An issue site was created to track as much of the positive news about “fairtax proposals” which is no easy task at http://www.fairtaxmovement.com.

Who do you think the proposed policy will affect most? Doctors will pass on the fees to big insurance companies and to the uninsured alike, insurance rates will go up bilking the taxpayers and private industries trying to provide plush benefits and the uninsured will just have to suck it up and pay the higher bills. Our elitist form of State government is really starting to shine through while they all keep their subsidized packages at the expense of Michigan residents.

“It is astounding to me that right now when we are in the middle of a national discussion about lowering the high cost of health care, Michigan Democrats are actually pushing for a new tax on doctors that will make medical treatment more expensive,” said House Republican Leader Kevin Elsenheimer, of Kewadin. “Doctors are going to have to pass these costs onto their patients, making the cost of health care go up.”

If approved, the tax would raise health care costs in Michigan by nearly half a billion dollars annually.

Earlier last week, Get Your Justice Live Radio host Lary Holland interviewed 3-Term Former Michigan Representative Lorence Wenke who recently announced his candidacy for Michigan State Senate for the 20th District. Candidate Wenke (R) issued a challenge to all state employees, including legislators and senators, around the very issue of Health Care premiums.

The Challenge:

All State of Michigan employees should pay a mere 25% of their own health care premiums, which will save Michigan taxpayers over 1 Billion dollars. In fact, former State Representative Lorence Wenke has already cut a check for over $4000.00 back to the State of Michigan to put his money where the challenge is. Lorence indicated that one representative laughed at his challenge.

The Solution:

Rather than destroying Michigan families and businesses by always turning to a tax increase for unsustainable state spending, let’s follow the leadership of cutting back plush benefits and making government employees less elitist and more inline with the rest of the economic positions of Michigan residents. Cutting the fat, like any good business, should be the example of government. Has Andy Dillon given any money back to the State of Michigan taxpayers or is he just anxious to keep his own plush benefits package while everyone else continues to suffer?

Ask yourself these questions and consider calling your own Representatives in your own state to see where they stand on these issues. Take an interest in government before government takes a bigger interest in your pocketbooks. After all we took such an interest in the issue we put together a quick newsletter and sent to all of the decision-makers.

Last week in the Detroit Free Press, L.L. Brasier, contributed the piece “P.P.O. requests, petty spats clog up courts” which opened up “A rift between two neighbors over grass clippings, a potty-mouthed text messenger sending notes to a woman he barely knows and a squabble that began four years ago with an empty pizza box — all seemingly bad behavior by people who, it could be argued, should just learn to get along.”

The article also discusses that it has been 15 years since the legislature last acted on the issue of personal protection orders as a tool “against domestic violence.” In Michigan Domestic Violence “Personal Protection Orders” are found in the following sections of law for spouses, ex-spouses, and individuals engaged in stalking or other prohibited conduct beginning at MCL 600.2950 and then continuing sections MCLA 600.2950a-j.

With some jurisdictions claiming 25% and higher increases in personal protection order claims and orders, it may be time to look at their effectiveness and how they are being applied. In some jurisdictions it had been found that evidentiary standards were too low in civil restraining order cases because an individual that is claimed to be violating such an order is subjected to “immediate arrest.” This certainly raises certain constitutional issues with an individual being arrested without probably cause, and raising the evidentiary standard might definitely weed out the more silly claims.

The other issue is federal funding awards to states for the issuance of orders, which seems to cause a rush for judges to err on the side of caution rather than erring on the side that may be right. Federal funding awards to the states and subsequently to the courts seems to place prosecutors and judges in control of their own budgets and how they rule. Constitutional protections were put into place to prevent unnecessary intrusions into the peoples’ lives by their government and ultimately when followed prevents the courts from being clogged with frivolity in the first place.

A final note: Courts currently are performing under contracts rather than remaining impartial arbiters, and when over participation clogs our courts like what you see here, the time for reform to limit the number of cases is necessary. Limiting the caseload starts by increasing the burden of proof to a reasonable standard.

Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, representing the National Partnership for Community Leadership, joined us live on Get Your Justice Live to discuss the 100th Anniversary Year of Father’s Day, the National Fatherhood Conference for Responsible Fathers, and the National Fathers Day Rally on the Lincoln Memorial. Take a listen at the shortened 31 minute version so that you can get all the information about Dr. Jeffrey Johnson’s perspective on fatherhood, absenteeism, the events, and government policy affecting our families and children.

You can listen through our partner site http://gyjlradio.com/2009/06/03/dr-jeffrey-johnson-joins-get-your-justice-live-100th-anniversary-year-of-fathers-day/

From the National Partnership for Community Leadership Website:

The National Partnership for Community Leadership (NPCL), formerly known as the National Center for Strategic Nonprofit Planning and Community Leadership,is a nonprofit organization created for charitable and educational purposes. The mission of NPCL is to improve the governance and administration of nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations and strengthen community leadership through family and neighborhood empowerment.

For more information on the NPCL, you can visit their website directly at http://www.npcl.org/