Maine’s Personal Income in 2006: Private Sector Continues to Shrink
Read the full report | Personal income is an important economic measure of a state’s well-being. Higher levels of personal income mean that a state’s residents are able to buy […]
Read More →Taxes Matter VI . . . more than “Public Investment”
In a classic example of Orwellian Double-Think, “government spending” in now “government investment.” Naturally, this implies that government spending has a surplus benefit above and beyond the taxes raised to […]
Read More →BDN Op-Ed: Still time for compromise on education reform
Stephen L. Bowen: Still time for compromise on education reform Bangor Daily News, March 21, 2007 It is said that the sign of a good compromise is that all the […]
Read More →Why Ireland is Thriving: Lessons for Maine
In a new article in the National Review, Chris Edwards explains how Ireland became an economic success story. He found that: “Irish government spending fell from more than 50 percent […]
Read More →The Cigarette and Tobacco Products License Fees
The Cigarette and Tobacco Products License Fees The next installment of the “Hidden Tax/Fee of the Week” is available on the MHPC website. Total Hidden Taxes/Fees to Date: 273
Read More →Imagine Calling a Maine Hospital and Getting an Advance Price on the Cost of Your Treatment
Sometimes in Maine we seem to be the last to jump on board with national trends. HCA, a national for-profit chain of 165 hospitals, will “begin telling patients in advance […]
Read More →The Tobacco Products Tax
The Tobacco Products Tax The next installment of the “Hidden Tax/Fee of the Week” is available on the MHPC website. Total Hidden Taxes/Fees to Date: 268
Read More →Taxes Matter V . . . Oh, and Regulation too.
In the February 24 to March 2 edition of the “The Economist” magazine was a special report on offshore finance (subscription required). The essentials of the report is best summarized […]
Read More →Some Good Health Care News
Not everything is negative with US health care and health care spending. Consider this information from the National Center on Policy Analysis: BURYING GOOD NEWS Health care costs are increasing […]
Read More →Expanding Sales Tax to Services is Bad Tax Policy
In Augusta, there are rumblings about expanding the sales tax base to include services in order to increase revenue. Some want to spend the revenue increase, others want to reduce […]
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