College Tax Credit Idea Worthwhile, but Incomplete ; Creating High-Paying Jobs Is the Best Way to Keep Maine Graduates in State.

Portland Press Herald › September 25, 2006

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here's a lot to like about Opportunity Maine's "Jobs Through Education" referendum proposal. It's an intriguing effort to attack two of Maine's most pernicious and interlocking problems: low college attendance and a lack of high-paying jobs.

What's more, the program would be funded with tax credits and would not create a new government bureaucracy.

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College Tax Credit Idea Worthwhile, but Incomplete ; Creating High-Paying Jobs Is the Best Way to Keep Maine Graduates in State.

That doesn't mean the current proposal couldn't be improved, however. It would be better for its intended beneficiarie...

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