Think tank to examine Maine economy, growth, government (Maine lefties hire liberal consultants)

mainetoday.com ^ | 10/17/05 | AP

[Fido969]

The lefties are throwing bucks at the Broookings Institute so they can get "expert" recommendations recommending highly restrictive building rules, centralization of government, and a slew of expensive new governement projects - to be paid for with tax increases.

[Gay State Conservative]

Maine economy? Tourism.......fishing....timber.

That's it!

[Paleo Conservative]

How about allow offshore drilling? There are oil and gas fields nearby off the coast of Nova Scotia that are already being developed.

[Redbob]

If ANYone at the Brookings Institution new ONE thing about creating jobs, why, that's what they'd be doing!

Instead of infesting the District of Columbia

[pabianice]

Leftists who have moved to Maine in the past 30 years have turned it into a bankrupt cesspit of illegal immigrants, welfare, and poverty. Maine is now the second poorest state, after Missisippi. Way to go.

[Gay State Conservative]

Maine is now the second poorest state,after Missisippi.Way to go.

Where is this data from?

[yayforlater]

bankrupt cesspit of illegal immigrants It's not often that I get involved on a personal level but... I've lived in Maine for many a year and I am quite fond of it. It may have its problems, but I'd never consider it a cesspit of any form, and certainly not a cesspit of illegal immigrants. Have you ever even been to Maine? Heck, I'll take Maine over any other state in this fine Union any day.

[MadIvan]

Consultancy for Maine, provided free of charge -

1. Study Hong Kong's economic policies prior to 1997.
2. Copy.
3. Repeat.

Was that so difficult?

Regards, Ivan

[proxy_user]

Tourism?

They have picked up many permanent residents along the coast, who rely on dividends and interest for income.

[Gay State Conservative]

They have picked up many permanent residents along the coast,who rely on dividends and interest for income.

Sounds like "progressive" Trust Funders.Lots and lots of Howard Deans,perhaps?

[BIRDS]

Brookings Institute is TERESA HEINZ'S financial dependent.

They support in kind many liberal think tanks (and individuals accordingly) among those the Aspen Institute (Senator Dianne Feinstein among others)...

Go read up as to the history of the Brookings Institute and their Board of Directors.

[BIRDS]

Trustees, that is... Teresa Heinz interview during last year's election, televised (forgot now where she appeared but I watched it last Fall), says that the Brookings Institute is her thing, her area of concentration, certainly is her area of financial devotion (go read the Heinz Foundation website).

[Mogger]

Maine economy? Tourism.......fishing....timber.

Don't forget hunting, snowmobiling and potatos... Or is that potatoes?

[308MBR]

"Each to his own", said the farmer while watching the city slicker kiss a cow.

Starting at the northern PA border, it would suit me fine if the whole area seceded and joined the Fwench Socialists across the river. Don't worry because the rest of the country wouldn't waste one bullet on "preserving the union". Then, maybe the western Canadian provinces could join the USA, and everyone would be much happier.

[ABN 505]

Maybe not illegal But what are the residents of Portland saying about the Govt. importation of an Alien culture {Somalia] into the Heart of Maine?

[NZerFromHK]

Emulating my former home will certainly make the leftists blood boil. There is immediate deportation for illegal immigrants, and only a token senior "superanniuation" of HK$400 per month is given when your son as a clerk will earn HK$12,000 per month.

And all public transport is run by private companies (in the case of railway, it is government-owned companies). And no government controlled public utilities apart from the post office (telecom, gas, electricity are all private)! Government gives money to organizations to run schools, which they could freely teach Christian or whatever values outside minimal school hours.

All in all, probably anathema to them.

[MadIvan]

Yes, but it worked. Hong Kong was a gem.

Regards, Ivan

[NZerFromHK]

There is no doubt it did. Too bad that after 1997, things have subtly changed (although policies under Donald Tsang as the current CE is marginally less worse than Tung Chee-hwa).

[Bottom_Gun]

Don't forget Potatoes, as a native of Northern Maine, I spent my share of picking them at this time of year *L*

[armymarinemom]

Are you suggesting we throw money at the problem?