Taxes and Budget

Question 4 will fix crumbling transportation network, save lives

Maine’s roads badly need work. On Tuesday, voters have the chance to make a small dent in our road needs. Question 4 will make $41 million available […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 31, 2012

Tags Bonds, Jobs

Get the Facts on How Revenue Sharing Cuts Are Affecting Your Town

Earlier this week, I wrote a letter to the editor of my local newspaper (included below). In doing research for the letter, I came across a spreadsheet produced by […]

Garrett Martin

Posted October 25, 2012

Tags Budget, Local, Municipal Revenue Sharing

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

Maine's Tax Solution: Fairness and Investing in Economic Growth

MECEP’s new tax report should not be a surprise to anyone. It shows that income tax cuts made in 2011 are not the panacea that proponents have […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 18, 2012

Tags Economy, Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax Cuts

Recent Tax Cuts Increase Costs for Municipalities, the Poor, and the Middle Class Governor LePage and the 125th Maine Legislature used cuts to income, pension, and estate […]

MECEP

Posted October 16, 2012

Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Selected charts from The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax Cuts

Maine’s new income tax cut will result in a “great tax shift” to low and middle income families. Selected charts from The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 16, 2012

Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, 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

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

Taxes and Budget

A New Plan to Raise Taxes on 35,000 Working Maine Families With 65,000 Children

On Wednesday, the US Senate is expected to vote on two opposing tax proposals that would result in very different outcomes for low-income working Mainers. One, by […]

Joel Johnson

Posted July 24, 2012

Tags Children, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Immigrants: Fueling Maine's Economy

The nonpartisan, New-York-based Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) reports that rather than being a drag on our economy, immigrants actually help grow it and by remarkably large amounts. […]

Jody Harris

Posted July 11, 2012

Tags Economy, Immigration, Jobs

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Question 4 will fix crumbling transportation network, save lives

Get the Facts on How Revenue Sharing Cuts Are Affecting Your Town

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

Maine's Tax Solution: Fairness and Investing in Economic Growth

The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax Cuts

Selected charts from The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax Cuts

Most Mainers Who Don't Owe Federal Income Tax Work

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

A New Plan to Raise Taxes on 35,000 Working Maine Families With 65,000 Children

Immigrants: Fueling Maine's Economy