{"id":3637,"date":"2010-02-05T20:23:09","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T01:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=3637"},"modified":"2010-02-05T20:23:09","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T01:23:09","slug":"principles-vs-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/3637\/principles-vs-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Principles vs. Positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next time you hear a politician wax about the virtues of tax credits and special deals to lure in businesses, think about this home state businessman\u2019s frustration with <a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/424065\/michigans-blueprint-for-america\/henry-payne \" target=\"_blank\">the practice in Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur legislators are busy voting on tax credits to a myriad of targeted industries, hoping that one of these \u2018new-economy\u2019 firms will save our state from collapse,\u201d protests Bill Jackson of the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce. \u201cIsn\u2019t it time government puts an end to picking winners and losers and gives every Michigan job provider a \u2018tax credit\u2019?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed.\u00a0 The logic is undeniable.\u00a0 If lower taxes are good for one business, why aren\u2019t they good for all?\u00a0 They are, but that isn\u2019t the point.\u00a0 For progressives like Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and her colleagues in the Democratic Party, legislating through the tax code is business as usual; especially if it allows them to prop up companies and industries that align with progressive dogma of a \u201cgreen\u201d economy.\u00a0 In reality, the kinds of tax incentives aren\u2019t breaks; they\u2019re exercises in fiscal discrimination.\u00a0 \u00a0Once again, when it comes to finance and the economy, progressives have positions, free marketers have principles.\u00a0 It really is that simple.<\/p>\n<p>H\/T: National Review Online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next time you hear a politician wax about the virtues of tax credits and special deals to lure in businesses, think about this home state businessman\u2019s frustration with the practice in Michigan. \u201cOur legislators are busy voting on tax credits to a myriad of targeted industries, hoping that one of these \u2018new-economy\u2019 firms will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[812,814,813],"class_list":["post-3637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-jennifer-granholm","tag-michigan","tag-tax-credit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3637"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3643,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637\/revisions\/3643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}