Taxes and Budget LePage administration forfeits almost $2 billion in federal aid to Maine Drew Gattine, chair of the House Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, says that “turning away federal funds doesn’t lower your tax burden; it sends your tax dollars […] Portland Press Herald Posted April 18, 2017 Tags Federal
Health Care GOP's New Health Care Rallying Cry: Remember The Maine! “Rather than building as big an insurance pool as possible so the costs got meted out more broadly, what the program did is sequester those people,” explained Garrett Martin, […] TPM DC Posted April 17, 2017 Tags Health Care
Taxes and Budget Gov. LePage’s cruel budget is dead on arrival, now the real conversation begins Maine People’s Alliance, Beacon podcast, April 14, 2017 This week on the Beacon Podcast, Garrett Martin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy joins Taryn, Ben and […] Beacon Posted April 14, 2017 Tags Budget
Education, Taxes and Budget Analyzing the impact of the surtax “There’s just no data to support that level of total outmigration,” [MECEP’s Garrett Martin] says. Caroline Cornish, WCSH-TV, April 13, 2017, interviews MECEP’s Garrett Martin. Martin disputes […] WCSH Posted April 13, 2017 Tags Education, Revenue, Taxes
Maine’s Economy LePage proves why relying on tips isn’t sound economic policy In Maine, eight of 10 workers who are paid the subminimum wage are women, according to the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy. Tipped workers are twice […] Bangor Daily News Posted April 8, 2017 Tags Incomes, Wages
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Help stop addiction by funding teen mental health care It’s a bad time for Maine to forfeit federal funds that allow intervention to take place. However, that’s exactly what our state has done, according to a […] Portland Press Herald Posted April 5, 2017 Tags Budget, Health Care
Taxes and Budget LePage’s responsibility is first to Maine people, not to shrinking the federal deficit The Maine Center for Economic Policy last week released a compendium of federal funding opportunities Maine has missed out on over the past six years. The organization […] Bangor Daily News Posted March 31, 2017 Tags Budget, Federal