“Reforming” taxes, according to Webster’s Dictionary, would be amending or improving them. It seems to me that the president and the congressional majority are instead “deforming” taxes, which means disfiguring/making hideous or monstrous. According to a recent Gallup poll, only two percent of Americans say that taxes are one of the most important problems facing […]
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Vote 'no' on Question 1
With a sea of “Vote Yes On 1” signs engulfing the highways, I say vote “no.” Against the sole recipient of a gaming license so one person can make a lot of money, perhaps as much as $150 million, for his sole benefit, I say vote “no.” Against the referendum circulators getting paid $7 to […]
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Childhood lead poisoning
It is great news that the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development has adopted a new rule lowering the acceptable blood level of lead poisoning in children who reside in federally owned or assisted housing. HUD had allowed an antiquated standard that was four times the level now recommended by the Center for Disease […]
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Encourage every student to vote
Tim Lajoie’s letter (Nov. 14) questioning the “ethics” of Bates students voting locally raises a bigger ethical question. Why are so many politicians seeking to discourage, rather than encourage, voting? Isn’t that unethical? Why would anyone seek to disenfranchise young people and future leaders by depriving them of their constitutional right to vote? Is it […]
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Question 2 worth supporting
On Nov. 3, voters should vote “yes” in support of referendum Question 2, which authorizes a $15 million general obligation bond issue for construction of senior affordable housing throughout Maine. This state has the oldest population and the eighth oldest housing stock in the nation. There is now a shortage of approximately 9,000 units needed […]
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R. Whiting: An extremely bad idea
This regards LD 652, Sen. Eric Brakey’s bill which would eliminate the requirement for concealed weapons permits. If this bill passes, will we: • Feel safer in a bar near closing time? • Feel safer at the towing company where people pick up their vehicles? • Feel safer at public events such as the balloon […]