Remember all that COVID Cash the Biden regime dumped into Maine to bail out Janet Mills during and after her ruthless lockdown of Maine’s economy?
Well, the cash cow is about to go dry.
Or, to mix metaphors, you might say those chickens are coming home to roost.
The Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program sent more than $270-million to Maine landlords and hotel operators to keep low-income renters sheltered for the past two years. And it didn’t matter if you entered the country illegally and then boarded a bus bound for Maine — you qualified for free rent when you stepped off the bus.
The Biden Bucks will stop flowing at the end of the month.
All the usual suspects in the Augusta swamp are now clamoring for a new state program to replace the federal funding. Of course they are! They never let a good crisis go to waste.
Thanks to Steve Robinson at The Maine Wire for his outstanding reporting on the looming disaster for Maine taxpayers.
This mess will land on the desks of incoming legislators who will be sworn in on December 7th of this year.
The Maine State Housing Authority estimated it will cost $182-million per year to make the ERA a permanent state program. That’s half a million dollars a day.
No problem!
In fact, Senator Craig Hickman (D-Winthrop) said legislators can figure out a way to fund it that doesn’t drive up taxes.
Imagine that. A new entitlement program that doesn’t distinguish between illegal immigrants and lifelong Mainers will cost at least $182-million in the first year. And it can be launched without raising taxes!
So…
If you haven’t voted already, make sure you vote today.
You literally can’t afford not to.
Sincerely,
Hon. Lawrence Lockman
Maine House of Representatives, 2012-2020
Co-founder & President
Maine First Project
P.S.
The federal government’s Emergency Rental Assistance program — which provides free housing for illegal immigrants in Maine — is about to run out of money.
It’s estimated making the program a permanent fixture of state government will cost Maine taxpayers $182-million every year.
The next Legislature will decide on the future of this annual Foreigners First handout — making it all the more important that voters elect Maine First patriots to serve in the Maine House and Senate.