Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LD 1227, An Act to Promote Tourism and Economic Development We have a dilemma in Maine. We want good schools, good roads, safe communities, and opportunities to achieve a better life. Unfortunately, our current tax system is […] MECEP Posted April 26, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Some Proposals to Raise New Revenue From High-Income Earners Today, the Legislature’s taxation committee heard public testimony on several tax bills that would help balance the state’s budget without raising taxes on low- and middle-income families. […] Joel Johnson Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LDs 1124, 834, 1256, and 1113 We have a dilemma in Maine. We want good schools, good roads, safe communities, and opportunities to achieve a better life. Unfortunately, our current tax system is […] MECEP Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget MECEP Supports Bills to Restore Tax Fairness and Raise Revenues to Fund Education and Investment in Maine Communities Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, April 23, 2013) Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), will present testimony today before the legislature’s Joint Standing […] Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Income Tax Cuts for the Rich Are a Recipe for Fewer Jobs and Slower Economic Growth Legislators are currently considering Governor LePage’s proposed biennial budget that would saddle low- and middle-income Maine families with the tab for a two-year budget gap that’s $433 […] Joel Johnson Posted April 4, 2013 Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Two Steps toward Tax Fairness At MECEP we’ve written often about the lack of fairness in Maine’s tax system. The bottom 20 percent of Mainers pay 17 cents on every dollar earned […] Garrett Martin Posted March 21, 2013 Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Stop Tax Increases on Maine Working Families and the Middle Class During the 125th Maine Legislature, Governor LePage insisted on more than $430 million in tax cuts that mostly benefit wealthy Mainers. He got his way. Wealthy Mainers […] Joel Johnson Posted March 11, 2013 Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LD 455: An Act to Increase the State Earned Income Credit This bill would boost the state’s economy and reduce childhood poverty by cutting taxes for up to one hundred thousand working Maine families. LD 455 is a […] MECEP Posted March 4, 2013 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
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
Taxes and Budget The Plight of the Rich and Tax Flight, Again The gist of “Where Have Maine’s Rich Gone?”, a new Maine Heritage Policy Center release, is that Maine doesn’t have very many rich people because they have […] Joel Johnson Posted January 31, 2013 Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes