FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: January 25, 2020

**CONTACT**: Jason Savage ([email protected])

Mills to Destroy Struggling Maine Small Businesses by Taxing Federal
Relief Funds
AUGUSTA, ME-- Maine GOP Chair Dr. Demi Kouzounas released the following
statement regarding Gov. Janet Mills' push to tax Maine small businesses
on federal relief funds they received during her state-mandated shutdown
to balance her bloated state budget.

"You really can't make this stuff up," said Chair Dr. Demi Kouzounas.
"As a small business owner and a Mainer I am appalled that Janet Mills
would crush Maine's small businesses by taxing the federal relief funds
they need just to stay alive. Many of these businesses now rely on these
loans to stay open and keep their staff employed because Janet Mills
shut our state down. Now, she wants them to pay taxes on the very
financial lifeline that is keeping them from closing down for good."

"For nearly a year, Janet Mills has created a nightmare scenario for
Maine's small businesses. She has shut our state down and provided no
clear direction on when or how we will re-open, unilaterally changing
rules and restrictions without warning. For Gov. Mills to turn around
and require Maine small businesses to pay taxes because of her poor
management and unreasonable desire to spend every dollar she can is
truly beyond the pale. In order to weather the COVID-19 storm, and not
decimate our entire economy, Mainers must stand up, make their voices
heard, and push back against Janet Mills' financial bullying and
recklessness.

"If we faced a different natural disaster, Governor Mills would
confiscate our bottled water or emergency supplies because this is what
she is doing to our small businesses. Governor Mills needs to keep her
big government, liberal hands off the money Maine's small businesses
need to survive; she has done enough damage already to Maine's
economy."

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