Americans enjoy freedoms that many others risk their lives to attain, yet people cannot get off their butts to vote to preserve those freedoms. The United States has a president who would like to manage/control those freedoms for his own narcissistic uses; and a governor who thinks the Maine state budget is his personal budget […]
Marilyn Burgess
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What has Poliquin done for workers?
The cut in taxes that Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s recent television ad claims Jared Golden voted against benefited the people at the top of the earnings ladder. I don’t know anyone who received a $2,000 reduction in taxes, as Poliquin claimed. Gov. LePage’s budget resulted in underfunding state agencies such as Child Protective Services, which resulted […]
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I'll be voting for Jared Golden
I am an independent who is going to switch for the primary so I can vote for Jared Golden. He is a young man who joined the Marines, served in Iraq and Afghanistan and understands the investment veterans have made in this country. He believes legislators can both make this country safer by enacting common […]
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Consumers lose again
I think everyone has noticed the recent changes introduced by corporations that reduce the size of a product and/or increase the price. Unfortunately the president and governor choose to support big business instead of the oppressed consumer. Any decrease in taxes is more than offset by the increases in consumer goods and other government fees. […]
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Big pigs rule the trough
I am responding to Thomas Shields’ advocacy (Aug. 6) for the so called “free market” approach to economics. In a free market, the biggest pigs get the largest share of the trough. He doesn’t take account of the facts that little pigs may contribute to the trough out of proportion to their take-away. Regarding the […]
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Enough crude, rude language
I am tired of the manufactured truths of Gov. Paul LePage and his counterpart, Donald Trump. Neither one takes responsibility, but states “people are saying,” or “I heard …” or “I was told …” (source unnamed). What a cowardly way to start stories that have no basis in fact. Their crude, rude language gets them […]
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We must find some answers
I am proud of the members of the Democratic Party who refuse to be held hostage by the NRA and its Republican supporters. They are finally worth my support. Their congressional action is inspiring. Not all hate-filled people who seek to vent on large numbers of people have the same motive. The movie theater shooter […]
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Death needs further investigation
I am so angry after reading the Sun Journal story about the Elan School (March 13). I believe every word of it and remember the rumors and stories about that school. Why the state did not investigate, I cannot imagine. Perhaps it was because it believed in smaller government; or that kids who weren’t nice […]
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A vast difference in leadership
A progressive leader appeals to our better angels and holds up a vision of what we can be. A regressive leader appeals to our baser instincts and tells us they are good. Marilyn Burgess, Leeds
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Slow but effective way to beat ISIS
The president has a plan to deal with ISIS/Daesh and it’s called strangulation. In other words, it means depriving the enemy of the means to wage war. The trouble is, no one wants to hear that plan so they say he doesn’t have one. History gives us the precedent. Early in the Civil War, Gen. […]