Small Business Releases "Main Street" Agenda for 2017

Date: February 08, 2017

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Lansing, MI (February 8, 2017): The state’s leading small business organization, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) today released its “Main Street Agenda” for the 2017 legislative session. The agenda lists the organization’s top priorities for the coming legislative session with an emphasis on continuing the progress toward improving Michigan’s small business economic and business climate.

“Michigan has come a long way and is once again a great state to bring a business, grow a business or start a new business,” said Charlie Owens, Michigan State Director for the NFIB. “However, there is still work to be done and there are challenges on the horizon that must be addressed if we are to continue on the path to prosperity and opportunity for our citizens.”

Owens said that priority one for small business is to continue to work on Michigan’s overall economy and avoid the temptations to drift back toward targeted tax policy that seeks to reward specific companies or industries at expense of others. “We have seen the damage that this kind of policy has done to our budgets in the last few years when the bill has come due for the bad targeted tax policy of the previous administration,” said Owens. “We will be asking our members to weigh in on the current proposals that seek to address obstacles to development presented by brownfield properties.”

Suggestions of expanding the sales tax to services is another concern voiced by Owens. The subject was brought up during the recent Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference. “This is the kind of tax policy that could undo the hard work it has taken to make Michigan a success story and it should be avoided,” said Owens.

On the subject of House and Senate proposals to repeal the state Income Tax, Owens said that this would also be an issue that would be decided by the members. “In the past, efforts to eliminate the income tax have been tied to increases in other taxes to make up for the decrease in revenue to the state,” said Owens. “While there have been no such proposals tied to the current efforts, our members are aware of the reality of balancing the state budget.”

“NFIB members will be given the details of the various proposals and then they will vote on whether to support them or not,” said Owens. “Our members determine our position on policy issues.”

The NFIB Michigan Small Business Agenda can be found at:

https://www.nfib.com/content/issues/economy/nfib-michigan-main-street-agenda-for-2017/

 

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