> One of the good things we did in Michigan was to eliminate the business property tax.
Its ridiculous that a company should pay a tax year after year simply because they own a machine that produces parts or a desk where business is conducted.
Thank you for articulating what I have always thought was one of the most blatant ways for a Mafia styled government to strongarm money for nothing from business owners, esecially when you bought and paid for the equipment and are then forced to continuously pay many more taxes than what its worth over the years simply because they say so. And you provide the info to them then pay taxes on it! It really is money for nothing.
Back in the 90s I found some screw machines in operation that my great grandfather had operated in the 1930s. That’s 60 years of taxes right there and they’re probably still in use.