Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has a new plan to fight Obamacare. He's trying to 86 the tax credits designed to help individuals pay for insurance.
Detroit Free Press: “The Obama administration is wreaking havoc on citizens, job-providers and states by abusing executive authority to implement a poorly written law,” his spokeswoman, Joy Yearout, said in a written statement. “Attorney General Schuette will fight at every turn to rein in this unrestrained expansion of federal authority.”
At issue are tax credits that consumers have received or will receive when they purchase insurance on the Michigan Health Insurance Marketplace, or state exchange. According to federal data, 86% of Michiganders purchasing policies so far on the exchange have received credits to help them cover the costs.
Meanwhile, you know what isn't an "unrestrained expansion of federal authority"? America's beloved chicken shit tax credit.
Not making that up. You can get a tax credit for converting chicken poop into energy.
CNN: Federal rules already bar chicken farmers from polluting the water when disposing of "poultry litter," Burman explained. Burning it to create electricity is a low-cost way to comply with those rules.
"[The tax credit] serves no recognizable social objective and is an example of misguided industrial policy that pervades the code," [Tax Policy Center's Len] Burman said.
So chicken poop credits are ok, but tax credits that help people buy health insurance is socialism! Awesome.
