This is what Dick Timmer had to say in an interview with the Petoskey News.
Timmer, a Brimley resident, recalls his younger years during the Cold War when Americans worked toward a "common cause.
"We had a goal," he said. "It was to beat (Russia) in space. It was to beat them in armament. Now, we seem to have no direction, certainly not in our schools or state and local government."
"I think the biggest thing experience has taught me, is that the state of Michigan needs a big-picture plan," Timmer said. "Coming from the construction industry, I work with project developers as a consultant and we need a plan that looks down the road five to 10 years. Without that plan, we can't make intelligent decisions, because all the decisions are being based on this budget year or hot-button items effecting the populous."
In regards to the Michigan Business Tax,"Personally, I think it is a mess," Timmer said. "But with our revenue stream and funding so tight, I don't think we can just throw it out and say it is going to create more jobs."
Modification, Timmer said, would keep the revenue "about the same" without "jeopardizing education, mental health, roads or the other (departments)."
"It's a bad law," Timmer said. "As a small businessman, I get frustrated. It makes you not want to go to the next level of development and growth."
But, at this point, Timmer said he "disliked" the idea of just "throwing it out."
"The reality is we need that revenue until we can find another way to fund government," he added.
VOTE..RICHARD TIMMER FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE
2 comments:
Does the Tribe pay the Single Business Tax? Why is this an issue for a Federal Tribe?
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Tribal Members would and are required to if they operate a business off of Tribal Land. It is believed that the Tribe has a Uniform Commercial Code to deal with Tribal member based businesses. It is an issue if the Tribal member's own's and operates a business off of tribal property. Which many do.
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