Both candidates are promising cuts and increases that would push the rising trajectory of public debt on to an even higher path. This literally cannot go on much longer.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Brunswick spill a ‘never again’ moment for Maine
The more detail emerges about the circumstances of the spill, the more obvious it is that we need a far more rigorous approach to public health and safety … and to PFAS.
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Another View: A federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is poverty pay. It’s time to raise it.
It’s hard to imagine how an adult can pay for housing, food, health care and transportation on a full-time minimum wage salary of $15,000 a year.
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Our View: State environmental protection needs to become much more active
Wanton pollution of Maine’s environment has to be cracked down on more harshly. This is not and cannot be a partisan matter.
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Another View: Democrats, the party of freedom?
The abortion issue aside, the progressive agenda is otherwise overwhelmingly authoritarian.
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Our View: No better time to recognize Frances Perkins than right now
President Biden’s pledge to designate national monuments to the legacies of extraordinary women is tailormade for the crusading Perkins.
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Another View: Harris should fight Trump with a better Bidenomics
Will her administration will aim to strengthen the first version or double down on its weaknesses?
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Our View: Response to Brunswick foam spill a multifaceted failure
The buck could not have been passed any further. An anxious public deserves better.
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Another View: Generative AI could hurt progress fighting climate change
Given the environmental impacts, there has been increasing opposition to plans to expand energy-hungry data centers.
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Our View: New police rules improve accountability
An officer does not have to act criminally to be undeserving of a badge.