All posts tagged "big government"
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After 975 days, Washington’s governor will finally relinquish his emergency pandemic powers
For most Americans, COVID-19 long ago stopped being an immediate crisis and has...
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Rand Paul exposes eight insane ways the feds wasted our money in 2021
Every holiday season, Senator Rand Paul honors the fictional Seinfeld holiday “Festivus,” an...
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The lockdown paradigm is collapsing
It’s taken much longer than it should have but at last it seems...
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Economists warn we can’t keep ignoring the national debt
With COVID-19 ravaging the country and government pandemic lockdowns devastating our economy, the...
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Adding insult to injury: Governor Mills and the PPP
The Paycheck Protection Program, part of the federal CARES Act passed last year,...
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3 glaring problems with Joe Biden’s new multi-trillion COVID package
On Thursday night, Joe Biden rolled out a sweeping proposal for $1.9 trillion...
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New York bill would let the state put people in detention if deemed a ‘significant threat to public health’
New York lawmakers are mulling a bill that would allow the state to...
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Thousands of doctors and scientists agree: Lockdowns are making public health matters worse
Three leading epidemiologists gathered in Massachusetts on Sunday to sign the Great Barrington...
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One-time gimmicks can’t fix Maine’s long-term budget woes
Maine Gov. Janet Mills recently signed a curtailment order to keep the state’s...
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Shutdown Stories: Aquaboggan
Aquaboggan in Saco was forced to close in late August after receiving a...
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Socialism and unintended consequences
“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized...
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How unworkable government rules separate man from his bacon
Farmer Randy Canarr of Souder Station Farm has been farming and raising livestock...
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Should Maine and other states end state-run lotteries?
To an obdurate defender of economic theory’s central simplifying assumption — that people...
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Government does not belong in the marriage business
I recently officiated my younger brother’s wedding. It was a Southern Maine outdoor venue,...
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3,289 Mainers lose health insurance plans due to Obamacare
More than 3,000 Mainers are set to lose their current health insurance plans...
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Convention of States: We Have a Solution as Big as the Problem
By Ken Quinn — This week I would like to share with you...
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Top 10 Highest Paid Maine State Employees in 2013
The Maine State Controller’s office has released state payroll data for 2013. Here’s...
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Maine Ranks 39th Freest State
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has released its biennial report on...
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Maine State Workers to Union: Hands off our paychecks!
State employees are speaking out in favor of a bipartisan proposal to reverse...
