Taxes and Budget The Great Tax Shift Is On! The Governor’s proposed budget “increases property taxes for 75,000 households by an average of $462, and as much as $1,600 for some households” Augusta, Maine (Friday, […] Posted January 11, 2013 Tags Budget, Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
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
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 Recent Maine Income Tax Cut Results in a “Great Tax Shift” to Low and Middle Income Families 2 in 5 Maine families- the 40% who can least afford it -will pay higher property taxes Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, October 16, 2012) Maine’s new income tax cut will result in a “great tax shift” to low and middle income families say the authors […] Posted October 16, 2012 Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Press Conference: Recent Maine Income Tax Cut Results in a “Great Tax Shift” to Low and Middle Income Families Waterville mayor Karen Heck, teacher and Maine Education Association president Lois Kilby-Chesley, and Borealis Bread founder Jim Amaral joined MECEP at a press conference today to discuss the […] Posted October 16, 2012 Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy Keeping Mainers out of Poverty: Let Me Count the Ways Too many Maine families struggle to put food on their tables and keep a roof over their heads. That our neighbors suffer in this tough economy is […] Jody Harris Posted September 25, 2012 Tags Incomes, Poverty, Tax Fairness
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