Ted Roelofs

Local governments dodged a bullet with passage of the Proposal 1 tax reform in August. But many still aren’t secure. Do they need more money? Should they change how they do business? Or both?

A generation ago, an insurance executive fashioned himself a role as the defender of Michigan taxpayers. Voters approved the Headlee Amendment, which placed a ceiling on the growth of government. Today, Michigan government spending is billions of dollars under the cap Richard Headlee fought for.

Voters often get wooed by campaign promises of tax cuts to improve the economy and attract business. Are there results behind the sound bites?

The tools you need to provide your own fact-driven answer to that question.

Wildly different views of the future drive the ongoing intellectual war over tax policy in Michigan.