Maine’s Private Sector Share of Personal Income by County
Read the full report | Personal income is an important economic measure of a state’s well-being. Higher levels of personal income allow a state’s residents to buy more goods and […]
Read More →Op-ed on Consolidation in today’s KJ
Competing consolidation plans? No problem. Consolidate them. Stephen L. Bowen Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel Thursday, May 10, 2007 Time is running out for the Legislature to develop a broadly […]
Read More →Taxes Matter VII: Tax Progressivity and Education
Many politicians in Augusta believe that Maine’s tax systems should be even more progressive than it is currently. Progressive in the sense that those who earn more also pay a […]
Read More →Education Service Districts Hold the Key to a Consolidation Compromise
Read the full report | A better approach is needed Despite months of work, the legislature appears little closer to finding a broadly acceptable approach to generating savings through K-12 consolidation […]
Read More →State Tax Buden Still on the Rise
Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau released their annual state tax collection report for state fiscal year 2006. Unfortunately for Mainers, the news is not good. Taken as a percent of […]
Read More →Why Single Payor Scares Me
The Illinois Legislature created the Adequate Health Care Task Force to analyze and recommend a “universal health proposal.” In April 2006, I was invited by the Task Force to testify […]
Read More →Tax Foundation Responds
Today the Tax Foundation also weighs in on the Portland Press Herald Op-Ed. Click here for their blog.
Read More →Misleading Tax Op-Ed
Today, an op-ed in the Portland Press Herald by Kay Rand suggests that the Tax Foundation’s annual state and local tax burden rankings is misleading and overstates Maine’s tax burden. […]
Read More →AARP Finds Religion
Last week, a New York Times story highlighted AARP’s plan to sell a new Medicare Advantage plan to those over 65 and a new individual insurance plan to those 50 […]
Read More →Wagon Pullers versus Wagon Riders
In my recent report on Maine’s personal income, I found that Maine’s private sector share of persona income had fallen to a new all-time low of 66.1 percent. From an […]
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