Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearings on LDs 225, 409, 777 and 877: Bond Issue Proposals With more than 100,000 Mainers unemployed or underemployed, we must, as a State, do whatever we responsibly can to help create jobs. Bonds will help create jobs in […] MECEP Posted September 28, 2011 Tags Bonds
Jobs and Income Fact Sheet: Getting Maine Back to Work Maine has a jobs deficit. More than 100,000 Mainers are unemployed or underemployed. A responsible bond package can create jobs now and pave the way for future […] MECEP Posted September 27, 2011 Tags Bonds, Employment, Jobs
Taxes and Budget Fact Sheet: Jobs, The Immediate Deficit America Must Tackle A balanced approach, one that includes a responsible mix of spending cuts and revenue increases by closing tax loopholes for example, offers the best blueprint for sustained […] MECEP Posted August 31, 2011 Tags Jobs, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Presentation to a Maine Health Access Foundation Briefing on LD 1333 The new insurance law is NO SOLUTION. It fails to address the real problem which is the rising cost of health care for everybody. Until we get […] MECEP Posted July 20, 2011 Tags Health Care
Taxes and Budget IMPACTS of Governor LePage Tax and Budget Proposals and LD 1147 Estate Tax Changes The Governor’s Budget proposal spends $20 Million for income tax reductions of over $3,000 each in 2013 for about 7,000 tax households with incomes above $350,000. $20 […] MECEP Posted June 3, 2011 Tags Budget, Estate Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony on LD 1153 “An Act To Regulate the Bonded Indebtedness of the State” MECEP opposes LD 1153 because we believe strongly that it will be bad for the economy of Maine, by increasing costs and delays for prudent borrowing for […] MECEP Posted May 17, 2011 Tags Bonds
Taxes and Budget Testimony on L.D. 1043, Revised Administration FY 2012-2013 Biennial Budget Proposal “The Administration’s latest tax proposal as amended by the change package is not an improvement over, and in some respects is worse than, the original plan. The […] MECEP Posted May 11, 2011 Tags Budget
Taxes and Budget Fact Sheet: The Administration's Latest Tax Plan: Deja vu all over again MECEP analysis of the tax proposals that have emerged from the legislative process in the wake of new revenue shortfall projections. by Dan Coyne, Fiscal Policy Analyst The […] MECEP Posted May 10, 2011 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Fact Sheet: Proposed rollback of health insurance reforms will hurt middle age and older Mainers, the sick, and rural residents and business MECEP’s analysis of L.D. 1333, legislation to repeal many of Maine’s basic health care consumer protections, allow out-of-state insurers to market policies in Maine that are not […] MECEP Posted May 9, 2011 Tags Health Care
Taxes and Budget Testimony on L.D. 1401, “RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Restrict Property Revaluations” MECEP has strong reservations about LD 1401. LD 1401 proposes a constitutional amendment to limit changes in valuation to a few select occurrences, such as change of […] MECEP Posted April 29, 2011 Tags Property Tax, Revenue, Taxes