Beverage Tax Repeal a Sideshow [Corrected 07/16/08] ; Striking Down This Law Wouldn't Do Much to Advance the Cause of Lowering Maine's Tax Burden.
Portland Press Herald › July 16, 2008
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Sometime this week we'll know for sure whether Mainers will get to undo a tax hike on alcohol and soda. Oddly, whether the question gets on the ballot could affect the GOP's chances for taking control of the Maine Senate.
The repeal effort is not aimed exclusively at the tax. The "people's veto" provision of the Maine Constitution doesn't allow for striking down a portion of a law. Instead, the entire bill that includes the tax hike would be removed if it passes.See the full content of this document
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Beverage Tax Repeal a Sideshow [Corrected 07/16/08] ; Striking Down This Law Wouldn't Do Much to Advance the Cause of Lowering Maine's Tax Burden.
That doesn't get highlighted by repeal supporters, because it takes a straightforward debate about a tax hike and muddies it with other policy questions.
If the beverage tax is repealed, then we go back to the old way of funding the state's Dirigo Heal...See the full content of this document
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