Taxes and Budget

A New Plan to Raise Taxes on 35,000 Working Maine Families With 65,000 Children

On Wednesday, the US Senate is expected to vote on two opposing tax proposals that would result in very different outcomes for low-income working Mainers. One, by […]

Joel Johnson

Posted July 24, 2012

Tags Children, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

US House Continues To Fail Americans in Need

On May 10th, the US House of Representatives passed the inappropriately named Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, which would replace defense spending cuts mandated by last summer’s debt […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 30, 2012

Tags Budget, Children, Federal, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Taxes and Budget

Half of Fiscal Responsibility is About Revenues

Maine’s 125th Legislature and the LePage administration have talked a lot about fiscal responsibility, but have their actions supported their rhetoric? House Speaker Robert Nutting called the […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 21, 2012

Tags Budget, Revenue

Jobs and Income

Faulty Jobs Numbers Fuel Governor LePage's Premature Victory Lap

Today Governor LePage’s office released a report called Making Maine Prosperous, subtitled “The First 500 Days of Governor Paul LePage”. In that report, the unidentified authors from […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 18, 2012

Tags Jobs

Jobs and Income

US House Votes to Eliminate Major Source of Economic and Demographic Data

The American Community Survey is the only source of objective, consistent, and comprehensive information about the nation’s social, economic, and demographic characteristics down to the neighborhood level. […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 18, 2012

Tags Budget, Economy, Federal

Taxes and Budget

Maine Beats New Hampshire in Head-to-Head Battle for Taxpayers and Their Income

Over the last few weeks, as part of a larger quest to deliver control of public goods and resources to private interests, Governor LePage and his allies […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 9, 2012

Tags Income Tax, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Ideology over Facts: MHPC Does It Again

In a piece that appeared Tuesday on its website, The Maine Wire, the Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) argued for the elimination of the state’s personal income […]

Joel Johnson

Posted April 26, 2012

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Reflections on Tax Day

Tuesday was Tax Day. Paying taxes affirms our commitment to society and to our fellow human beings. Tax dollars pay for the physical foundation of our nation: […]

Joel Johnson

Posted April 19, 2012

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Recessions are Budget Busters

It’s been almost three years since the Great Recession officially ended, but the recovery has been slow to materialize. There are still 50,000 people in Maine who […]

Joel Johnson

Posted April 13, 2012

Tags Budget

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A New Plan to Raise Taxes on 35,000 Working Maine Families With 65,000 Children

US House Continues To Fail Americans in Need

Half of Fiscal Responsibility is About Revenues

Faulty Jobs Numbers Fuel Governor LePage's Premature Victory Lap

US House Votes to Eliminate Major Source of Economic and Demographic Data

Maine Beats New Hampshire in Head-to-Head Battle for Taxpayers and Their Income

Ideology over Facts: MHPC Does It Again

Reflections on Tax Day

Recessions are Budget Busters