What Economic Forecasters are Saying about the Maine Economy
This excerpt is from the May 2006 Maine Economic Outlook published by the New England Economic Partnership and authored by Dr. Charles S. Colgan–Prefessor of Public Policy and Manegement, Muskie […]
Read More →How High is Maine’s Level of Taxation?
Here at MHPC, we examine state and local tax collections as a percent of personal income as the benchmark for determing Maine’s level of taxation on the overall economy. However, […]
Read More →Economic Danger Signs
The Wall Street Journal this weekend ran a story titled “In New England, a Different Kind of Fall.” The story is primarily about the cooling housing market and its short-term […]
Read More →Personal Income In Maine
Here is a preview of an upcoming MHPC study examining the growth in real per capita personal income in Maine versus the national average.
Read More →Taxing Seasonal Residents
A recent Wall Street Journal article titled “Florida Snowbirds Challenge Fairness of Two-Tier Tax
Read More →“Maine Struggling to Revive Ailing Economy”
Recently, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston released a study (pdf) examining the economies of New England. Today, the New York Times ran a story about Maine’s plight titled “Maine […]
Read More →What is Tax Incidence?
A new report by the Tax Foundation examines the difference between tax collections and tax burdens.
Read More →Government Spending and Economic Development
Opponents of the Maine Taxpayer Bill of Rights assert that it will limit government’s ability to promote economic development in the state. Ed Cervone of the Maine Center for Economic […]
Read More →The Blueberry Tax
The next installment of the “Hidden Tax/Fee of the Week” is available on the MHPC website. Total Hidden Taxes/Fees Revealed To Date: 10
Read More →The Looming Demographic Crisis
The U.S. is one the precipice of an unprecedented demographic change. In the next few years, the baby-boomer generation will begin retiring. Maine is at the forefront of this change […]
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