Jobs and Income Who in Maine Deserves a Raise? In this season of hope, peace and goodwill to all, a Bangor Daily News editorial today (“Maine’s Low Wages”, 12/22/2010) comments on Governor-elect LePage’s recent lament that […] Mark Sullivan Posted December 22, 2010 Tags Incomes
Taxes and Budget Shepard Lee Lecturer Calls Deficit Reduction Fervor Misplaced Center for American Progress Vice President for Economic Policy Michael Ettlinger warned the audience at MECEP’s 12/14/2010 event that states will not likely receive additional federal aid […] Mark Sullivan Posted December 16, 2010 Tags Budget, Federal, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Fact Sheet: Where the Money Is (and Isn’t): MHPC Report Raises False Alarms about Maine’s Spending Priorities The Maine Center for Economic Policy believes that rigorous and credible research and analysis should be at the core of discussions of public policy. The recent Maine […] Jody Harris Posted December 14, 2010 Tags Budget
Jobs and Income When Hard Work Isn't Enough - Fostering Opportunity for Maine's Working Families In 2008, nearly ten thousand working families in Maine lived under the federal poverty line, and nearly 38,000 working families struggled under the “low-income” threshold or the 200% […] Jody Harris Posted December 13, 2010 Tags Economy, Incomes, Jobs, Poverty