I strongly oppose Question 1, which aims to essentially double state income taxes for Maine’s higher-earning residents to fund in-home health care.
Keep in mind that the cutoff for this is $128,400 per household. This initiative is funded by the Maine People’s Alliance. If you read their literature (mainepeoplesalliance.org/fairshare), you will see that their endgame is to have people who are in the top 10 percent of income earners (over about $130,000 for a family) to pay about 22 percent of their income in state and local taxes.
The home care provision has no length-of-residency requirements. So one could literally move from anywhere and immediately qualify for “free” home care.
Maine needs to attract more small-business owners, doctors and dentists.
Also note that all four candidates for governor are against Question 1.
Tim Fossett
Kennebunk
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