The old saw that “people who like sausages and law shouldn’t see how they are created” is surely reflected in the passage of the new tax statute: No hearings were held, no government agencies had an opportunity to discover the actual economic effects, and even debate was extremely minimal. Since alterations in the proposal’s language […]

Perhaps because I had more time than usual in which to review the New Year’s Day paper, I want to communicate some inconsistencies that trouble me: • In the discussions concerning the vote for and the possible failure of implementation of Medicaid expansion (Our View, Page A4), there is the overemphasis of concerns about cost […]

Sen. Susan Collins’ job, and the job of every senator, is to represent her constituents. Her support of the tax bill, despite the harm it will do to a great many of her constituents and to our state, and despite clear and copious communication from a majority of us, already had shown me her disdain […]