AUGUSTA, Maine - The Maine Heritage Policy Center, a Portland-based conservative advocacy group, has released a study identifying the 10 things it believes are keeping Maine residents poor.
Many have a familiar ring: too many regulations, too many taxes, and costs that unfairly burden the poor. Matt Gagnon is the group's President.
"The biggest problem faced by these folks is the regressive costs that are associated with what we have identified in this report," says Matt Gagnon, the group's president. "So you mentioned, for instance, the car tax, and the things that are related to everyday living in the state of Maine."
The study also points to high energy prices and high health care costs, as well as an education system that does not do a good job of providing the job skills needed by businesses.
