 ccrp poll petition drive for 23 legislative vote to approve tax increases  you can now comment on stories and polls let us know how you feel about the issues new poll overview 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 twothirds majority in order to pass future tax increases in michigan the amendment increases the legislative approval requirement to raise taxes from the current 50 percentplusone to twothirds of the legislature new poll question should michigan voters pass the ballot proposal to require a 23 vote in the legislature to raise taxes yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link should michigan voters pass the ballot proposal this november to require a 23 vote of the legislature to raise taxes   to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should the legislature pass legislation to require small businesses to provide sick leave to their employees yes 16 no 84 undecided 0 three comments were made on this poll question comment 1 most businesses do offer something but a business owner should be able to make their own decisions on how they run their business 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 cant pay the bills so many government entities have overspent are in financial trouble providing benefits they cannot afford 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 individuals lansing needs to stay out of our lives fix your own problems comment 2 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 comment 3 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 ida salisbury   all emails addresses  