LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Monday issued the following statement in response to the governor’s announced road funding plan:
“Tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend — the governor’s broken record keeps on spinning and spinning. For six years, Gov. Whitmer has failed to introduce a real plan to fix Michigan’s roads other than a 45-cent gas tax increase and her unilateral maneuvering to rack up $3.5 billion on the state’s credit card because she refused to work with the Legislature. She’s already floated the idea of new taxes on Michigan drivers based on the miles they travel. Now, she wants to reach deeper into the coffers of Michigan businesses and impose unspecified fees and taxes that will surely trickle back down to consumers. The bottom line is that she has no real plan because she refuses to cut back on wasteful government spending.
“Thankfully, House Republicans have already put forward a workable road funding plan that invests in our crumbling infrastructure without taking more from struggling Michigan taxpayers. I look forward to working toward a real road funding solution that doesn’t raise taxes on hardworking families and further drive up the high cost of living. Michiganders simply cannot afford any more of Gov. Whitmer’s respun failed tax-and-spend ideas.”