April 14 may seem like another spring Sunday in Michigan, but there's reason to celebrate: It's Tax Freedom Day in the Great Lakes State. <\/p>\n
According to the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C., think tank, April 14 is when Michigan residents have worked enough days to satisfy all of their tax obligations to the federal, state and local governments. <\/p>\n
Theoretically, Michigan workers can keep the rest of their earnings for the year after Sunday, though the national Tax Freedom Day is April 18. <\/p>\n
But when federal borrowing is included, Americans would have to work to May 9 to satisfy the federal government's deficit spending, according to the Tax Foundation. <\/p>\n
Former Attorney General Mike Cox maintains he's still in the Grand Old Party despite breaking with most Republicans this week by endorsing same-sex marriage. <\/p>\n
Cox said his increasingly \"libertarian\" philosophy led him to conclude gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry to obtain the same property rights as heterosexual couples. <\/p>\n
But Cox, who recently said he wouldn't run for the U.S. Senate next year, wants fellow Republicans to know he hasn't left the reservation like a certain former governor from Traverse City. <\/p>\n
\"I don't want to be like Bill Milliken , who pretends to be a Republican when he isn't,\" Cox told The Detroit News. <\/p>\n
Mike Flanagan , the state superintendent of schools, surprised political observers last month when he expressed interest in running for retiring U.S. Sen. CarlLevin 's seat next year. <\/p>\n
Apparently, his wife, Anna , was a bit surprised to learn of his political aspirations as well, only learning about them when her husband announced his interest March 13 on Michael Patrick Shiels ' statewide radio program. <\/p>\n
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