Letters
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PublishedDecember 8, 2017
Letter to the editor: Metro’s sweetheart bus deal with USM will cost taxpayers millions
I take issue with a recent letter (Dec. 1) from University of Southern Maine spokesman Bob Stein, defending the sweetheart deal to “partner” with Metro. If USM wanted expanded hours for its student shuttle, why didn’t the university ever request this from the taxpaying contractors who have been cost-effectively providing the service, without taxpayer subsidy, […]
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PublishedDecember 7, 2017
Letter to the editor: Don’t judge a book by its ‘unsavory parts’: Finish reading
Two titles that raised concerns on Freeport High School's freshman reading list are insightful and educational.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2017
Letter to the editor: Country paying the price for its gamble on unconventional Trump
To all those people who voted in “Tweetus” because you were tired of politics as usual: Congratulations. The White House is now the Twilight Zone and the Republicans will pass a tax plan that will enable the taking of needed Medicare from seniors and will mortgage the future of our children with a crushing debt. […]
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PublishedDecember 7, 2017
Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins makes bad decisions, can’t be viewed as a moderate
Sen. Susan Collins, moderate Republican? Let’s review some facts: She voted for a process called “reconciliation” that ensured the Senate tax bill would not be a bipartisan effort. Then she voted to approve the resultant tax bill, which she (like her fellow senators) hadn’t fully read, although it obviously stiff-arms the middle class, provides welfare […]
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PublishedDecember 7, 2017
Letter to the editor: Nation needs more tax revenues, not less, from the rich and corporations
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, two of our richest Americans, have been saying for decades that the rich do not need a tax cut. In 1955, journalists Donald Barlett and James Steele reported in their book “The Betrayal of the American Dream” that the 400 richest U.S. households paid 51.2 percent of their income in […]
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PublishedDecember 6, 2017
Letter to the editor: With tax reform vote, Collins jumps on the ‘Trump train’
The Maine senator had been a thorn in the president's side, so what is she getting in return for climbing aboard now?
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PublishedDecember 6, 2017
Letter to the editor: Provisions in federal tax measure will hurt tourism in Maine
My wife and I loved our six-day trip to Maine in 2016. We’d love to come back, but that won’t be happening now that the Republican tax bill appears likely to pass. The many anti-Northeast provisions in the bill (the non-deductibility of state taxes and second-home mortgage interest, limited deductibility of property taxes and taxes […]
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PublishedDecember 6, 2017
Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins poses as a moderate while serving the wealthy
In recent years I have written letters published here strongly criticizing Sen. Susan Collins for posturing as a moderate. In virtually every case involving protect-the-rich, conservative Republican values, she would side with the rich. And every time, this came after she transparently postured as struggling mightily to determine the right thing to do for the […]
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PublishedDecember 6, 2017
Letter to the editor: Senator shows her true colors – thoroughly Republican red
Now that Sen. Susan Collins has once again shown her true colors, can we please not see the words “moderate” and “Collins” in the same sentence again? Steve Champagne Portland
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PublishedDecember 6, 2017
Letter to the editor: Tax reform bill a rushed disaster, and Americans deserve better
The tax bill that Sen. Susan Collins supported is very bad in many ways and will hurt low- and middle-income taxpayers and nonprofits while rewarding corporations and the rich. To jam through such important legislation hastily put together without bipartisan participation and without thoughtful analysis of its effects is just plain wrong. So is including […]
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