Platner is the wave of the future
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There’s much to dislike about Maine Democrat / socialist Gerald Platner, the man who might very well replace Senator Susan Collins in Washington next January, but what’s most worrisome is that Maine voters don’t care about any of it; he’s not a Republican, and that’s good enough for them. This antipathy goes beyond “Never Trump”, and is instead based on a new, radical vision of what America should look like.
The man himself is the product of an orchestrated fraud put together by the far left: he’s not, as he’s portrayed, a simple farmer who, appalled by what was happening in the nation, decided to put down his oyster rake and run for Congress. Instead, his senatorial website was created and registered a year before he started his aqua-farm and announced his candidacy. It was all carefully planned:
Democrats Bet on a Fraud: The Trust-Fund Kid Dressed Up as Maine’s Oyster Farmer
But really, that’a minor matter, as is the upset over his SS death head tattoo: the new left is anti-Semitic anyway, and the old left, particularly the older, Jewish Democrats, won’t believe what’s coming until it knocks on their door.
So forget all that, and focus intead on what Platner and his mob are planning for the country’s economy. The man’s platform is pure Democratic Socialists of America, identical to Bernie Sanders, AOC, and the rest of what now pases for the Democrat party. A wealth tax, extended, first, nationally, then globally, is just part of it: that great sucking sound you hear is money being extracted from citiens and being directed to Washington, where the politicians can get their hands on it and shovel it out to themselves and their friends.
Yet Mainers, and many Americans elsewhere claim they’re ready for this; they’re going to get it, good and hard.
Here’s Platner’s Platform; it contains every Democrat wet dream that’s been proposed over the years, all on one page, and is exactly what they have in mind for the country. The wealth tax is just the beginning, but here’s that part of it:
1. A WEALTH TAX ON THE ULTRA-RICH Reasonable proposals call for a 5-6% tax on wealth over one billion dollars, which alone could raise over $4.4 trillion.
Income taxes alone cannot address the massive concentration of wealth in the hands of a few: only a tax on wealth can do so. Wealth taxes have been the third rail of politics, for obvious reasons, in a nation where billionaires can buy elections at will. But it has gone too far. Americans will not allow ourselves to sink into a permanent underclass in a world dominated by a handful of oligarchs.
2. A NEW ERA OF AMERICAN ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY: TOWARDS A GLOBAL BILLIONAIRE MINIMUM TAX For decades, foreign policy has been dominated by trade agreements and endless wars that exploit workers and send our young people to die. It’s time for a new era of American economic diplomacy. We cannot allow billionaires to defund the societies that made their fortunes possible simply by shuffling money into an offshore account.
Platner, by the way, is only one of many Decocrats screaming for loot. As of April 26th, Maine now has a “millionaires’ — not billionaires – tax”
Key Details of the New Tax
Rate and Threshold: A 2% surcharge on state taxable income exceeding $1 million for individuals and $1.5 million for couples/heads of households.
Effective Rate: The new top tax bracket increases from 7.15 percent to 9.15 percent.
Scope: Applies to all state taxable income, including wages, capital gains, and business profits (partnerships/S-corps).
Targeted Revenue & Usage: Estimated to generate $74–$96 million annually in the first year, with projections up to $150 million over the next biennium. The revenue will fund tax credits for property taxes, school funding, and other public services.
Context: The tax was incorporated into the supplemental budget, which passed along party lines in early April 2026.
Maine was already ranked 44th among the 50 states in economic outlook even before this new tax, and its Democrats aren’t done yet.
Two days after the 2% surcharge was signed into law, there are already proposals to double it.
Democrat Gubenatorial candididate Troy Jackson unveils plan that would increase newly passed millionaires tax
The plan's action items include proposing a 4% surtax on income over $1 million. That's 2% more than what was enacted in the recently passed spending bill, which made it out of the state Legislature on party lines.
It's one of a handful of measures that Jackson said could redistribute tax dollars from wealthy Mainers to state-funded programs. Jackson also proposed raising the top corporate tax rate on profits over $3.5 million by 1%, which he said could generate an additional $50 million in total tax revenue.
And Connecticut, watch out:
Jackson also supports working with other states on an interstate compact to pursue taxation of ultra-high net worth households, including a minimum 5% annual tax on assets above $1 billion.
"I think Massachusetts and Vermont are the clear ones right out of the gate. Connecticut and New York [to follow]," Jackson said. "The more that you can build that coalition, the better opportunity it is."
