Taxes and Budget A New Plan to Raise Taxes on 35,000 Working Maine Families With 65,000 Children On Wednesday, the US Senate is expected to vote on two opposing tax proposals that would result in very different outcomes for low-income working Mainers. One, by […] Joel Johnson Posted July 24, 2012 Tags Children, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Ideology over Facts: MHPC Does It Again In a piece that appeared Tuesday on its website, The Maine Wire, the Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) argued for the elimination of the state’s personal income […] Joel Johnson Posted April 26, 2012 Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Reflections on Tax Day Tuesday was Tax Day. Paying taxes affirms our commitment to society and to our fellow human beings. Tax dollars pay for the physical foundation of our nation: […] Joel Johnson Posted April 19, 2012 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Legislature Rejects Fiscally Irresponsible, Poorly Targeted Pension Tax Cut Despite evidence that Maine’s employment picture remains bleak, state policymakers continue to pay little attention to steps that would boost the economy and create jobs. After rushing […] Mark Sullivan Posted April 11, 2012 Tags Appropriations Committee, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Day of Action Today MECEP participated in a “Day of Action Briefing” hosted by Engage Maine. The briefing highlighted a number of irresponsible proposals being rushed through the Legislature and […] Garrett Martin Posted April 2, 2012 Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Responsible Tax Reform? Maine has pursued broad based tax reform in fits and starts. We have seen time and again that responsible, broad based tax reform is difficult to achieve. The […] Garrett Martin Posted March 20, 2012 Tags Estate Tax, Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Fact Sheet: LD 849: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing LD 849 is a tax “relief” wolf in sheep’s clothing. It is another radical tax and budget plan like the two TABOR and the Paleski referenda Maine […] MECEP Posted March 15, 2012 Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
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
Taxes and Budget Raising Revenue from High Income Households in Maine PERI issue brief confirms that the “Responsible Solution” proposed by the Engage Maine coalition in January 2012 would restore tax fairness and raise needed revenue without negative […] Jody Harris Posted March 12, 2012 Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Mainers Pledge Responsible Wealth for a Responsible Solution Speakers assert that fairness demands that they pay their fair share in state taxes Augusta, Maine (Thursday, February 9, 2012) The Maine Center for Economic Policy […] Posted February 9, 2012 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes