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PublishedDecember 15, 2011
OUR OPINION: Reasons given for MaineCare deficit don’t add up
Gov. Paul LePage claims that an explosion in demand for MaineCare services is the real reason for a deficit in the program, justifying his proposal for deep cuts that affect 65,000 people.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2011
OUR OPINION: Shop locally; it’ll spread more green around town
Economic development usually means chasing after a business, hoping to get it to move some of its jobs to your state, city or town.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Newt’s tax play: Something for all, a lot for a few
No one expects challengers in a U.S. presidential race to present realistic economic plans. Promise them anything, their campaign consultants advise. On that score, GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich's tax reform plan exceeds expectations.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Just like Nero, US fiddles while disaster looms
Nero probably didn't really fiddle while Rome burned; for one thing, fiddles as we know them today didn't exist yet, and for another, historians at the time dismissed the story as a rumor.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Federal policy needed on medical marijuana
A formal federal recognition of marijuana as a prescription drug is the logical approach to the medical marijuana debate. The current state-by-state approach that challenges federal drug laws only invites confusion for doctors, patients, dispensaries and law enforcement agencies.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: First step to fixing problems is admitting they exist
Republicans who would rather defeat Barack Obama than fix the national budget woes have latched onto a false campaign theme: The president is not patriotic, they say.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: US takes baby steps in relations with Myanmar
Diplomacy is all about talking -- with everyone. Friends and foes and those whose intentions are murky. Myanmar is still a mystery, but credit President Barack Obama with breaking the silence.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2011
OUR OPINION: If parents keep forgoing vaccines, state should step in to protect the rest
We're in the midst of a national trend that is making people sick, and Maine is along for the ride.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2011
OUR OPINION: Treasurer wraps kernel of truth in distortion of facts
How much should a unit of housing cost? It all depends on what you are buying.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Congress dithers on payroll taxes, jobless benefits
Before Congress adjourns for the holidays, it is expected to pass an extension of payroll tax cuts enacted in 2009 and extend unemployment benefits.
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