Work requirements work, but don’t ask MECEP for a fair analysis
Last month, the Maine Center for Economic Policy posted an article on its website chastising Governor LePage and other Republican lawmakers for having the audacity to suggest that able-bodied adults […]
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MECEP’s Shoddy Defense of Minimum Wage Hike Ignores Basic Research Methods
Earlier this year, the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a left-wing think tank, published an article written by its budget and education analyst, James Myall. The piece, entitled “Minimum Wage […]
Read More →Government Spending and Private Activity
In December, I released a study that showed raising taxes to cover the budget shortfall at the Department of Health and Human Services would cost private sector jobs–or an estimated […]
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 Turnpike Authority: Driving Maine’s Professional Left
The Maine Heritage Policy Center exists solely because of the generosity of our 1,500 individual donors. We accept no government money, and it works out great; we don’t want it, […]
Read More →MECEP and MoveOn.org
It’s no secret the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) is no fan of MHPC. The liberal think tank, which often leads the charge in Maine for higher taxes and […]
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