Chairman's Blog
Three Cheers for the Maine Merchants Association
All of us working in the TABOR campaign are greatly pleased and grateful to the Maine Merchants Association for throwing their support behind TABORNOW. It's especially gratifying that they did so after careful consideration and debate.
Main street merchants are far less in thrall to state government than their colleagues in the State Chamber and far more vulnerable to the whims of Augusta - particularly when they decide to impose new sales and services taxes on the retail products that their members overwhelmingly sell.
They are also far more realistic, I think, when they assess the present state of Maine's economy and understand all too well what Maine's collapsing economy means to their long-term prospects.
For more on on the Association's position and deliberations, take a look at the MPBN headline, posted right here on the TABORNOW site.
All of us working in the TABOR campaign are greatly pleased and grateful to the Maine Merchants Association for throwing their support behind TABORNOW. It's especially gratifying that they did so after careful consideration and debate.
Main street merchants are far less in thrall to state government than their colleagues in the State Chamber and far more vulnerable to the whims of Augusta - particularly when they decide to impose new sales and services taxes on the retail products that their members overwhelmingly sell.
They are also far more realistic, I think, when they assess the present state of Maine's economy and understand all too well what Maine's collapsing economy means to their long-term prospects.
For more on on the Association's position and deliberations, take a look at the MPBN headline, posted right here on the TABORNOW site.
David Crocker, Chairman
TABOR NOW