0%	Yes
1.88%	No

Comment: Economy, economy, economy!!! from Portland by Brian

Comment: The most important issue is to get jobs back here in Maine. Maine use to be a thriving state. So many people have been jobless for months almost years. We need to get back working. It gets scary sometimes thinking if we are ever going to get back out in the working field again. Jobs would do so much good. It would bring business,money,boost the economy right up. from Lewiston,Maine by Trisha

Comment: Help for the needest , the poor the disabled lower exicize tax from lewiston, maine by brian

Comment: Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Compete more effectively with the other 49 states for attracting and creating new jobs. Make the state more business and industry friendly, simplifying laws, and provide one point of coordination for businesses rather than their having to deal with many different state organizations. Improve the infrastructures necessary to attract business. Make changes that help and not penalize existing businesses and industry in order to draw new ones. from Turner, ME by Garrick

Comment: Lower taxes, Fix some of our road, and pay back the money own to local hospital so that I could have my raise. from livermore falls by Jon

Comment: Creating Jobs! from Richmond by Stacey

Comment: The Govenor should spend sometime discussing the renewable energy opprotunities as to a way to avoid our dependecy "AGAIN" at some point on foreign oil imports. from Saco,ME by Michael

Comment: Honestly, he's got this state so screwed up does it really matter what he says anymore? from portland by b

Comment: 1.) Bringing back jobs. 2.) Improving our roadways. 3.) Getting more State Police out on the highways to control agressive driving (always worst during tourist season, but funny, there aren't so many troopers on the highways in the summer). from Maine

Comment: taxes,jobs,using bailout money wisely. from oobme by jim

Comment: Jobs,infra-structure,education,TAXES!!!! from oob by Babs

Comment: How we are going to pay the money back we are getting from the government stimulas package. by JoAnn

Comment: Taxes, Economy and Education. We need to revive the Maine Way! from Brunswick Maine by James

Comment: It doesn't matter what he says because it is nothing but hot air coming out of his mouth. What I want to see is actions, not words. first, fix this state that he has screwed up so much. Lower taxes for everyone and on everything. Bring in good businesses to the state so we can have jobs. Cut back or eliminate government programs that we all know are broke and a waste of taxpayer money... ei, dirigo health. also revamp the welfare system so it supports people willing to work and truely need help, not those who suck off the system. We live in a great state with lots of recourses. lets get it right for a change and make this state productive and prosperous. also lets lower toll rates for Maine residents. out-of-staters should be the only ones paying that awful toll increase. from Westbrook by Matt

Comment: I think he shuold focus on Every thing thas inportant to Everyone in usa. and bring troops home also. from Maine by Sophie

Comment: Jobs and more jobs....attract businesses instead of scaring them away like we have been. Massachusetts was often called taxachusetts...I feel Maine wears that crown proudly today. Enough is enough....I am fed up with his whining voice (Baldacci) when he speaks....I will not be listening to his address. from Arundel by P

Comment: It doesn't matter. The same crap government will continue doing what it has always done...screw the public with more laws, more taxes, and less freedom from Kennebunkport by Rick

Comment: Cutting taxes and curbing government spending. In this economy, the taxpayers cannot handle a higher tax burden. This includes FEES! from Lebanon, ME by Bryan

Comment: his first option is jobs and take away the criminal background checks,so people can work without being dicriminated. 2nd, helping the poor who can't work and 3rd building roads, from biddeford, maine by jim

Comment: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!!! Being a college educated, unemployed single Mother of two, I need a job, QUICKLY! I am sick of the constant worry that I am in, trying to support my kids, with no jobs out there and as much as I am willing to try a new profession or get into something I did previously, I am having a hard time because companies are checking my credit and finding it is not outstanding, so I am currently not up to their standards... Tell me how do you pay your bills and maintain good credit when you have no job? from Lewiston, ME by Deb

Comment: how he is going to stop the president frome spending lots of money and raising the taxes on cigeretts its about time they find another thing to raise taxes on in sted of picking on the smokers all the time its getting realy tirdsome them picking on the smokers all the time from jay maine by scott

Comment: I want to see what he is going to do to help the seniors for a change we get left out of it every time.... from lisbon by LC

Comment: Creating jobs, lowering taxes, and the cuts to the most vulnerable, namely the folks with mental illness/mental retardation. when you cut those folks, you cut jobs and cut much needed services. We may end up with another Pineland on our hands, then what will you do? from Lewiston, Maine by Bonnie

Comment: Plain and simple. "The Budget" DO NOT bond or borrow another red cent until you can pay the obligations that you currently have. That's what got the whole country in the trouble that it's in now. from S Paris by Anonymous

Comment: How is he going to save the economy and how is he going to keep all the jobs in Maine from going BELLY-UP?!?!? from Buxton, Maine by Laurie

Comment: Needs to focus on his pay and anyone who makes more then $100000 a year.Rich geting richer!!! We need jobs now!!!! from Maine by John

Comment: I'm most anxious to hear him talk about how we are going to address our power grids & overall energy use. Mother Nature pounding Maine is nothing new; however, how come every wind blows, it seems like we've got thousands without power in the same areas all the time? Of course he's going to talk about jobs. I just want to know: what will we as a state do to upgrade the power we've got now as we also look to more ways to conserve and share the future's energy? from Standish by Stephanie

Comment: Discussing cutting the state budget like they were talking about doing before this "stimulus package" came up from Stoneham ME by Frank

Comment: jobs,TAX RELEIF. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY HURTING, IF THE GOVERMENT WALKED IN OUR SHOES,IF THE GOVERMENT WORKED FOR US, (yeah right)theres not much left to take. we the people, remember GOV. from casco.me. by russ

Comment: education! tax brakes for business from augusta by gail

Comment: I think that he should focus on job's in Maine because as we all know that it is so important to all of us from Biddeford Maine by James

Comment: He should focus on how this state is spending money and who is "cooking the books"! Each dept. needs a budget and stick to them. from Sanford by Ruth

Comment: He needs to get the unemployed help quicker then 6 to 8 weeks. People still need to survive in that time frame and Human Services is just as slow. It is redicoulious to focus on light houses when people are going hungry and getting kicked out of their houses. from east waterboro by Cynthia

Comment: He probably should address why he and his Democratic counterparts like to spend money so much! from Lebanon by C

Comment: the most important thing is to get new job's baldacci should get the most important thing's out like new job's and all so make it easy for the people who need's the work and all so make it easy for everyone who need's the money when they don't have that much money. baldacci should make the state save. from portland maine by kim

Comment: Maine will rise and we need more jobs for people like me unfortanly im sick of not being able to find anything from biddeford maine by lisa

Comment: A politician's speech is just a bunch of empty words. He's done nothing but harm our state since he's been in office. The best way he can help is to give up his salary and go away before he does any more damage. from Portland by JT

Comment: Permanent Jobs. Rebuilding roads is fine but it is only temporary work. When it is finished the workers will be laid off and they are back where they started. from Turner by Joe

Comment: The poor and elderly from Lewiston Me by JAC

Comment: We need to focus on getting jobs and boosting our economy. I don't see that happening with this Governor. by Laurie

Comment: He should focus on doing things right for a change. We may be hearing this in 12 months. "The Governer misbudgeted the stimulas money and now Maine taxpayers need to shoulder the burden and more jobs will be cut" Fool. from Biddeford, ME by Tom