The half-measures in the budget will frustrate progressives. The Maine Center for Economic Policy advocated a budget outline that would use surpluses and a $518 million income tax hike on people making more than $100,000 to fully fund schools and other items.
Garrett Martin, the group’s executive director, said while Mills’ proposal dedicates important revenue to health care and education, it “locks in LePage-era tax policy” and Maine needs “a practical conversation about revenue” if education and tax relief programs are to be fully funded.
Mills avoids tax hikes, boosts school aid in $8 billion spending plan hit from left and right
