Taxes and Budget Property taxes will increase for 200,000 families in every part of the state under governor's budget (map) Map from February 6, 2017 MECEP issue brief, “Governor LePage’s Proposed Cuts to Homestead Exemption Would Raise Property Taxes for Maine Homeowners.” Click on the map for […] Mark Sullivan Posted February 6, 2017 Tags Budget, Property Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Governor's budget would increase property taxes on over 200,000 Maine households (interactive map) Interactive map from February 5, 2017 blog post, “To pay for tax cuts for the rich, LePage budget shifts tens of millions of dollars onto the backs […] Mark Sullivan Posted February 6, 2017 Tags Budget, Property Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Oppose the Repeal of Homestead Exemption for Non-elderly Families Governor LePage’s FY18/19 budget proposal would eliminate the Homestead Exemption property tax relief program for resident homeowners under 65 years of age. This is a bad idea. […] Mark Sullivan Posted February 3, 2017 Tags Budget, Homestead Exemption, Property Tax, Taxes
Education Oppose the Governor’s Efforts to Repeal Voter Approved Funding for Education and to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich Paid for by Mainers with Income below $92,000 Here are three reasons why Maine lawmakers should reject Governor LePage’s FY18/19 budget proposal: 1. Ignoring the Will of Maine Voters The governor’s proposed state budget completely […] Sarah Austin Posted February 3, 2017 Tags Education, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Setting the record straight on the impacts of Governor LePage’s tax plan The Maine Sunday Telegram’s (MST) recently published, above the fold, front page story on the impacts of Governor LePage’s tax plan comes up short in its analysis of the […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 18, 2017 Tags Property Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Maine Sunday Telegram overstates the impact of Governor LePage's proposed income tax changes (chart 1) Mark Sullivan Posted January 18, 2017 Tags Budget, Income Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Maine Sunday Telegram overstates the impact of Governor LePage’s proposed income tax changes (chart 2) Mark Sullivan Posted January 18, 2017 Tags Budget, Income Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Upside-down tax plan, missed opportunity, and unnecessary and harmful cuts in the governor’s budget proposal At a time when Maine families are falling out of the middle-class, when experienced workers need new skills to secure good paying jobs in a modern economy, […] Sarah Austin Posted January 13, 2017 Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Governor LePage's proposed tax plan increases taxes for lower 80 percent of families Graphic from Sarah Austin’s January 13, 2017 blog post, “Upside-down tax plan, missed opportunity, and unnecessary and harmful cuts in the governor’s budget proposal.” Mark Sullivan Posted January 13, 2017 Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Mainers vote for MECEP-backed initiatives to raise the minimum wage, rollback tax breaks for the wealthy to fund education On November 8th, Maine voters approved two referendum questions the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) strongly supported and for which we provided critical research and analytical […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 15, 2016 Tags Economy, Education, Health Care, Tax Fairness, Taxes