Gov. Paul LePage slams ballot questions at chamber breakfast
Source: Sun Journal
"In the course of telling Mainers to “just say no” to all five ballot questions Thursday morning, Gov. Paul LePage said two well-known proponents of hiking the minimum wage “should be thrown in jail” for their stance."
"Calling the measure “crazy,” LePage said two backers of the increase — Ben Chin and Mike Tipping of the Maine People's Alliance — “should be thrown in jail for what they’re doing to the elderly” by pushing the wage hike."
"The income tax surcharge for education raised a question about how much Lewiston would get if voters backed the measure.
LePage told the crowd the money raised is earmarked for “just a few cities — and Lewiston isn’t one of them.” He called it “a ripoff” that would provide more cash to well-off communities.
But state Sen. Nate Libby, a Lewiston Democrat, said a fact sheet prepared by opponents of the question shows the city would actually get an additional $4 million."
"“We do not need these silly laws,” he said. “Just say no.”
LePage said ballot questions aren’t the best way to make laws.
“It’s a sad situation,” he said, that the state has reached the point “where we’re running government by referendum.”
The governor tossed in an aside about the press, as well.
“Anybody who buys a newspaper in Maine is paying somebody to lie to them,” LePage said."
Read more: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/business/2016/10/13/video-gov-paul-lepage-slams-ballot-questions-chamber-breakfast/2010784
Yeah... We're paying for Paul LePage to lie to us. So much bullshit from his mouth all the time.... Notice how he is talking about throwing political opponents in jail just like Trump.
LePage really should watch that episode of Seinfeld were George did opposite of every instinct he had and he was much better off for it. We'd all benefit if LePage tried that. At least we can vote the opposite of LePage's recommendations, like I did.
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