DETROIT – A newly formed organization of CEOs from across the state, including the former Detroit Renaissance group, proposed massive changes Thursday to Michigan government that they said would enable the state to climb out of economic ruin.
The group, called Business Leaders for Michigan, is advocating broadening the sales tax to services and reducing the 6 percent rate to a level it declined to disclose. Medical services, food, business-to-business services, education, housing and some other already exempt services would remain untaxed.
Led by Domino’s Pizza CEO David Brandon as its chairman and Doug Rothwell as its president and CEO, the group also called for reducing the revenue raised by the Michigan Business Tax by 60 percent and repealing the Personal Property Tax.
They proposed steep cuts to the state government workforce and their benefits, including reducing the number of state workers by 5-10 percent, slashing their pay to put it in line with the national average of state workers in the country and requiring them to contribute more to their health care premiums.
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