The people of Maine were tired of being in debt and tired of being overtaxed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Too many Mainers are dependent on government handouts. Government dependency has not - and never will - create prosperity.
Some have been ensnared in the net of excessive debt. The net of interest holds them fast, requiring them to sell their time and energies to meet the demands of creditors. They surrender their freedom, becoming slaves to their own extravagance.
Maine's welfare program is cannibalizing the rest of state government. To all you able-bodied people out there: Get off the couch and get yourself a job.
Too many Americans are out of work, and our debt is out of control.
And my response is 70,000 people in the state of Maine that paid income tax in 2011 will not be paying income tax in 2012.
All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But I know then they are going to have a better appreciation for what is here in Maine.
The idea that growth will remedy our debts is so addictive for politicians, but the citizens end up paying the price.
The United States lived on borrowed money for too long, inflating its financial sector unnecessarily and neglecting its small and mid-sized industrial companies.
The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.
Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration.