already calling for tax increases?
Nancy Pelosi and Washington Democrats are not going to be pleased with Jared Golden’s radio interview this morning.
Golden was asked on the Ken & Matt Show how the state will pay for the $50 million-per-year Medicaid Expansion Initiative – specifically whether Golden would support a tax increase.
After several minutes of non-answers and spin, interviewers pressed Golden for specifics:
Matt Gagnon: “Are Democrats willing to go to a place where you raise taxes on the citizens of Maine, or are they going to look at other areas to cut?”
Golden: “Maybe it is a combination of cuts and new revenues. One way or another, we’re gonna do it…”
This isn’t the first time Golden has pushed for higher taxes on Mainers. He’s a strong supporter of Bernie Sanders’ socialist single-payer health care system, would cost taxpayers $32 trillion over ten years…