Passage of Question 2 would catapult Maine from its newly established position in the middle of the pack to one of the 10 worst states for business in the country. AUGUSTA – Late last month, the Tax Foundation, the nation’s leading nonpartisan tax policy research organization, released a brief on the State of Maine’s referendum question 2. The analysis reinforces many of the concerns shared by the LePage Administration over the course of the last year regarding the tax rate, reintroduction of the marriage penalty, and the harm to small businesses. On the topic of small business, the Tax Foundation analysis…
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