Matthew Gagnon
Host at WGAN Radio
Unapologetic capitalist. Classical Liberal. CEO of @MainePolicy. Host @WGANMorningNews. Columnist @BangorDailyNews. Economist & policy professional. Tribeless.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
capitalismmagazine.com | Matthew Gagnon
Southern California has been burning for more than two weeks, causing untold devastation across more than 60 square miles. Twenty-seven people have , and thousands of structures, including homes and commercial property, have already been destroyed. While efforts at containment appear to be making progress, the fires continue to burn. Even before the flames have been fully extinguished, discussions about rebuilding have begun.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
bangordailynews.com | Matthew Gagnon
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.comMatthew Gagnon of Yarmouth is the chief executive officer of the Maine Policy Institute, a free market policy think tank based in Portland.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
bangordailynews.com | Matthew Gagnon
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.comGov. Janet Mills dropped her latest biennial budget proposal last Friday, unveiling a staggering $11.63 billion spending plan for the next two years.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
pretenseofknowledge.substack.com | Matthew Gagnon
Friday of last week, Maine Governor Janet Mills unveiled her new biennial budget for Fiscal Years 2026-2027, which proposed to spend a staggering $11.63 billion over the next two-year period. That total represents an 11.05 percent increase from the prior biennium’s general fund expenditure, which was $10.5 billion.
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Jan 8, 2025 |
observer-me.com | Matthew Gagnon
By Matthew GagnonI never really wanted to be an old father. I, being the last child born of my parents, know first hand how difficult and complicated that can be. By the time I was in Little League, my father was already 55 years old, and didn’t really have a lot of time or energy to go play catch or go to the cages. When I graduated high school, he was almost 64 years old, and was very much showing the signs of his aging. In 2006, when my wife (your mother) and I got married, he was 71 years old.
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So you want money. Someone gives you money that you promise to pay back. You waste that money and do not use it to get the thing it was loaned for. I am supposed to feel bad someone is asking you to pay back what you promised you would?
Reminder that 40% of people with student debt don’t have a college degree. So whenever we talk about people who defaulted on their loans, it’s usually people who are being paid at the level of a high school diploma recipient. This is a massive regressive tax on the low income.
Yeah, so... my wife and I have been doing our part to... er... solve this crisis, and after 5 kids I am going to want back pay for services rendered.
“We have a fertility crisis, that’s where we need to start.”: @TomiLahren on reports that President Trump is considering a “Baby Bonus” for new moms, as a way to reverse declining birthrates. https://t.co/VcsIfaK7Mm
Who decided that Jenny Cavnar would torture me in college baseball games too? Ugh. https://t.co/HHBymgLN9M
