Monday, May 07, 2007

Gorkys Tries for Third



Gorkys Hernandez

He was tagged out.





Beautiful day at the ballpark.



Beautiful morning in the news- the Senate Republicans are now in the minority on fixing the budget crisis.



Nearly two of three Michigan residents responding to a newspaper survey said the state should raise taxes and cut spending simultaneously to fix the state's budget crisis.



The survey showed 64 percent of respondents thought the state should raise taxes while also reducing spending. Another 23 percent favored only budget cuts, while 6 percent supported only tax increases and 7 percent didn't know.



More of those polled favored a higher sales tax than an income tax increase, according to the survey published in Monday editions of The Detroit News.




Service taxes. Where have I heard that before...



Asked to choose between extending the sales tax to services and raising the state income tax, 51 percent of voters preferred taxing services, 30 percent favored a higher income tax and 11 percent said they opposed any tax boost. Eight percent were undecided.



Hmmm. Looks like someone had it right in the first place, a long time ago.



Democrats have no excuse now. Stop being held hostage to the 23%, and let's get this done.