LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Scores of seniors upset that the state wants to tax some of their public pensions for the first time packed into the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday as lawyers argued whether the new charge is legal.
"By imposing an income tax on public employees … the state is violating the public trust," said assistant attorney general B. Eric Restuccia in arguing the tax should be struck down.
Not so, said John Bursch, the assistant attorney general arguing to keep the tax.
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