Polls say Michiganians back higher taxes

Background: A poll claims Michiganians support higher taxes (sales, income, beer & wine).

This is a state that re-elected Granholm and Kwame. It's no surprise that ignorance runs rampant through the population. Lansing has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. As the Mackinac Center has shown, this state is quite efficient when it comes to extracting revenue from its citizens. Fix the unsustainable growth in pensions and public employee benefits. Quit giving welfare to movie moguls and anyone that "promises" to generate a job. That'd be a good start to getting Michigan's finances in order. Raising taxes is just one more reason to get out of here (if I could just sell my house).

[Online comment - The Detroit News. Posted 01/15/2010.]