Mackinac Center for Public Policy

We're All Criminals In MI
We're All Criminals In MI
We're All Criminals In MI
You are probably going to break the law today if you live in Michigan, and you will not even know it. I just read an article by Ingrid Jacques in the The Detroit News and apparently Michigan has so many laws on the book that our politicians have no idea what they are.  I...
Mac: No Tax Hike Needed
Mac: No Tax Hike Needed
Mac: No Tax Hike Needed
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy suggests a hike in the sales tax in Michigan to fund road repairs is not necessary, given the number of areas the center has identified as government waste in the state. Michael LaFaive, director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative at the Mackinac Center, tells The Richard Piet Show on WBCK lawmakers have asked for their budget cutting ideas, but those haven
MC: Here's How State Can Save
MC: Here's How State Can Save
MC: Here's How State Can Save
It seems when we hear lawmakers or candidates campaign, we here them talking about leaner budgets and cost savings - fiscal responsibility, to use the buzzwords. Michael LaFaive, fiscal policy director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, tells The Richard Piet Show on WBCK he has plenty of ideas - but lawmakers aren't open to them, most of the time... Re