Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy Another tilt at the windmill, more wasted taxpayer funds, but a win for uninsured Maine young people The Supreme Court today declined to hear the LePage Administration’s appeal of a November 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against the Administration’s request to cut 6,000 […] Christy Daggett Posted June 8, 2015 Tags Education, Health Care, Higher Education, Medicaid
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget A crumbling road is not the route to economic growth “If the governor and legislature want vibrant downtowns and a thriving economy, they must invest in our roads and highways. If they don’t want our downtowns to […] Jody Harris Posted June 4, 2015 Tags Budget, Economy, Infrastructure, Revenue
Taxes and Budget The one question Republican legislators need to answer Last Friday legislative Republicans released their tax plan for the coming two-year budget cycle. In reference to the Republican plan, Maine people deserve an answer to one […] Garrett Martin Posted May 22, 2015 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Where tax fairness is concerned, the legislative Republicans' tax plan is the worst of all Republican legislators released their plan for overhauling Maine’s tax system last week. Yesterday MECEP posted a chart comparing the distributional impacts of the Republican and Democratic plans. The […] Garrett Martin Posted May 19, 2015 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Everything you need to know about the Democratic and Republican tax plans in one chart Last week Republican legislators released their proposal for overhauling Maine’s tax system. The plan includes income and corporate tax cuts, and eliminates the estate tax, all disproportionately […] Garrett Martin Posted May 18, 2015 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care, Taxes and Budget New Report: Rejecting federal health care funds is costing Maine $26.7 million in General Fund savings Despite five bipartisan votes in favor of accepting federal healthcare funds to cover 70,000 uninsured Mainers, five successive vetoes by the governor have ensured that Maine has […] Christy Daggett Posted May 15, 2015 Tags Federal, Health Care, Medicaid
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Republican Tax Plan Gives Huge Tax Breaks to the Wealthy While Raising Taxes for Working Mainers and Seniors Legislative Republicans have released a tax plan that is a bad deal for working Mainers and seniors living on fixed incomes. Based on preliminary analysis the Maine […] Garrett Martin Posted May 15, 2015 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget 3 unsavory ways to pay for eliminating Maine’s income tax Maine’s Constitution requires a balanced budget. Eliminating the state’s income tax. as the governor proposes to do in 2020, will blow a $1.7 billion hole in the […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 5, 2015 Tags Economy, Education, Income Tax, Property Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Eliminating Maine’s income tax: A boon to wealthy Mainers, will hurt everyone else Two weeks ago Governor LePage notified lawmakers of his intention to amend Maine’s constitution to eliminate the state’s income tax by 2020. This may mean the governor […] Garrett Martin Posted May 4, 2015 Tags Economy, Income Tax, Property Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy Debt buyers drain over $7 million out of Maine consumers The Center for Responsible Lending reports that, because of weak protections in Maine law, Maine consumers will pay $7.3 million to just one out-of-state company, Encore Capital, […] Jody Harris Posted May 1, 2015 Tags Consumer Protection, Wages