Maine budget writers take break
4/4/09 | 2 comments

Maine budget writers take break


By The Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Maine — Legislative budget writers at the Maine State House scrapped plans for a weekend session, raising more doubt about their ability to wrap up deliberations by mid-month.

Some majority Democrats argue that it would be prudent to lay out a basic spending blueprint as soon as possible and then adjust as needed. But some Republicans question the wisdom of acting before a fully developed revenue picture emerges.

In January, Gov. John Baldacci proposed a General Fund spending package of $6.1 billion for the two-year cycle beginning July 1. Now, a new analysis by a state panel has found the Maine economy to be deteriorating fast.

Budget writers foresee a new revenue gap but won’t know how big until May when the state is expected to lower revenue estimates.

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On 4/7/09 at 7:47 PM, blueskiesaboveme wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Lets save the legislatures some heartache of deciding which programs to cut to balance the budget, and which taxes to raise.

Lets give the government a new source of revenue and make everyone's lives alittle easier, and less stressfull.

---------------------------------------------------Decriminalize, regulate, and tax pot. ---------------------------------------------------------

Millions of dollars in new state revenues could be created, no more budget cuts, no more raising already high current taxes.

No more overpopulated prisons. No more tying up and wasting courts time.

25,000 New green products could be created with industrial hemp (which is not pot, but it could be grown too if we legalized pot).

Hundreds of new small business could be created, thousands of new jobs.

And we could regulate it like alchohol to keep it out of kids hands.

So stop making your jobs harder then they have to be legislatures, there may be some initial outrage from the conservative right,

but the majority of the population will thank you.

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On 4/7/09 at 7:51 PM, blueskiesaboveme wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

And we wouldnt have to rely on the federal government to bail us out.

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