Do tax incentives to local businesses help or hurt Lansing (MI) ?
October 11, 2008
In our city, it seems like the Lansing City Council with Mayor Virg Bernero have created two classes of taxpayers, losers who are homeowners and businesses with specially-granted tax breaks and incentives.
There's talk on the Lansing City Council to declare a moratorium on the special tax treatment for businesses. This would allow city policymakers to examine the difference between the promise and the performance of this favored treatment for certain businesses.
In this video taken at a special southside meeting today sponsored by City Council-member A'Lynne Robinson, Council-member Wood talks about the proposed moratorium:
There's talk on the Lansing City Council to declare a moratorium on the special tax treatment for businesses. This would allow city policymakers to examine the difference between the promise and the performance of this favored treatment for certain businesses.
In this video taken at a special southside meeting today sponsored by City Council-member A'Lynne Robinson, Council-member Wood talks about the proposed moratorium: