Maine's Payola for being Dems in Rep clothing.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-05-21-two-maines_x.htm
The governor in Maine has kept Maine unfriendly to “any” business. Collins has brought jobs (BIW)when no one else has in her years as Senator and that is why she was reelected overwhelmingly over MoveOn.org’s Tom Allen.
She has helped the fishing industry as well.
As I said I was not for this package as a “whole”, but I am seeing some pretty desperate people right now that have lost jobs in the home building field selling say for example a Nail gun to pay for gas to get to work. Back to swinging a hammer if they have a job at all.
Maine is full of pretty independent people, so when they ask for help for their families—that's desperate. Fuel costs are high and they can't pay their heating bills. Maine has had a very cold winter.
Maine is also made up of the older generation that may have lived in the same home all their lives, passed down from their family before. They can't pay their taxes thanks to a governor who has raised fees across the board with a spending problem. The Bush administration had the same spending problem. The schools have bled Maine dry.
The poor Maine is best described In the Beans of Egypt Maine by Caroline Shute.
Coastal Maine is another animal.
I can disagree..but appears those in charge under the Bush administration, not the President himself, as he had grave concerns. But the lies of Frank and friends have caused many to suffer with no way out from states that have overspent causing us all in every state to clean up their mess. Each state should be able to take care of its own. But failed local and state governments has placed the burden on the federal government.
Collins has never been one of the elite crowd..she's a pretty common person with hands on understanding of issues for her state.
The Payola comment (typical talk show host tag words for the week) means your bumper sticker rhetoric is as bad as the Libs who gather around them the less knowledgeable on every issue to win votes.