State Representative, 40th District

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CHUCK MOSS

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This Week's Message: 

FORWARD INTO THE PAST!!   READ MORE

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Lock Up Your Wallets, Folks..When the Circus Came To Town!

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2012. IT CAN BE BETTER!!!!

(And it will...)    Read More

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You Still Need a New Roof? We Need A ROOF POLICY!!

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2011 RECAP: Moss Messages by Month!

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You need a new roof ?

You can do it THIS WAY, or THE OTHER WAY.

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GOOD STUFF:

Take the Pledge! Make Michigan Government a (....) Free Zone. Free of What? READ MORE

 

VIDEO CLASSIC: The one that Started It All. "How To Go Hollywood and Lower Your Michigan Business Tax At the Same Time!"

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You Want Golden Eggs? Don't honk off the Goose. READ MORE

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What exactly is the true, moral, socially responsible function of a business?   READ MORE

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THE RULES.

Not guidelines, or optional choices. Required reading? Nope, just highly suggested.

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Yo-Yo Monoply. Say I have a Yo-Yo business.  I employ three guys: Tom, Dick, and Harry. I use three inputs:  wood, string, and glue. Which Monopoly isn't a Monopoly? Read More:

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RUBE TAXBERG: Here in Michigan, it seems like the tax code was invented by Rube Goldberg. Let’s look at it this way:  You have six business taxpayers:  Larry, Curly, Moe, Shemp, Wancker, and O’Reilly. Read More.

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TIMELY ADVICE FROM A DEAD GUY

 "In another point of view, great injury results from an unstable government. The want of confidence in the public councils damps every useful undertaking, the success and profit of which may depend on a continuance of existing arrangements. What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not but that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed? What farmer or manufacturer will lay himself out for the encouragement given to any particular cultivation or establishment, when he can have no assurance that his preparatory labors and advances will not render him a victim to an inconstant government? In a word, no great improvement or laudable enterprise can go forward which requires the auspices of a steady system of national policy."

Alexander Hamilton, as Publius, Federalist 62, THE FEDERALIST PAPERS. 1788

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     Trillion Dollar Babies! From the Pew Foundation: "State Pensions and Retiree Health Benefits: the Trillion Dollar Gap. READ MORE. Count your blessings: Michigan's unfunded liability is "only" $40 Billion.

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 HOW BOB BECOMES A JOB. Everyone knows about Bill, and how he becomes a Law.Since unemployment is so bad, maybe we need to learn about somebody new. So let’s so go meet Bob and watch him become a Job. READ MORE

 

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The Choice Box: I always get suspicious when folks present a menu of alternatives. It’s funny how the choices always seem a bit skewed. It’s bad enough when the choice is Chocolate or Strawberry.  It’s even worse when the choices are Strawberry and Strawberry Lite. It gets downright suspicious when your alternatives are Strawberry or Doggie Vomit. Then you need to start asking questions, starting with: who framed the choices? READ MORE

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Malinvestment: Every week we hear of another new Michigan program, designed to bring us new prosperity and jobs. So why don't we have any? The answer might be something called  "malinvestment." You've heard of "malpractice?" Same thing. So what's investment got to do with jobs? Look at it this way…:  READ MORE

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Michigan's Broken...NOT! Everybody knows there’s something fundamentally broken in Michigan, a deep defect in our character that has to be repaired before we can move on. Or is it? READ MORE