New Hampshire Envy
In today’s article in the Portland Press Herald–“New Hampshire Envy” Takes a Seat in Augusta–there are a number of erroneous comments (in the comment section) in regards to New Hampshire’s […]
Read More →Maine’s Personal Current Transfer Receipts in 2009
Between 2008 and 2009, Maine’s Personal Current Transfer Receipts (PCTR), which consists of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc., grew by $1.2 billion to $11 billion from $8.8 Billion. As shown […]
Read More →Response to Charles Lawton
Charles Lawton’s article in Sunday’s edition of the Portland Press Herald made a number of points that I wanted to chime in on. First, he states: Ignoring the fact that […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector Sets New Low
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the first quarter of 2010. Unfortunately, this brings more bad news for Mainers. As […]
Read More →Record Increase in Maine’s Personal Current Transfer Receipts
In my previous blog I hinted that Maine’s Personal Current Transfer Receipts (PCTR) were behind the large drop in the private sector share of personal income. Between 2008 and 2009, […]
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