Everyone is so caught up by the opiate problem but alcohol is a bigger problem. To compare, 88,000 people died from alcohol in 2014; opiate deaths came to 56,000. Hmmm. The difference is that alcohol is legal and states take in millions of dollars in taxes on the sales. If states made money from heroin […]
Michael Tetreault
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Lewiston’s poor economy
As of 2017, Lewiston has resettled approximately 7,000 refugees. Figures from the city’s own website indicate there have been 3,000 jobs created. Now, I am no rocket scientist, but that seems to be a negative number in employment. How can people get off general assistance with no jobs available? This isn’t race or religion — […]
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Make sure they do the work
Since 2013, I have lived in Portland and Lewiston. For various reasons, I have had to use the general assistance program in both cities. In Portland, I worked at Preble Street in the kitchen, cooking meals for the soup kitchen. I was told by the woman running the general assistance workfare program that there were […]
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Ban liquor advertising
The amount of revenue the state of Maine makes on sales of alcohol is staggering. According to a report by the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, profit from liquor sales in the fiscal year 2015 that ended June 30 was $155.5 million. Here are some other facts: According to an article in […]