Lansing, MI – A new coalition is launching a ballot initiative that amounts to a tax hike disguised as an education plan.
The progressive initiative proposes an income tax increase to shove more tax dollars into our broken education system. If history has taught us anything, more tax dollars won’t fix our broken education system, but tax hikes would drive job providers out of Michigan.
“Simply throwing tax dollars at a problem doesn’t solve it. Despite a 60% increase in education funding since 2013, math and reading scores are down across Michigan. If we want meaningful reforms for our broken education system, we need change that dollars can’t buy: higher standards, stronger accountability, more transparency,” said Zach Rudat, Advocacy Director for Michigan Freedom Fund. “A tax hike won’t fix our schools, but higher costs would destroy our economy and drive job providers out of Michigan. We don’t have to choose between lower taxes and better schools: we can have both if Lansing pursues a common-sense conservative agenda.”
States like Texas and Florida have led by example, having some of the best test scores with the lowest tax burdens in the nation.
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