Happy Anniversary Tax Hikers [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

Happy Anniversary Tax Hikers [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Mark Twain is alleged to have said, “I saw an unusual thing today; it was a politician with his hands in his own pockets.” 
With the start of the new fiscal year this week, voters should pause and reflect on the umpteenth time Lansing politicians reached deeper into taxpayers’ pockets.
It is the 10th anniversary of the 11.5 percent personal income tax hike imposed on Michiganders.
It came with the promise that it was a temporary increase that would be rolled back when the economy got better. 
It was not. 
Taxpayers were betrayed. 
The full reduction never came and we are still owed a rollback to 3.9 percent, the rate of a decade ago.
It is never easy to be Charlie Brown to anyone’s Lucy.
Having a football pulled away right before you kick it — despite assurances it would not be — is embarrassing..."