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Reform #20: Encourage Clean Coal and Nuclear Plants (from Putting Michigan Back to Work, The First Steps)
With rising energy costs and increased demand, Michigan needs to capitalize on any advantage it has to lower energy costs and provide alternative energy sources. Mike Cox will offer tax incentives for the construction of clean coal and nuclear …
Reform #35: Incentivize Home Health Care- Keeping People Out of the Hospital and Healing at Home (from Putting Michigan Back to Work, The First Steps)
According to a recent report from the National Association for Home Care and Hospice and Medicare, home health care costs $132 per visit, much lower than the $544 per-day cost at …
Reform #29: Expand Drug Pricing Website to Help Seniors, Uninsured Save Thousands on Prescriptions (from Putting Michigan Back to Work, The First Steps)
“By giving seniors and families the ability to comparison shop for their prescription drug needs we can improve access to life saving medicines and keep more money in residents’ pocketbooks,” said Cox. …
Reform #73: Require Administrative Rules to Focus on Economic Development (from Putting Michigan Back to Work, The First Steps)
Michigan job creation does not need to be hampered by unnecessary or over-burdensome regulation.
Mike Cox will require an economic impact assessment anytime state agencies attempt to set up new regulations, like Governor Granholm’s recently proposed “ergonomic rules.” …
Reform #31: Expand Availability of Health Savings Accounts for Individuals and Small Businesses & Reform #32: Piolot Health Savings Accounts for Optional Medicaid Populations to Increase Wellness and Contain Costs (from Putting Michigan Back to Work, The First Steps)
With the rising cost of health care, health savings accounts represent one way for small businesses and …
Reform #18: Initiate a State Level Clearinghouse for Small Business Start-Up Assistance: “Facebook for Job Creators” (from Putting Michigan Back to Work, The First Steps)
Michigan needs a more organized approach to assisting entrepreneurs and small businesses fighting to “get off the ground.” Knowing the right questions to ask and where to go for help …
Reform #2: Provide Regulatory Relief to Farmers (from Putting Michigan Back to Work, The First Steps)
Reform #24: Put All State Spending Online (from Putting Michigan Back to Work, The First Steps)
In February 2008, Mike Cox made history by putting the Department of Attorney General’s spending online. Cox is a great believer in the old adage, “sunshine is the best antiseptic in a democracy.” By going to www.Michigan.gov/ag and …
Reform #45: No Income Tax on Graduates of Michigan Universities and Colleges for the First Three Years after Graduation (from Putting Michigan Back to Work, The First Steps)
Mike Cox proposes that Michigan not tax the income of any graduate of a Michigan university or college for the first three years after graduation. Between public …
Reform #12: Eliminate the Granholm-Cherry Tax Hike of 2007
(from “Putting Michigan Back to Work, The First Steps”)
As Governor, Mike Cox will eliminate the Granholm-Cherry income tax hike of 2007. Job makers and families are overtaxed in Michigan and cutting the personal income tax will benefit workers and entrepreneurs alike. People know how ot spend their …
