For state treasuries, the worst thing is probably not having enough money. No one likes cutting programs, but raising taxes isn’t exactly popular, either. But, surprisingly, having too much money can also be a problem. Counterintuitively, politicians seem to quarrel almost as much about dividing up the spoils as they do in distributing financial pain. […]
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: ‘Houses of prostitution’ are bad for Maine kids. So are loaded guns.
Maine’s child-endangerment law is all but silent on keeping firearms away from children. That needs to change.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: How do we fix our broken food system? Invest in local organic farms
It would benefit us if the food we were eating didn’t travel so far – so let’s convert more Maine farmland to organic production.
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Commentary: Pine Tree Amendment would protect environmental rights
L.D. 489 would enshrine the rights in the Maine constitution for both present and future generations to come.
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Rep. Cloutier and Sen. Bennett: Helping Maine’s family caregivers is the right thing to do
No matter which side of the aisle you’re on, you can agree that these essential workers deserve the $2,000 that L.D. 296 will provide them.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Scholars Strategy Network: I got my shot because I want a ‘normal’ summer
To get it, we need more Mainers to be vaccinated, a former legislator writes.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Rushed development of offshore wind will have unintended fallout
Small Maine family fishing businesses will be displaced and shuttered by the unprecedented hurry to industrialize the ocean.
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Commentary: Toward greater access to health care in Maine
Bills before the Legislature would prepare the regulatory landscape so Maine has greater and more precise remote diagnoses, monitoring and treatment.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: There’s no epidemic of worker laziness
To make the economy grow, we need less focus on investors and more support for wage earners.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Conservatives should think globally, act locally
The easiest place to stop wasteful government spending is at the municipal level.