Maine versus New Hampshire XIV: The Personal Income Tax
On January 18, the New Hampshire legislator is taking up a constitutional amendment that would permanently ban a personal income tax in the state. The good news for Maine is […]
Read More →The Circumstance is Our Own Making
Recently, the New England Public Policy Institute released a new report called, “How Does New Hampshire Do It? An Analysis of Spending and Revenues in the Absence of a Broad-based […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire XIII: Right-to-Work
More bad new for Maine’s economy . . . New Hampshire is close to becoming a right-to-work state: The New Hampshire Senate voted 16-8 to pass a right-to-work bill this […]
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The Great Tax Divide: Maine’s Retail Desert vs. New Hampshire’s Retail Oasis
It is well-known that Maine and New Hampshire are polar opposites when it comes to tax policy. Maine has one of the highest tax burdens in the country at 12.6 […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire XII: Right-to-Work
The Union Leader is reporting that the New Hampshire House of Representatives has just passed a right-to-work bill 221 to 131. Currently, 22 states have right-to-work laws and none in […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire XI: The Battle of Unfunded Pension Liabilities
In my recent study, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Maine’s Pension Payments are Crowding Out Other Spending,” (pdf) I noted that as Maine’s pension payments grow the budget process will, […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire X
Scott Moody – Chief Economist So in the past few days we’ve seen a quite a bit of “gnashing of the teeth” over Amity Shlaes’s Bloomberg article. A few days […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire IX
Today, author and columnist Amity Shlaes ran an article in Bloomberg citing my research on the Maine’s private sector in comparison with New Hampshire’s private sector. For those who missed […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire VIII
Another issue that folks have been following is the population race between Maine and New Hampshire. Last year it appeared that New Hampshire’s population would exceed Maine’s sometime early in […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire VII
One of the greatest economic and policy differences between Maine and New Hampshire is the level of spending on personal current transfer receipts (PCTR). This type of spending includes Social […]
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