Maine Tax Shift Targets Middle and Upper Incomes
An analysis of Maine tax policy notes 59,514 households pay 65 percent of state income tax in 1974 while 17 percent of taxpayers bear 74 percent of the next year’s burden. The shift followed a 48 hour legislative push overridden by the governor. The Maine Teachers Association and Maine Municipal Association backed the change, with limited opposition and strong corporate lobbying. The piece argues middle and upper income families are underrepresented in Augusta. It urges organized advocacy by these taxpayers to curb future tax moves.
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Maine
Augusta
James B. Longley
House
Senate
Maine Teachers Association
Maine Municipal Association
MTA
MMA
John Marvin
John Salisbury
About those other American people About those other American people
Paul Harvey flags a fringe group calling itself the People’s Bicentennial Commission as a dangerous nonofficial spinoff that opposed private enterprise and promotes an economic democracy. He notes its dubious endorsements, propaganda, and disruptive conduct at Bicentennial events, urging scrutiny of its rhetoric and aims.
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Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times
Cuba
Communist Party
United States
People’s
People’s Bicentennial Commission
PBC
James Kilpatrick
American Bar Assa
Concord
Mass
Bobby Seale
Huey Newton
Ford family splits over marijuana decriminalization debate
Jack Ford says his father will back marijuana decriminalization once states drop penalties, while the White House disputes a firm pledge. The report notes costs of enforcement, arrest totals, and limited state moves toward reform, with Ford’s stance tied to local action and political timing. It also covers solar energy funding fights, ERDA tensions, and a Shapp corruption case in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Jack Ford
Pot Lobby
Dave Lamber
National Organization For the Reform of Marijuana Laws
NORML
Chicago
Tremont Hotel
Ford
White House
America
Lamber
United States
Ronald Reagan
Onald Reagan
Texas
Congress
Air Force
Navy
Reagan Smiles As Reagan Faces Decision Across U S
A satirical portrait tracks Ronald Reagan making broad decisions across states and institutions. Ford, Rockefeller, Kissinger, and others react with unease or fear as Reagan’s choices ripple through Cuba detente Panama Canal and military spending, shaping the politics of a nation.
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Ford
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Florida
White House
Henry Kissinger
Arabia
Henry
Kissinger
Panama Canal
Panama
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Biddeford
Saco
Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Landers
Isabelle A. Dion
West St. Biddeford
American Women’s Auxiliary
Solar Division
Ener, Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Ae Brass
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Donald Beatty
Glen Schleede
Schleede
Budget Office
Hugh Loweth
Beatty
Capitol Hill
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Edgario “Gene” Cerilli
U.S
Pittsburgh
Blair Griffith
Cerilli
Sip Deford SA Bus Co
Jerry Ford
Russell Baker
New York Times
California
Miami
Betty Ford
Bettyard
New York
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