It guarantees the plurality candidates will probably lose. Denying voters a choice...Dumb idea.
Hiked the state income tax for the "rich" by a scant margin.
Like we have any "rich". The "rich" don't have to work. This is for people earning over $200,000 (small business owners) We don't even have a lot of employees earning that much, unless of course, they work for the government...Bad idea.
Hiked the minimum wage.
Which in a nutshell is a job killer.
The RATs seem to think people should be able to support a family on minimum wage, when it is a "starting wage" for unskilled labor (summer jobs for teenagers) Most Maine employers already pay workers a wage above the current minimum, just to retain their good help.
This only means fewer jobs for highschool kids, and the introduction of the $20 hamburger.
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Maine needs a citizen initiative to ban citizen initiatives.
Regarding Measure 2, which raises the state income tax by 3% on those persons in Maine who earn over $200,000 per year (and supposedly gives the money to schools)....
Gov. Paul LePage recently said on the radio show Maine in the morning that doctors will be discouraged from moving to Maine because of this measure.