The Republican Party is no longer the conservative party. It is now the corporate party. Since the year 2000, thousands of lobbyists have taken over Congress with money and gifts, etc. The tax reform bill under consideration in Congress favors the richest one percent, big banks, Wall Street and investors. For decades, America has been […]
Jean Arsenault
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Monument not a good idea
The proposed Maine North Woods National Monument includes some 186,000 acres of mostly clear-cut and a river that runs through it. As proposed, it would abut Baxter State Park. Roxanne Quimby has offered to donate thousands of acres of land and a bundle of money to the proposed park, but Quimby will not let the […]
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J. Arsenault: The truth will prevail
In a story printed by the Sun Journal Oct. 1, Katie Hansberry, Maine state director of the Humane Society of the United States, complained that the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife was using unethical publicity regarding Question 1, the bear referendum, with advertising including the use of department employees. I don’t see a […]
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J. Arsenault: Put American people first
What have members of Congress done for the economy and the American people since 2008? And what have they done for themselves, the corporate world and Wall Street? You get the picture. They have the best job in the country — $174,000 a year in salary, paid major medical, a pension for life, and vacations […]