LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Governor Gretchen Whitmer is proposing putting $3 billion into fixing Michigan’s roads.
Her Mi Road Ahead Plan would put “every penny drivers pay at the pump” in gas taxes into the roads, compared to 75-percent of the taxes being spent on infrastructure now. Whitmer’s plan would raise $1.7 billion in extra revenue, but no details on that have been released yet.
Her plan would put $1.2 billion in gas taxes into the roads and would also tax marijuana the same was cigarettes are taxed, as taxes on cannabis in Michigan are the fourth-lowest in the U.S.
Republican lawmakers quickly reacted to the Governor’s road plan, with Sate senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt saying in a statement, “Tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend — the governor’s broken record keeps on spinning and spinning. For six years, Gov. Whitmer has failed to introduce a real plan to fix Michigan’s roads other than a 45-cent gas tax increase and her unilateral maneuvering to rack up $3.5 billion on the state’s credit card because she refused to work with the Legislature.”
“She’s already floated the idea of new taxes on Michigan drivers based on the miles they travel. Now, she wants to reach deeper into the coffers of Michigan businesses and impose unspecified fees and taxes that will surely trickle back down to consumers. The bottom line is that she has no real plan because she refuses to cut back on wasteful government spending.”
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