How Paul LePage Benefits from Florida Tax Breaks

As he makes a comeback bid, former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is pushing “to phase out Maine’s income tax. He argues that the change is needed to keep wealthy residents from moving to Florida for just long enough each year to take advantage of the Sunshine State’s tax breaks,” the New York Times reports.

But LePage, who has owned property in Florida for years, has “benefited from that state’s tax laws while living in the Maine governor’s mansion, and again as he campaigns to return to the job.”