Housing, Harris and Walz and Priority Zones

A Letter to the Editor of the Boothbay Register

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Dear Editor,

In 1976, the small business economy was strong in Maine.

The Maine Legislature declared that centrally managing the economy is an essential government function to be done through public-private relationships and so was born the system of today that subsidizes the capitalization of large corporations, justified as job creation.

Corporate jobs promised wealth and economic security for all but the wealth divide expanded year after year. As the wealth of the people was transferred to the top, the worker’s paychecks stretched thinner until it no longer afforded home ownership. That was the straw that broke the corporate promise, sustaining the growth of the remote worker’s movement.

Many programs were devised to manage the living expenses of the people but with caveats. Programs …