Archives for "April, 2010"
“Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society”
As citizens we are all benefit from public programs and services. We’ve decided that public safety, education, and transportation play an important role in our prosperity. Sometimes, however, we fail to recognize that taxes are how we fund those services.
Here’s an excerpt from a great blog post on Alliance for a Better Minnesota, written by [...]
What would you do to create 3,000 jobs in Maine?
That very question is what Maine’s Senate is confronted with today, as it works to pass an $85 million dollars bond package, LD 1826. This bond package could bring more than 3,000 jobs to Maine.
Creating jobs is an extreme priority for Maine and the nation right now, especially in a time when almost 32,000 Mainers [...]
Kudos to Obama Administration and Congressional Delegation
Last week, Maine’s supplemental budget won bi-partisan approval as it passed through the house, senate, and was signed by Governor Baldacci seamlessly.
What seems to be overlooked in this budget is the tremendous amount that federal stimulus money helped our leaders eliminate many of the damaging cuts that were included in the original supplemental budget proposal.
Thanks [...]