2015
Posted inForecaster Opinion, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster

Letter: Tax rates put Portland and Maine at disadvantage

by The Forecaster

With Maine politicians debating tax policy, I’m reminded of the tax burden differences for two coastal New England cities: • State income tax rate (married couples earning more than $41,850): Portland, Maine – 7.95 percent, Portsmouth, New Hampshire – 0 percent. • State capital gains tax rate (married couples earning more than $41,850): Portland – […]

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Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster

Letter: LePage damages Maine's reputation, economy

by The Forecaster

Thanks once again to Edgar Allen Beem for his astute summary of Gov. Paul LePage’s reign of terror. LePage’s followers often tout his rising above his street upbringing to achieve business success. Based on his crude behavior, it looks to me as though he takes “the street” with him wherever he goes. His obscene speech […]

Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster

Letter: Columnist, LePage take the same tack

by The Forecaster

In reaction to recent praise for Julie McDonald-Smith’s columns, I would like to suggest the praise is due not so much for what she has to say, as for The Forecaster’s willingness to publish her right-wing blurb, riddled with lopsided, distorted, simplistic and twisted logic. An example is her recent rant about alleged welfare fraud […]

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