records to requestors public bodies are not libraries and house many confidential records and information about a host of subjects if the public expects a public body to act as a library with research assistance as well as still keeping certain information protected ie social security numbers home addresses and phone numbers medical etc expect for taxpayers to foot the bill for separating the material so some and fewer individuals can request access to records and browse indiscriminately at the cost of the taxpayers as a whole the bill s contents provide no meaningful cost recovery for fishing expeditions at your cost if everyone were to place requests for a sundry of records or information and the foia provisions on timeliness 5day response remain unchanged you also will be looking at increased personnel needs or forego critical and primary service functions while chasing the fish see these stories also at  michigan obamacare enrollments are abysmal 1329  does the government have your picture on file   all emails addresses  