{"id":3941,"date":"2014-11-26T14:35:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T18:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2014-11-26T14:35:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T18:35:19","slug":"reach-out-encourage-house-members-to-vote-yes-on-the-senate-passed-transportation-funding-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/11\/26\/reach-out-encourage-house-members-to-vote-yes-on-the-senate-passed-transportation-funding-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Reach Out! Encourage House Members to Vote Yes on the Senate Passed Transportation Funding Package"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday (11\/25) Speaker of the House, Jase Bolger, put forward a new transportation funding plan. The plan would remove the 6% sales tax now charged on fuel sales (at 1% per year), while at the same time converting the 19-cent-per-gallon fuel tax to a percentage rate that would gradually increase over the same period. The result would be an extra $1 billion a year in revenue that would be devoted to roads. The plan does not provide for a replacement for the lost sales tax revenue that goes to local government and schools ($75M for constitutional revenue sharing alone). The Speaker theorizes that sales tax revenue is projected to grow by more than $200 million annually because of economic growth in Michigan, meaning schools and local governments would not be hurt by the gradual removal of the 6% sales tax from gasoline sales.<\/p>\n

This plan is significantly different than the package of bills passed by the Senate that would increase transportation funding by nearly $1.5 billion over the next four years and is currently awaiting a vote in the House. Please consider reaching out to your Representative and ask them to support the transportation funding plan passed by the Senate. The message to your state Representative is simple:<\/p>\n