incomes
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Time seems ripe for bipartisan action on income tax cuts in Maine
As the state enjoys a record surplus, lawmakers from both parties have submitted proposals that would reduce taxes for lower-income Mainers.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2020
Tax season interrupted by coronavirus, creating concern for Maine accountants
The federal government is giving people who owe taxes more time to pay, but it hasn't extended the April 15 filing deadline.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2019
Insight: Jimmy Hoffa casts a long shadow over unions
Through works like 'The Irishman,' the notorious Teamsters president still links organized labor in the public imagination with organized crime.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2019
Americans now need at least $500,000 a year to enter top 1%
The income needed to exit the bottom 99% of U.S. taxpayers hit $515,371 in 2017, according to Internal Revenue Service data.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2019
Maine incomes dropped in 2018, the biggest loss by percent in the U.S.
Economists said the figures likely reflect Maine's aging population and the move of many workers from jobs into retirement.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2019
The humble Farmer: Live well on practically nothing! (Just don’t borrow money.)
If you don't spend anything, you don't have to earn anything. That makes life a lot easier.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2019
CEO pay in last 4 decades grew 940%, while average worker up 12%
The Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on the low- and middle-income Americans, released the results in a study last week.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2019
Kathleen Parker: Why young Americans may be conservatives at heart
They'd benefit from a government that removes economic and educational obstacles, promotes school choice and makes marriage more fiscally appealing, studies show.
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PublishedJune 23, 2019
Jim Fossel: Politics of resentment hold us back
No one wins by blocking economic success or the expansion of human rights.