You were told they lowered Maine's taxes, here's what they didn't tell you!

The Maine State legislature hailed their latest tax reform policy as a lowering of the Maine tax burdenwith the passage of LD1495. I will not bore you with political rhetoric, I'm tired of it too, I don't get the confusing words either, I don't trust a single(well, most) politicians myself.


Here's the meat and potatoes, er potatos? Idk. I'll just break it down for you and let you decide what works and what doesn't.


The new bill aimed at lowering the Maine Income tax replaces the old way Augusta used to tax us Maine folk, which was a graduated scale based on income. For example, if you were low income, your Income Tax rate was 4%, middle income your were taxed at 6%, and higher income was taxed at 8%. (approximations are easier)



The proposed income tax is a "flat tax" of 6.5% for all families under $250,000. How does the Maine Legislature effectively lower the tax burden for all Mainers, yet still have a revenue stream to run the oversized government in Augusta? In a pretty tricky way actually, the are increasing the Sales Tax on EVERYTHING.

No, let me go one further, THEY ARE EXPANDING A SALES TAX TO EVERYTHING. Yes, activities such as canoeing, going to the movies, going to carnivals and water parks, aquariums and zoos and even to Haddlock Field to watch the Sea Dogs - IS NOW A TAXABLE EVENT. Just like buying a soda, where the clerk adds an extra 5% in sales tax, will the STATE OF MAINE be levying the same 5% to almost ANY ACTIVITY IN THIS STATE.

I'm not done yet, don't go back to Facebook before finishing this article!

Installation, repair and maintenance for services such as: vehicle, jewlery, clothing, computer furniture and much more are now asking for an extra 5% sales tax.

Wanna go white water rafting? Wanna hire a disc jockey for your wedding? Wanna hire a clown for your kid's birthday?...(just call me actually) Wanna go to the boat and garden shows? Wanna get your dry cleaning, laundry, car washed, pets cared for, or even, ready for this, CALL A TAXI?
Bring your SALES TAX WITH YOU......Mainer.


The proponents of this new bill LD 1495, will have you believe that they are lowering the overall tax burden for the middle to lower income families in Maine with this new tax code.
How can that be? How are we to view this as a progressive tax movement when the very thing for which Maine is known, RECREATION, is now being MONETIZED and TAXED?

Will an increase of hotel, lodging and car rentals taxes, on top of everything just mentioned, increase TOURISM and VACATIONING in a severe recession? While they're at it, why don't they just place a State Trooper at the Maine border offering a free kick in the crotch to all those vacationing Americans who come to this Great State every June through August?

Call this the ANTI RECREATION BILL. Call this absurd too. My bad, I promised not to be partisan on this one, well...I lied.

This type of "Tax Reform" is repugnant(contradictory, opposed) and IN NO WAY is offering a tax break to working class Maine citizens. This is one more hurdle and one more reason to close a small business and collect a monthly Welfare check. The Maine Government seems to want the small business entrepenuer to close shop and work for the next Super Walmart that comes to a town near you. In a CONSUMER RECESSION, where the government can't tax an Income that is not there or in decline, they are moving to the recreational activites that YOU participate in and have come to enjoy in a "Way life should be". This tax is predatory by definition.

How can a Maine business compete with our sister state New Hampshire? The NH sales tax is 0%!!!!

All hope is not lost. A people's veto may be coming this November as citizens are currently collecting signatures for petition to get a REPEAL OF LD1495 on the ballot.

Look for the nearest Martin Macisso to sign said petition. I won't be charging a sales tax on petition collecting. Not yet anyway, at this point. Grrrrrr.