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

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

Maine’s Economy

Why Do We Fight for Social Justice? From Maine Street to Wall Street

On October 11 a standing room only crowd filled the Shepard Lee Lecture Hall at the University of Southern Maine for the latest in MECEP’s Shepard Lee […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 14, 2011

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Poverty, Tax Fairness

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Income Inequality Growing Across the Country: State-by-State Report Released

(Augusta, ME) It doesn’t take a national report for most Mainers to know their incomes are stagnating or that they are working harder than ever to stay […]

Posted April 9, 2008

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Wages

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

Gap between Maine’s Wealthiest and Poorest Families Grows

Why Do We Fight for Social Justice? From Maine Street to Wall Street

Income Inequality Growing Across the Country: State-by-State Report Released