"Shared Sacrifice" Is Rhetoric for Regressive Taxes in Michigan

Budget cuts throughout the nation purport to be about everybody pitching in to get out of the crisis, but it's really about business as usual. This means cutting services for people while maintaining massive corporate subsidies, allowing corporations to avoid their rightful tax burden, tax cuts for the wealthiest and, yes, incremental tax increases for the poor and middle class. 
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/rick-snyders-shared-sacrifice

Here's a piece from The Nation that explores the ongoing class war against the poor in general, and African-Americans in particular, that is fueled by budget cuts and the reduction of social programs around the country. 
http://www.thenation.com/blog/159391/skipping-class-blind-side-duke-michigan-uncle-tom-debate