The federal stimulus package is allowing the Governor and Legislature to put off making the hard and necessary decisions to put Maine’s economy on a sustainable, long-term financial footing. For example, recent research by The Maine Heritage Policy Center finds that the state workforce is both over-employed and over-paid when compared to national averages. A restructuring of the state workforce would have saved up $435,224,338 in 2007. To Governor Baldacci’s credit, his latest budget does propose eliminating 219 positions—too bad he has another 4,278 to go. Instead of making additional …
