The Maine Heritage Policy Center is criticizing Democratic Gov. Janet Mills for "a grotesque orgy of spending.”
The conservative advocacy organization held its largest annual fundraising event Thursday afternoon in South Portland, where CEO Matthew Gagnon said Mills proposed $8 billion spending plan was more than 11 percent bigger than the last enacted budget.
“The spending binge that she's been on will undoubtedly create a financial crisis during the next economic slowdown forcing future legislatures to raise taxes to cover costs,” Gagnon says. “The second, though, and in my mind more important problem is that level of spending and that amount of money artificially keeps taxes higher than they otherwise could or should be.”
Gagnon also targeted Mills for expanding Medicaid and moving away from work requirements for welfare recipients.
