Sen. Susan Collins knows our tax code is unfair, complicated and stagnates economic growth. Mainers need tax relief and our Republican senator has worked tirelessly to make that happen. She has met with many business leaders from Maine and they have told her they will invest in new equipment and infrastructure, and that their businesses will be more competitive because they’ll be capable of lowering prices on their products. Their employees will receive higher wages and benefits when the tax relief bill passes.

It’s too bad that liberals and progressives have staged all out war on Sen. Collins. They must be afraid of losing their power over Maine people. For far too long, Maine has been under Democrat control, with their tax-and-spend policies and expanding government. We can’t afford government taking our money and “giving” it back in programs while keeping most of it for buildings, employees and overhead.

Thank Sen. Collins for standing up for hard-working Mainers. We need tax relief now and she is a key player, working with our Republican majority, to get it done. We must keep the repeal of the individual mandate of Obamacare in the bill also.

Now that the House and Senate versions of the bill are out and they have gone to conference to work out the differences, I trust we will have a bill on President Donald Trump’s desk for him to sign quickly and before the end of the year.

Penny Morrell

Belgrade