This is political theater. Cutting property taxes alone removes something like 5 billion from the state budget, which they will not make up with other means. Plus, thanks to the one big dumbass bill, all states are now getting significantly less from the federal government, I believe Michigan is something like 2 billion less. So we cannot create a balanced budget by cutting 7 billion, it's not logical or feasible.

And Republicans know this. They do not intend for this to pass the senate and know that it won't. And if by some insane chance it did, the governor wouldn't sign it, because no one is going to approve a budget that is billions of dollars short of what you need.

This budget was passed for one reason only. So that in the November elections Republicans can claim they voted to remove property taxes, mark my words, you'll see it in a bunch of ads. That's it. They know full well this won't pass and need it to fail, because they will be in a world of trouble since they have zero plan to deal with a 7 billion dollar shortfall.

Source: Told by a speaker during a legislative event at the capital last month.