Patrick Marvin
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Commentary
Raising Minimum Wage Will Hurt Small Businesses and Increase Layoffs
The debate over the November ballot initiative to raise the statewide minimum wage has...
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Commentary
Pro-Minimum Wage Study Filled with Flaws
Recently, advocates of increasing Maine’s minimum wage published a study highlighting the alleged...
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Commentary
Maine Uncovering Record Amount of Welfare Fraud
This week, the Maine Department of Health and Human Service announced that they...
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Commentary
Obama is Making Big Changes to Medicare
Beginning today, almost 800 hospitals across the country will be impacted by the...
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Commentary
Welfare Programs Harm Recipients
America’s $700 billion per year welfare system is actually doing more harm than...
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Commentary
Patients, Customers and Taxpayers Should Be Worried
Community Health Options (CHO) has decided to increase prices for patients and customers...
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Commentary
Say Goodbye to Two Billion Dollars
The signature “achievement” of Obama’s Presidency, Obamacare, was dealt yet another major blow...
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Commentary
The Democrats Are Pretending to Care About Welfare Reform
It’s an election year, so Democrats in the State Legislature are again feigning...
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Commentary
This Version of Expanded Medicaid is Not Better
If you didn’t know better, you would think that certain legislators in Augusta...
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Commentary
A Bill That’s Still Bad for Maine
The push for Medicaid expansion in Maine perfectly fits the common saying “if...
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Commentary
LePage Rightly Moves to Increase Maine’s Rainy Day Fund
Today, Governor Paul LePage announced he will introduce common-sense legislation that will help...
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Commentary
The Press Herald is Wrong on the Gas Tax
“Struggling Mainers should suck it up and pay a higher gas tax. We...
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Commentary
Marvin: A Common-Sense Health Care Solution
This article was first published April 17, 2015 at mainepolicy.org. In nearly every business...
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News
Maine Leads Nation in Food Stamp Reduction
According to recently released data from the U.S.D.A, Maine is leading the nation...
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Commentary
Education Savings Accounts and the Future of School Choice in Maine
Sixty years ago Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman argued that just because we...
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Commentary
BDN Wrong about Income Tax and Spending
There’s an old adage that goes “If you have the facts on your...
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National
Nancy Pelosi Proposes Lowering Voting Age
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), speaking at the Generation Progress Summit last week, voiced her...
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News
Maine Unemployment Claims at Lowest Levels in Decades
According to a release from the Maine Department of Labor, unemployment claims in...
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Commentary
A Nanny-State Government is Not the Solution
In the aftermath of a tragedy, there is often an outcry for government to...
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News
New Data Shows Maine Had Strong Income Growth
On Wednesday morning, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released estimates of real...
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News
Activists Gathering to Support LePage Budget Veto Tuesday Morning
On Tuesday Morning, activists, concerned citizens, and advocates will be gathering at the...
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Commentary
A Bad Deal for Maine
On Monday, Gov. LePage is expected to veto the legislature’s $6.7 biennial state...
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National
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Obamacare Subsidies
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the...
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Inside Augusta
Maine Budget Details Released
Details on the latest state budget deal emerged on Tuesday morning, after Republican...
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News
U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Review Maine Case on Medicaid Cuts
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court rejected a request by the LePage...
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National
North Carolina Tax Revenues Increase After Tax Cuts
State tax revenues in North Carolina have increased roughly 6% this year, despite...
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Inside Augusta
Maine Committee, Several Republicans Vote to Keep Common Core
The push to rid Maine of the controversial Common Core State Standards suffered...
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Inside Augusta
Maine Unions Appear to Have Inside Information on Right-To-Work Bills
According to a recent website post, Maine unions appear to have been given crucial...
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Inside Augusta
Maine Democrats Look to Eliminate Welfare Work Requirement
The fight over welfare reform took a new twist last week, as Democrats...
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News
Debunking the Myths on Right-to-Work
In the discussion surrounding right-to-work legislation, there is a tendency for both opponents...
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Commentary
Deregulation of Hotels: A Smart Move for All
Last Monday, a senior adviser to Governor Paul R. LePage revealed that the...
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Inside Augusta
Sen. Brakey Proposes 6 Month Residency Requirement for Welfare
Freshman Senator Eric Brakey (R-Auburn) is continuing the effort to mandate that new...
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Commentary
Right-to-Work: The Freedom Maine Deserves
This year, lawmakers in Augusta will once-again consider right-to-work legislation in the form...
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Commentary
Democrats Quick to Attack Balanced Budget Amendment
With voters last November resoundingly supporting fiscally conservative candidates who campaigned on reducing...
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Inside Augusta
9,000 Fewer Mainers on Food Stamps
According to Governor LePage’s administration, 9,000 fewer Mainers have been using SNAP benefits,...
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National
Obama Likely to Use Veto to Help Unions
On Thursday, Congress passed a resolution aimed at limiting so-called “ambush elections” for...
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National
House Republicans Release Budget Proposal
On Tuesday, U.S. House Republican leadership unveiled their conservative budget proposal that seeks...
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Inside Augusta
Maine Unions Pledge to Fight Right-to-Work Bills
On Thursday, hundreds of union supporters packed into the State House to stump...
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News
Clinton Defends Using Private Email
On Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton admitted it may have been a mistake to...
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News
Greens Seeking to Double the Minimum Wage in Portland
On Thursday, the Portland Green Independent Committee announced that it will be pushing...
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News
Court Ruling: Mainers Can’t Buy Drugs from Foreign Pharmacies
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torrensen ruled that federal law prohibits...
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Commentary
Maine Takes Sides in Obamacare Supreme Court Case
Maine seems to have taken a side in the U.S. Supreme Court case...
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Commentary
Maine’s General Assistance: A Flawed Program
Maine might just be the most lavish state in the U.S. – at...
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Commentary
Lessons for Maine in Vermont’s Failure
The argument against expanding government run health care in America just got a...
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Commentary
Hands Off Uber, Portland
Nearly everyone knows that innovation, competition, and development are needed to bring Maine...
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Commentary
Minimum Wage Increase Wrong for Maine
There is no denying that the low wages earned by Maine people are...
