Taxes and Budget The Distributional Effects of Recent Changes to Maine’s Tax System Abstract: Both classical economic theory and recent empirical research support the notion that taxes should be progressive: that the wealthiest citizens should pay a larger share of […] Jody Harris Posted December 23, 2013 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Jobs and Income The State of Working Maine in 2013: An Ever Deepening Income Divide (Part 2) In my last post, I discussed how MECEP’s recently released report, The State of Working Maine in 2013, delves beyond the official monthly employment reports for more […] Mark Sullivan Posted December 13, 2013 Tags Incomes, Inequality, Jobs, Poverty
Jobs and Income A Not-So-Merry Christmas for more than 3,500 Unemployed Mainers More than 3,500 unemployed Mainers will lose critical economic support for themselves and their families if Congress allows emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) to expire on December 28th, […] Joel Johnson Posted December 12, 2013 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income The State of Working Maine in 2013: Beyond the Official Unemployment Report (Part 1) On the first Friday of each month (unless there’s a government shutdown), the Department of Labor releases the official national unemployment report. The results often lead the […] Mark Sullivan Posted December 11, 2013 Tags Employment, Incomes
Taxes and Budget State Revenue Reality Check State General Fund revenue for the two-year period that began in July 2013 (Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015) will be about $20.6 million (0.3%) higher than previously […] Joel Johnson Posted December 9, 2013 Tags Revenue, Taxes