US states seek to ease inflation burden with direct payments
“The rebate ‘will help Maine people grapple with these increased costs by putting money directly back into their pockets,’ Mills said.
But Wendell Cressey, a clamdigger in Harpswell, said the soaring cost of fuel for people in his business means the check will provide just temporary relief.
‘It might help a little, but it would have to be a lot more because we’re paying for gas. Most of us have V-8 trucks,” Cressey said. ‘I just don’t think it’s going to help as much as they think it is.'”