Melissa K. Smith, Michigan League for Human Services, July 2010.
This report examines the proportion that income taxes actually contribute to overall state revenues and argues that through other forms of taxation such as payroll withholdings, all people have “skin in the game” in one way or another.
http://www.milhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Skin-in-the-Game-FINAL-2.pdf