The lead sentence tells it: “Gov. Paul LePage said Saturday that freezes and cutbacks in the retirement system he proposed this week are sensible reforms that save $524 million in past due payments and cut the state’s total unfunded pension liability in half.”
The new governor has declared that: Because Maine has limited resources, promises made to state workers and teachers years ago could NEVER be honored.
In short, the State of Maine – as government entities have traditionally done – lied to its people and made promises that were known to be false. Politicians have moved on; they are collecting their wealth and riches – sharing more wealth with the millionaires to whom they diverted funds. Rather than tax, they created “loop-holes” so the new taxes would fall upon the middleclass and workers.
If we look closely, we will find more lies and efforts to hurt the average person. But, fortunately for the Politicians … and LePage … nobody is looking. Teachers and state workers be damned … education be damned … services be damned … shift the burdens to the local communities and their shrinking populations … increase the burden and drive more people from the state. Be aware that there are millionaires and big corporations looking to grab the land at deep-discount prices.
Schools are not needed! Not if we drive away the children, and therefore the next generation to be educated. If there is nobody to educate, there is no need for schools … local taxes will fall … schools are 55 percent of the local budget. The state has already forfeited, or defaulted, on its pledge to pay half that burden. Why pay for schools when the goal and objective is to destroy (depopulate) local communities?
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