Taxes and Budget A Capital Gains Tax Cut Would Worsen Maine’s Budget Gap and Make the Tax System Even More Unfair Just when you thought that Maine lawmakers might be getting the message that a majority of Mainers want the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes, […] Joel Johnson Posted February 19, 2013 Tags Economy, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Jobs and Income Community is important to our economy too Our political leaders often are singularly focused on business growth as our economic savior. And there is no doubt, businesses are vital as employers, purchasers, and investors. […] Jody Harris Posted January 14, 2013 Tags Economy, Employment
Taxes and Budget Buy Local; Invest in Maine People “What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?” ―Dr. Suess’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas It’s […] Jody Harris Posted December 8, 2012 Tags Economy, Jobs
Maine’s Economy Gap between Maine’s Wealthiest and Poorest Families Grows Augusta, Maine — Income gaps widened in Maine and across the nation between the late 1990s and the mid-2000s, but Maine’s inequality problem is milder than in […] Posted November 15, 2012 Tags Economy, Inequality
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
Maine’s Economy What New Census Data Say About Maine’s Economy Today the US Census Bureau released data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on income, health insurance coverage, and poverty. Maine ranks in the middle of the […] Garrett Martin Posted September 12, 2012 Tags Economy
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
Jobs and Income US House Votes to Eliminate Major Source of Economic and Demographic Data The American Community Survey is the only source of objective, consistent, and comprehensive information about the nation’s social, economic, and demographic characteristics down to the neighborhood level. […] Joel Johnson Posted May 18, 2012 Tags Budget, Economy, Federal
Maine’s Economy Earth Day Reflection and Maine's Farming Future Sunday is Earth Day. We’ve come a long way since the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970. Forty-two years ago, Maine’s rivers foamed with chemicals and […] Jody Harris Posted April 22, 2012 Tags Economy, Local
Taxes and Budget Proposed “Responsible Solution” to Restore Tax Fairness Would Not Hurt Maine’s Economy New study confirms that the proposal from MECEP and the Engage Maine coalition is a reasoned answer to raise revenue Maine needs to fund vitally important services […] Posted March 12, 2012 Tags Economy, Tax Fairness, Taxes