The fudge may be sweet, but Lansing’s new idea isn’t.
On Mackinac Island, where chocolate still melts in copper kettles, lawmakers want to tax the ads that keep ferries full and Main Street businesses open.
A proposal in the statehouse by state Rep. Jason Morgan would slap a 6% tax on nearly every ad—digital, print, radio, television, and billboard alike. Lawmakers say it’s about fixing Michigan’s roads. But for small businesses, it’s another pothole on the path to survival.
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