Memo: LePage wants to cut number of state workers to fund tax cut
Source: Bangor Daily News
Gov. Paul LePage has told his commissioners he wants to cut the number of state workers and reduce overall state spending below current levels to fund a significant income tax cut in next year’s budget package.
A memo that was sent to commissioners earlier this month and obtained by Maine Public Radio reveals that the governor has set three goals for the budget-writing process that is already underway.
First, he wants to cut the number of state employees to 9,500 from the current level of over 11,000. Not all of those jobs are filled, so it’s unclear how many state workers could be directly affected by the proposal.
Second, he wants overall state spending to be less than the current $6.7 billion two-year state budget. But, again, the memo gives no direction as to what spending areas should be scrutinized.
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Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2016/07/27/politics/state-house/memo-lepage-wants-to-cut-number-of-state-workers-to-fund-tax-cut/
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On edit: this tax cut will reduce the TOP tax rate for the very wealthy
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