Taxes and Budget

The Plight of the Rich and Tax Flight, Again

The gist of “Where Have Maine’s Rich Gone?”, a new Maine Heritage Policy Center release, is that Maine doesn’t have very many rich people because they have […]

Joel Johnson

Posted January 31, 2013

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

An Avoidable Budget Crisis

Despite what Governor LePage had to say about protecting the needy when he released his budget last week, the reality is far different. Low- and middle-income Mainers […]

Joel Johnson

Posted January 17, 2013

Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Growing Income Inequality is Another Sign that We Need to Raise Taxes on the Rich

Income inequality is growing and it’s a problem. New analysis of household income data shows a disturbing nationwide trend of growing income inequality over the last three […]

Joel Johnson

Posted November 15, 2012

Tags Federal, Inequality, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Expect More Cuts to Schools and Municipalities to Pay for Income Tax Cuts for the Rich

The state is facing a $756 million structural budget gap over the next two years, according to a report released last month by the state’s budget office. […]

Joel Johnson

Posted October 23, 2012

Tags K-12 Education, Municipal Revenue Sharing, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Most Mainers Who Don't Owe Federal Income Tax Work

Most Mainers who don’t owe federal income tax are working and paying a slew of other taxes, including federal payroll taxes and state and local taxes. The […]

Joel Johnson

Posted October 15, 2012

Tags Federal, Income Tax

Jobs and Income

Maine Should Be Adding Jobs. Our Population Growth Doesn’t Matter Right Now.

Maine’s population declined in 2009 and 2010. It barely grew at all in 2011. So it makes sense that we don’t have any job growth right? Wrong. […]

Joel Johnson

Posted September 21, 2012

Tags Jobs

Maine’s Economy

Maine Has Too Many Children in Poverty and it Would Be Worse Without Government Intervention

It’s an exciting time of year when the US Census Bureau releases lots of great new demographic and economic data about Americans. Last week, we learned from […]

Joel Johnson

Posted September 19, 2012

Tags Children, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

Reordering Legislative Priorities, Step One: Middle Class Property Tax Relief

As I wrote in yesterday’s Lewiston Sun-Journal, lawmakers in Augusta have made their priorities clear: tax relief for the wealthiest Mainers is more important than tax relief […]

Joel Johnson

Posted September 10, 2012

Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Working Harder, Falling Farther Behind

Mainers lucky enough to have a job are working harder than ever, but still finding it hard to make ends meet. A typical Maine family works over […]

Joel Johnson

Posted August 31, 2012

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality

Health Care

Health Insurance is Good

As summarized in the New York Times last week, two recent studies show that Medicaid works. A study conducted in Oregon by researchers from MIT and Harvard […]

Joel Johnson

Posted July 31, 2012

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

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The Plight of the Rich and Tax Flight, Again

An Avoidable Budget Crisis

Growing Income Inequality is Another Sign that We Need to Raise Taxes on the Rich

Expect More Cuts to Schools and Municipalities to Pay for Income Tax Cuts for the Rich

Most Mainers Who Don't Owe Federal Income Tax Work

Maine Should Be Adding Jobs. Our Population Growth Doesn’t Matter Right Now.

Maine Has Too Many Children in Poverty and it Would Be Worse Without Government Intervention

Reordering Legislative Priorities, Step One: Middle Class Property Tax Relief

Working Harder, Falling Farther Behind

Health Insurance is Good