Governor Mills has proposed an $8.04 billion dollar General Fund budget. That is an 11 percent increase over the current $7.2 billion dollar budget. Governor Mills promised that this tremendous budget increase will be “sustainable” and that the massive expansion of Medicaid for able-bodied, child-less adults would be paid for without new taxes. I wish that this were possible, but the evidence says otherwise. I can think of six reasons why this budget is unsustainable. First, the Governor’s budget spends 99.995% of all available funds. That leaves a cushion of just one nickel for every $1000 spent. This leaves basically…
Author: Amy Arata
Amy Arata
State Representative Amy Arata is serving her first term in the Maine House of Representatives where she represents the people of House District 65.