High Taxes Lower Economic Performance
MHPC recently released an Issue Brief examing the economic performance of high tax states versus low tax stats. I have been getting many requests to know what Maine’s growth rates […]
Read More →Capitalism is Good for the Environment
This has nothing to do with taxes, but I was so struck by these numbers that I just had to share this story. Its the story of the humble light […]
Read More →The Commercial Forestry Excise Tax
The Commercial Forestry Excise Tax The next installment of the “Hidden Tax/Fee of the Week” is available on the MHPC website. Total Hidden Taxes/Fees to Date: 262
Read More →Taxes Matter III
A recent Wall Street Journal Article, “Stockholm’s Syndrom,” (August 29, 2006, page B1, unavailable without subscription), chronicled Stockholm’s efforts to manage car traffic using variable tolls based on the time […]
Read More →The Mining Excise Tax
The Mining Excise Tax The next installment of the “Hidden Tax/Fee of the Week” is available on the MHPC website. Total Hidden Taxes/Fees to Date: 261
Read More →Taxes Matter II
A new Harvard Study shows that taxes substantially affect taxpayer behavior.
Read More →More Maine Rankings
Two new Maine rankings have come to my attention. Neither bring good news to Mainers.
Read More →Are the Rich Getting Richer?
As the U.S. economy has been recovering from the 2001 recession, there has been a growing level of chatter in the media about the “rich getting richer and the poor […]
Read More →More on the Sales Tax
Another very useful source of data that I could have included in my sales tax paper comes from the “Maine Tax Incidence Study” published by the Maine Revenue Service. In […]
Read More →Environmental Protection Fees
The Hidden Tax/Fee counter has taken a large leap upward with the addition of 247 environmental protection fees. The toal now stands at 260.
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