Policy Research Fact Sheet: State budget cuts will likely result in a loss of 7,000 to 10,000 Maine jobs

Fact Sheet: State budget cuts will likely result in a loss of 7,000 to 10,000 Maine jobs

Jody Harris
February 4, 2010

Categories: Taxes and Budget
Tags: Budget, Jobs

MECEP analysis finds that state budget cuts will likely result in a loss of 7,000 to 10,000 Maine jobs

Maine workers will lose jobs as a result of proposed state budget cuts. Job losses will be experienced by both public and private sector employees as the impact of cuts ripple through the economy. Analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) details the extent of these losses related to cuts in health care and education. Together these two sectors comprise over 60% of general fund spending and account for nearly 119,000 jobs.

by Christopher St John

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Jody Harris

Jody provides financial management, oversees grants administration, and manages board relations, and serves as MECEP’s policy lead on consumer finance protections. She has over 30 years of experience in public management serving in policy roles in Maine state government under four governors and as town manager in two Maine towns. She has a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Maine.

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