Unlike a surtax on higher incomes, this might mostly fall on non-Mainers, many of whom wouldn’t notice.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Proposed cut to federal heating assistance program shows misplaced priorities
That a lifeline program fights for funding every year says a lot about who we’re really looking out for.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Housing crunch can reward bad landlords
A recent incident in Portland shows how tenants too poor to complain are easy prey.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Caring for the common good is what we should all have in common
Republicans might not like taxes, but they pay for our country’s basic services – including Medicaid.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Supply-side economics? Tried it, did it wrong
Sam Brownback’s tax-reform failure is not an indictment of tax cuts, but a reminder of a fiscal reality.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Alan Caron: Cutting taxes and government hurt economy in Kansas, so beware
Sam Brownback went back to Kansas to install the supply side economic policies of tea party dreams. It failed miserably.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Overhaul falters as some balk at import tax
A growing number of congressional Republicans oppose the tax that draws strong opposition from retailers, automakers and the oil industry.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Tax surcharge would drive business from Maine
And more money for schools should come with reforms that ensure it goes to the right place.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: It will take more than a tax surcharge to keep doctors away from Maine
In the same way physicians look at the whole patient, LePage should consider all of what draws people here.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Charles Lawton: Fewer births, too little in-migration give education system a people problem
Maine’s educational system is challenged by both falling numbers of students and a good way to deal with funding needs, and the two are closely linked.