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1. Below is a list of the top 10 state problems or issues people say they are most concerned about. Which one problem or issue you are personally concerned about the most? (Please rank your top 5 with '1st' being the most concerned)
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2. In order to balance the state budget and eliminate a $1.7 billion budget deficit, the Governor and the Legislature will have to either cut the state budget by reducing state programs and services, increase taxes and fees, or do a combination of both. What do you think they should do ? only cut the state budget, only increase taxes, or, do a combination of both?
3. Have budget cuts in the past several years affected you or your family?
4. What areas of the Michigan budget do you think should be cut in order to balance the $1.7 billion budget. (Please rank your top 5 with 1st being most willing to cut)
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5. Currently there are several legislative proposals that would increase various taxes or fees. If taxes or fees were to be increased, what one or two taxes or fees do you think should be increased to provide the revenue to balance the state budget?
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6. Right-to-work laws are statutes enforced in twenty-two U.S. states, mostly in the southern or western U.S., allowed under provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, which prohibit agreements between trade unions and employers making membership or payment of union dues or "fees" a condition of employment, either before or after hiring. Would you support an initiative that would make Michigan a Right to Work State?
7. The State of Michigan?s roads are some of the worst in the nation. Now there is a recent proposal that would increase the tax on gasoline and increase other auto related fees in order to reinvest in our roads. Would you support a proposal that increased taxes and fees now in exchange for increased funding for roads?
8. Recently there has been legislation introduced that would ban all smoking in the work place including bars and restaurants, however it does include exemptions for the Detroit casinos, cigar bars and tobacco specialty shops.
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