Category: Updates
UPDATE – Mills’ Second Partisan Spending Scheme: Democracy Is Dead In Augusta
Coming as a surprise to no one, Governor Mills and Augusta Democrats circumvented legislative Republicans and the democratic process by passing their far-left two-year budget
UPDATE ON GOVERNOR MILLS’ TWO-YEAR BUDGET
This week, rumors are circulating that our state could be facing a partisan Democrat budget because Republicans are making the common-sense call to reduce state
MAINE’S WAITLISTS FOR SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE NOW AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH
YET HER BUDGET MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THOSE WAITLISTS BEYOND WHAT THE STATUTE REQUIRES. INSTEAD, THEY PROPOSE JUST TO CHANGE HOW THEY KEEP THE BOOKS.
PROPOSALS OUT WOULD RAISE INCOME TAXES IN 2021. SOME FAMILIES’ TAX BILLS WOULD JUMP A WHOPPING 38 PERCENT. BUSINESSES AT THE TOP TAX RATE WOULD SEE A 27 PERCENT INCREASE IN 2022.
One group of lawmakers wants to raise income taxes THIS YEAR on households making between $50,000 and $100,000 from 7.15 to 8.35 percent—a 14.4 percent increase, and for some making over $100,000, from 7.15 to 11.5 percent—a 38 percent increase.
FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 15 DAYS, GOVERNOR JANET MILLS HAS CHANGED HER RECOMMENDATIONS ON TAXING FORGIVEN PPP LOANS AND TAKING MONEY FROM BUSINESSES HURT BY THE PANDEMIC TO COVER HER SPENDING INCREASE.
This time, she’s only going to tax some of the businesses, and she’ll take $61 million she initially intended for the rainy day fund to
MPBP Revealed McKinsey $7 Million No-Bid Contract; Maine AG Suing Same Company
Last fall, we revealed that Maine was paying the global consulting firm McKinsey more than $7 million on a no-bid contract to “consult” with the
GOVERNOR MILLS PROPOSES TO CUT PERMANENT STAFF IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM IN HER BUDGET
Last fall, Maine People Before Politics discovered that the Mills Administration, without competitive bidding, gave a multi-million-dollar contract to the international consulting firm McKinsey &
JANET MILLS IS NOW TRYING TO WALK BACK HER PPP TAX POLICY THAT WILL TAKE $100 MILLION FROM STRUGGLING MAINE BUSINESSES.
On Monday, Governor Janet Mills and her administration revealed they would not match the federal tax law changes exempting struggling businesses from being taxed on
GOVERNOR MILLS ISN’T GOING TO MATCH FEDERAL TAX LAWS FOR PPP LOANS. BY NOT DOING SO, SHE WILL TAKE $100 MILLION OUT OF STRUGGLING BUSINESSES TO BALANCE HER BUDGET.
Today, Governor Janet Mills and her administration made it clear to the Legislature that she will tax the federally forgiven pandemic loans Maine small businesses