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LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 06:45 PM Aug 2014

Michigan Voters Lack of Information on Proposal 1 of 2014, Leads Pending Language Clarity Lawsuit...

Do we, the public-at-large vote on issues without having all the complete information to do so? Is our main steam media complicit in holding back facts we need to know at times of importance? Does the low voting turnout during Michigan's August 5, 2014 primary means a similar low voter participation rate for November 4, 2014 General Election?

Part 1 -The answer to all of the above questions is yes:

"Michigan's Supreme Court on July 14 majority opinion decision on International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation v Department Of Treasury, case docket 14644, will have large implications for the state budget going forward.

As it stands right now, the state of Michigan is on the hook to IBM and likely 147 other corporations filing legal briefs in this case, for upward to $1.1 Billion dollars or more.

Writing for the majority, Justice David Viviano stated:

"It is a well-established rule that in the construction of a particular statute, or in the interpretation of its provisions, all statutes relating to the same subject, or having the same general purpose, should be read in connection with it, as together constituting one law, although they were enacted at different times, and contain no reference to one another.

The endeavor should be made, by tracing the history of legislation on the subject, to ascertain the by tracing the history of legislation on the subject, to ascertain the uniform and consistent purpose of the legislature or to discover how the policy of the legislature with reference to the or subject-matter has been changed or modified from time to time.

In other words, in determining the meaning of a particular statute, resort may be had to the established policy of the legislature as disclosed by a general course of legislation. With this purpose in view therefore it is proper to consider, not only acts passed at the same session of the legislature, but also acts passed at prior and subsequent sessions," Id. at 543-544 quoted."

Simply put, before a legislative body enacts a law, the Representatives are expected to perform due diligence. Ensuring outstanding questions related prior statutes similar in nature, are addressed in the new legislation.

At play in the Michigan Supreme Court July 14 decision is Michigan Business Tax (MBT) from 2007, the Multistate Compact Tax Statute from 1969, and a Business Tax cut for C & S Corporations in HB 4361 of 2011.

Michigan Multistate Tax Compact of 1969 purpose was to “proper determination of state and local tax liability of multistate taxpayers, including the equitable apportionment of tax bases and settlement of apportionment disputes.” In this case businesses operating in Michigan, whose headquarters or primary physical location is not located in state, would be subject to state and local taxation rates on revenue made, in Michigan."


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Michigan Voters Lack of Information on Proposal 1 of 2014, Leads Pending Language Clarity Lawsuit... (Original Post) LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 OP
Okay, I'm toast, now Demeter Aug 2014 #1
Ain't that the truth. navarth Aug 2014 #2
Kicking this and bookmarking. navarth Aug 2014 #3
Thanks for the support! LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #4

navarth

(5,927 posts)
2. Ain't that the truth.
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 12:10 AM
Aug 2014

I used to trust the Detroit Free Press back before they forged the Joint Operating Agreement and busted the union, costing a very close friend of mine a comfortable job when he refused to cross the picket line.

I always trusted the Metro Times editorial policy, but the last time I saw one it looked waaaay different, not like the alternative paper it started out as. Very sad about that.

navarth

(5,927 posts)
3. Kicking this and bookmarking.
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 12:24 AM
Aug 2014

Good grief. Just from reading your post, it sounds like a bunch of huge corps are trying to fuck over the Great Lakes State. I wonder how many of the pukes in the tea bag state govt were installed by some of those corps. Noting, not anything will surprise me nowadays.

The link is to a really robust looking website and I plan on giving it my full attention tomorrow when I'm fully awake. Thank you so much for sharing.

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
4. Thanks for the support!
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 01:42 AM
Aug 2014

Warren, Michigan Mayor Jim Fouts will be on our podcast Independent Underground Radio LIVE at 11am ET, to discuss his pending lawsuit on Proposal 1.

Feel free to tune in HERE

Or Listen on Tune It In Radio AFTER 8pm at this link: http://tunein.com/radio/Independent-Underground-Radio-LIVE-p605461/

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