Brewer quoted in BDN article on possible split of tax-welfare ballot question
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article on Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap saying he may split the Republican Party’s proposed referendum effort on cutting taxes and reforming welfare into two ballot questions. Brewer said the welfare argument may be easier for Republicans to sell to voters than tax changes because welfare is a more emotional issue. “Not only is there more to argue against [lowering the income tax], Democrats have been able to argue against it relatively recently, whereas so far they have been unable to counter the Republicans’ arguments on welfare,” he said.