All posts by J. Scott Moody
The Great Tax Divide: Maine’s Retail Desert vs. New Hampshire’s Retail Oasis
It is well-known that Maine and New Hampshire are polar opposites when it comes to tax policy. Maine has one of the highest tax burdens in the country at 12.6 percent of personal income (6th highest) while New Hampshire has …
Right-sizing Maine’s State Government Workforce
The basis of comparison in this study is the examination of the number of Maine’s state government jobs relative to the number of jobs in the private sector
The Cost of Doing Nothing: Maine’s Pension Payments are Crowding Out Other Spending
Download the Report (PDF) | Maine’s annual public pension payment is on the threshold of explosive growth. Unlike other states, Maine has a Constitutional requirement
The Economic Impact of an Enterprise Value Tax on Maine
Read the full report by Scott Moody | In legislation backed by Congressional Democratic leadership this past spring, there was an attempt to more than double the taxation
Maine Jobs from Noncommercial Establishments
Read the full report | What is Maine’s business climate? That is an age-old question usually answered with one anecdote or another. Depending on one’s vantage
Maine Jobs from Commercial Establishments
Read the full report | What is Maine’s business climate? That is an age-old question usually answered with one anecdote or another. Depending on one’s vantage
Maine Job Creation from the In-or-Out Migration of Establishments
Read the full report | What is Maine’s business climate? That is an age-old question usually answered with one anecdote or another. Depending on one’s vantage point,
Maine Job Creation from the Expansion or Contraction of Establishments
Read the full report | What is Maine’s business climate? That is an age-old question usually answered with one anecdote or another. Depending on one’s vantage point,
Maine Job Creation from the Birth or Death of Establishments
Read the full report | What is Maine’s business climate? That is an age-old question usually answered with one anecdote or another. Depending on one’s vantage point,
More Bonds? Not with Maine’s Ballooning Unfunded Retiree Liabilities
Read the full report | As Mainers consider the June 8 questions to approve $108.3 million in new state bonding, they should take into account that Maine’s
The Maine Heritage Policy Center
