Maine tax repeal group raises nearly $375,000

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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Supporters of an effort to repeal new taxes on beer, wine, soda and other beverages raised 15 times as much money as repeal opponents in the latest financial reporting period. The Fed Up With Taxes coalition raised nearly $375,000 for its repeal campaign between May 28 and July 15, according to reports filed with the Maine ethics commission. A tax repeal opposition group, Health Coverage for Maine, raised just over $25,000 for the same period.

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Those of you in Maine we are going to be getting the TABOR amendment back on the ballot next year. We need to tell Augusta to stop squeezing out what little we have left.

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Health Coverage for Maine reported raising $25,105 in the latest reporting period, $25,000 of which came from the Service Employees International Union in Washington, D.C.

That speaks volumes.

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Maine State Employees Association, MSEA, is part of the Service Employees International Union. MSEA represents toll booth collectors, highway workers, college professors and other mental health workers, and so forth. They are one of the largest, by membership, public employee unions in Maine.

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