New IRS Data Shows Maine Taxpayers Fleeing to Other States
Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released their 2009 estimates of taxpayer migration. This is important because people “voting with their feet” is a barometer of the health of a […]
Read More →Maine’s Population Shrinking and Aging
Recently the U.S. Census Bureau released their updated intercensal state population estimates by age and race. These new estimates account for the new population counts as determined by the 2010 population census. […]
Read More →Does Maine Need More Debt?
According to the folks at the Maine Center for Economic Policy the answer is “yes” Maine needs more debt (pdf). They argue that new bonds would create new jobs and that […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector . . . 2nd Quarter, 2011
Last week the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the second quarter of 2011 by state (pdf) and revisions for the past couple of […]
Read More →Big Labor vs. Taxpayers Index – Maine Ranks #30
The Competitive Enterprise Institute recently released a fascinating index called the “Big Labor versus Taxpayers Index.” The institute uses 1,150 data points to rank the states based on whether they […]
Read More →The State of Maine’s Economy
Recently, I was appointed to the Maine Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission whose job it is to project the future state of Maine’s economy. The CEFC projection is then used to […]
Read More →Is it Open? Is it Transparent? No, it’s Super Congress!
Superman had a lot of power, but I don’t recall him ever having the opportunity to reduce the U.S. debt by $1.2 trillion. Twelve “Super” members of Congress will soon […]
Read More →Maine’s High Tax Burden on Businesses
Much was made of the recent Ernst & Young/Council on State Taxation (COST) study showing Maine’s tax code pertaining to C-corporations was the best in the country. However, as I […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector . . . 1st Quarter, 2011
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the first quarter of 2011 by state (pdf) and revisions for the past couple […]
Read More →Will Maine Taxpayers Pay More to Solve Public Pension Crisis?
Important Note: While this is a new analysis I’m reporting on, it does not reflect the very recent changes to Maine’s pension system that was just enacted as part of […]
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