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Spending
Tag: spending
Commentary
Federal COVID aid to states and localities cost $855,000 per job saved
Eric Boehm
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July 19, 2022
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Labor
Federal watchdog finds 20% of pandemic unemployment funds wasted on fraudulent or ineligible claims
Katherine Revello
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June 10, 2022
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News
Lawmakers enact budget agreement, House rejects Gov. Mills’ utility accountability proposal
Katherine Revello
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April 19, 2022
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News
Lawmakers reach budget agreement, approve House Speaker’s housing bill
Katherine Revello
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April 15, 2022
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Commentary
Opinion: Runaway spending defies Maine values
Ed Thelander
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April 15, 2022
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Commentary
‘Inflation tax’ will cost families this many thousands this year, Bloomberg analysis warns
Brad Polumbo
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April 4, 2022
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News
Both parties outline spending priorities with less than three weeks until adjournment
Katherine Revello
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April 4, 2022
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Commentary
The Biden administration is ignoring how its policies will worsen inflation. Again.
Eric Boehm
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March 29, 2022
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News
Appropriations Committee Democrats sink plan to accelerate disbursement of direct relief checks
Katherine Revello
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March 21, 2022
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News
Gov. Mills’ final supplemental budget plan increases value of relief checks to $850
Katherine Revello
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March 21, 2022
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News
Revenue Forecasting Committee revises projected surplus upwards by $411 million
Katherine Revello
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March 1, 2022
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News
Governor Mills unveils $850 million supplemental budget that would lift state spending to record levels
Katherine Revello
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February 15, 2022
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Commentary
America’s huge pile of national debt makes combating inflation more difficult
Eric Boehm
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January 13, 2022
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Commentary
Rand Paul exposes eight insane ways the feds wasted our money in 2021
Brad Polumbo
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December 30, 2021
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News
Biden’s stimulus bill subsidized meat producers. Now, the White House blames ‘corporate greed’ for high meat prices.
Eric Boehm
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December 20, 2021
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News
Legislative Republicans in the dark on Gov. Mills and Democrats’ supplemental budget priorities
Katherine Revello
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December 15, 2021
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Commentary
They said inflation would be ‘transitory.’ The data say something different.
Nathan J Richendollar
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December 3, 2021
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News
Maine has a projected $822 million surplus. Lawmakers will debate how to spend it next session
Katherine Revello
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November 29, 2021
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Commentary
Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar spending plans & tax hikes will have three devastating economic consequences, study warns
Brad Polumbo
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September 27, 2021
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Healthcare
Amid rising healthcare costs, states must continue to enact direct primary care
Nick Linder
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July 26, 2021
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News
Maine’s ARPA spending package becomes law without legislative compromise
Katherine Revello
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July 21, 2021
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Commentary
Unnecessary government spending helps fuel inflation
Nick Linder
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July 19, 2021
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Economy
Why should Mainers pay more for closed government schools?
Jacob Posik
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May 18, 2021
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Commentary
The problems with Governor Mills’ giveaways for vaccines
Jacob Posik
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May 13, 2021
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Commentary
9 examples of unrelated waste and partisan spending in Biden’s $2 trillion ‘infrastructure’ plan
Brad Polumbo
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April 4, 2021
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Coronavirus
Maine localities set to receive nearly $500 million from federal government
Nick Murray
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April 1, 2021
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News
Democrats approve Maine’s next biennial budget on majority vote
Jacob Posik
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March 30, 2021
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Commentary
Majority budget showdown set for Tuesday in Augusta
Jacob Posik
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March 25, 2021
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Commentary
Are Maine Democrats moving ahead with a majority budget?
Jacob Posik
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March 23, 2021
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Taxes
Biden’s planned corporate tax hike will cost jobs and reduce economic growth, because that’s what taxes do
Eric Boehm
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March 21, 2021
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News
New analysis shows Mainers can’t keep up with government spending
Jacob Posik
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March 17, 2021
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Commentary
Economists warn we can’t keep ignoring the national debt
Brad Polumbo
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February 22, 2021
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News
Adding insult to injury: Governor Mills and the PPP
Nick Murray
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February 4, 2021
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Coronavirus
3 glaring problems with Joe Biden’s new multi-trillion COVID package
Brad Polumbo
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January 18, 2021
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Commentary
Maine not out of the woods despite rosier revenue projections
Jacob Posik
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December 13, 2020
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News
Governor Mills among the most fiscally irresponsible governors in America
Jacob Posik
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October 12, 2020
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News
One-time gimmicks can’t fix Maine’s long-term budget woes
Jacob Posik
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September 28, 2020
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News
Maine’s current economic forecast should prompt substantial spending cuts
Nick Murray
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August 12, 2020
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Coronavirus
Economic Recovery Committee urges Gov. Mills to spend $1.1 billion to revive Maine’s economy
Isabelle Christie
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July 21, 2020
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Commentary
SEIU pledges $150 million to defeat President Trump in 2020
Nick Murray
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March 5, 2020
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News
After massive spending increase in biennial budget, Governor Mills wants more
Jacob Posik
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February 4, 2020
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National
Age to purchase tobacco products rises from 18 to 21 nationwide
Adam Crepeau
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January 2, 2020
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Commentary
Cartoon: Hard to please this Christmas
Maine Policy Institute
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December 23, 2019
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News
What Maine could learn from New Hampshire about fiscal responsibility
Adam Crepeau
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July 30, 2019
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News
Lawmakers will consider more than $2.1 billion in bonds next session
Adam Crepeau
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July 24, 2019
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Commentary
Another Dangerous Education Ballot Initiative
Plead the Fifth
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July 14, 2016
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Commentary
Deficits, Debts, and Drug Addiction
Pem Schaeffer
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February 29, 2016
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Commentary
Hitchcock: Governor Raises Awareness With Christmas Tree and Rubber Pigs
Nathan Hitchcock
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June 19, 2015
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Commentary
Democrats Quick to Attack Balanced Budget Amendment
Patrick Marvin
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March 27, 2015
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National
Senate and House Republicans Look to Reconcile Budgets
Nathan Strout
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March 27, 2015
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News
Portland Construction Included in Senator Coburn’s Wastebook 2014
Nathan Strout
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October 23, 2014
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National
Cato Institute ranks LePage among top four U.S. governors on fiscal policy
Steve Robinson
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October 2, 2014
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Federal COVID aid to states and localities cost $855,000 per job saved