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Thursday, September 12, 2013

MHPC: You won't believe this‏

September 12, 2013

Dear Fellow Conservative:

You won't believe this.

Liberal Democrats in Augusta are finally paying attention to The Maine Heritage Policy Center's pioneering analysis of Maine’s “Demographic Winter."

Just this week, the Democrat Speaker of the House convened a roundtable discussion, including lawmakers, health care professionals and business leaders from across the state. The theme? Demographic Winter!

For more than three years, MHPC’s research on Maine’s aging population has shed light on our most serious economic crisis. Unfortunately, the liberal Democrats who now recognize the problem only see one solution: more taxes, more spending, and more government.

Absent from the conversation is an understanding of why young people leave Maine and why young people don’t come to Maine.

Our children are not leaving the state because we don’t spend enough money on trumped up jobs programs at the Department of Labor. They’re not leaving because our teachers and professors aren’t paid enough. And they’re definitely not leaving because we don’t have government-run health care or more welfare.

Young people are leaving Maine because there are not enough good and rewarding jobs.

As conservatives, we understand that creating opportunities for young people to have fulfilling careers in Maine begins with shrinking the tax burden, repealing oppressive Nanny State regulations, and ensuring that government intervention in the economy is limited. We at MHPC need the support of generous individuals like you to spread this message of economic freedom.

Only by pushing back against Big Government progressives can we ensure that Maine will be a happy and prosperous place for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren to live.

With MHPC’s bold FreeME initiative, Maine finally has a concrete and realistic plan to get rid of the income tax – a plan that just might thaw our Demographic Winter. By eliminating the income tax county by county, starting with the most distressed areas of the state, Maine can unleash the power of the free market and bring about an economic renaissance.

Please read more about the initiative at FreeME.us and consider making a contribution in support of restoring economic freedom to Maine.

Your donation of any amount will help us spread the message – from Calais to Fryeburg, from Kittery to Fort Kent – that economic freedom can work for Maine.

In Liberty,

J. Scott Moody

Chief Executive Officer

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