Saviello also supports the governor's plan for the 70,000 lowest earning Mainers to no longer have to pay income taxes.
Sen. Tom Saviello (R), Farmington: People are extremely pleased that what we changes as far as lower income people and moving the brackets and 70,000 taxpayers not being on the rolls. But they just did not understand why we were not going to tax at a higher rate for purely earned income."
Saviello's plan would focus exclusively on households with earned income and would not apply to small businesses or investment income.
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