As a taxpaying citizen of this state for the past 32 years, I don’t mind paying for my fair share of the public good. As I approach retirement age, I do mind being potentially burdened with a tax liability, especially hurtful to those on fixed incomes – property taxes.
Without saying so, Gov. LePage sees fit to raise that burden by decreasing and/or dissolving income tax and inheritance tax. For the many of us whose main life’s investment is a house and its land, the governor’s intention is shallow. Most of the people in Maine don’t have portfolios. They work for what they have.
When a politician tells me he’s going to withhold issuing bond money that I voted for, then he ceases being a public servant. That is my tax money, approved for the public good, not his personal agenda with a touch of blackmail.
“What can I do for you?” has become “What can you do for me?” If it isn’t done top down, bring on the trash talk.
Maine is an incredibly beautiful state. It’s too bad that its politics do not dignify this natural quality. Perhaps the governor should keep in mind a picture of Katahdin when he plans his fiscal strategy. It was built from the ground up.
Douglas Yohman
East Waterboro
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