Should Michigan change the way it funds repairs to its roads, bridges and transportation infrastructure?
That’s the question voters will face on May 5, when they will decide on Proposal 1 at the ballot box. If voters approve the measure, the state would eliminate its sales and use tax on gasoline. But the sales and use tax would increase from 6 percent to 7 percent. The fuel tax would increase. In total, the proposal is expected to generate $1.9 billion.
According to an NFIB poll of its members, 75 percent of Michigan small business owners opposed Proposal 1.
“I think it has a lot of moving parts,” NFIB State Director Charles Owens told MI Biz, referring to opposition to the complexity of the plan. “It’s clear that it was put together in the pressure of a lame-duck session. Too many other things are involved in it that had little to do with road funding.”
