Taxes and Budget Maine Needs More Energy Efficiency Investment, Not Less As Maine lawmakers consider two major pieces of energy legislation in the coming weeks, energy efficiency investments should be their number one priority. Maine should invest more […] Joel Johnson Posted April 29, 2013 Tags Budget
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LD 1227, An Act to Promote Tourism and Economic Development We have a dilemma in Maine. We want good schools, good roads, safe communities, and opportunities to achieve a better life. Unfortunately, our current tax system is […] MECEP Posted April 26, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Some Proposals to Raise New Revenue From High-Income Earners Today, the Legislature’s taxation committee heard public testimony on several tax bills that would help balance the state’s budget without raising taxes on low- and middle-income families. […] Joel Johnson Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education Testimony at Hearing on LD 1353: An Act to Further Reduce Student Hunger Over 80,000 kids in Maine do not get enough to eat. During the school year, the National School Lunch program, which has been around since the 1940s, […] MECEP Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Education, Food Insecurity, K-12 Education
Education Testimony at Hearing on LD 517: An Act To Restore Funding for Head Start and LD 1383: An Act To Improve the Delivery of Early Child Care and Education Services Investing in Head Start, child care, and home visiting is good for our children, their parents, our communities, and our economy. Academic research shows that quality child […] MECEP Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Children, Education
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LDs 1124, 834, 1256, and 1113 We have a dilemma in Maine. We want good schools, good roads, safe communities, and opportunities to achieve a better life. Unfortunately, our current tax system is […] MECEP Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Income Tax Cuts for the Rich Are a Recipe for Fewer Jobs and Slower Economic Growth Legislators are currently considering Governor LePage’s proposed biennial budget that would saddle low- and middle-income Maine families with the tab for a two-year budget gap that’s $433 […] Joel Johnson Posted April 4, 2013 Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes