All posts tagged "poverty"

A better measure of poverty? Lawmakers say ‘No thanks’

Have you ever wondered where the poverty figures you read in the paper...
Why must new vehicles be inspected?

Vehicles are far safer and more reliable than they were nearly a century...
Reductions in child poverty not a result of minimum wage increases

Last month, the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) published a study on the...
Don’t expect higher minimum wages to reduce poverty

The standard objection to increasing the minimum wage is that it will result...
Gideon’s Bill Would Expand Welfare Dependency

Speaker of the House Sara Gideon is trying to pull a fast one...
Why Are Mainers Poor?

Yesterday, The Maine Heritage Policy Center released a new report, “Top 10 Things...
Regulations Drive Up Cost of Child Care in Maine

For many families with young children, especially single-parent households, child care is critical...
It Takes 1,500 Hours to Become a Barber in Maine

Your barber has to get government permission to cut hair, or risk jail...
How Can We End Poverty in Maine?

In a BDN column earlier this month, David Farmer attacked the LePage administration and...
Welfare Programs Harm Recipients

America’s $700 billion per year welfare system is actually doing more harm than...
The failed War on Poverty

As we mark the 50th anniversary of Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty,...
Welfare Spending Shattering All-Time Highs

By Robert Rector and Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation It’s been a pretty big year for...