Maryland: "Five-year state budget projection foresees ‘enormous gap’ not seen in two decades"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That hissing sound you hear is the sound of the air coming out of Wes Moore’s presidential ambitions. Right now he is trailing Ehrlich as the worst Maryland governor since Agnew. He literally spent all of the money on extravagances the moment he was elected and now we are broke.

Yep. Blew the entire surplus Hogan left us in a year. A YEAR.

He's been a disappointment for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That hissing sound you hear is the sound of the air coming out of Wes Moore’s presidential ambitions. Right now he is trailing Ehrlich as the worst Maryland governor since Agnew. He literally spent all of the money on extravagances the moment he was elected and now we are broke.

Yep. Blew the entire surplus Hogan left us in a year. A YEAR.

Wes Moore wasted all of the money literally months after taking the oath of office.

[Anonymous]

Dems always overspend other people's money.

[Anonymous]

Just raise taxes. Gap closed.

[Anonymous]

I used to work for DLS and have a lot of respect for their economic forecasting in general and Dave Romans in particular. They are nonpartisan -- it's important to listen to what they are saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just raise taxes. Gap closed.

How much more are you willing to pay in state taxes?

What’s your upper limit? 20% 30% 50%

Where do you draw your line?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MD needs to get out of its own damn way. Cut regulations. Cut corporate taxes. Make MD the best state on the entire east coast to start a business or move one to. You cannot tax your way out of this problem. Dems need to grow the damn economy instead of making a state where everyone relies on the govt for jobs.

It’s so sad they don’t just ask you, the man with all the easy answers.

Spoken like an idiot dem. Clearly, more regulations, taxes, and govt pensions will grow the economy.

Translate: "please cut regulations so companies can exploit people and cut ties so that I pay fewer taxes and get rid of woke/trans/DEI because I hate people involved in that and don't give people retirement plans because that hurts my investments"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just raise taxes. Gap closed.

How much more are you willing to pay in state taxes?

What’s your upper limit? 20% 30% 50%

Where do you draw your line?

That depends on what I'm getting out of it.

[Anonymous]

No more sanctuary!

3 years till I can get out. Not paying these taxes anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MD needs to get out of its own damn way. Cut regulations. Cut corporate taxes. Make MD the best state on the entire east coast to start a business or move one to. You cannot tax your way out of this problem. Dems need to grow the damn economy instead of making a state where everyone relies on the govt for jobs.

It’s so sad they don’t just ask you, the man with all the easy answers.

Spoken like an idiot dem. Clearly, more regulations, taxes, and govt pensions will grow the economy.

Translate: "please cut regulations so companies can exploit people and cut ties so that I pay fewer taxes and get rid of woke/trans/DEI because I hate people involved in that and don't give people retirement plans because that hurts my investments"

What companies? The government is the largest employer by far. The vast majority of private sector employment is in consumer services, eg retail and restaurants. The state of Maryland does not make anything. It does not produce anything. It does not create added value in anything. Furthermore, after spending enough time around Maryland politics, what I have sadly learned is that more taxes do not translate into more and better services. Higher taxes principally just go to pay increases for government workers. So it we end up paying more the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That hissing sound you hear is the sound of the air coming out of Wes Moore’s presidential ambitions. Right now he is trailing Ehrlich as the worst Maryland governor since Agnew. He literally spent all of the money on extravagances the moment he was elected and now we are broke.

Yep. Blew the entire surplus Hogan left us in a year. A YEAR.

Wes Moore wasted all of the money literally months after taking the oath of office.

What was it spent on? The governor sets the budget not the state assembly?

[Anonymous]

Baltimore needs fixing. It should be the economic engine of the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Baltimore needs fixing. It should be the economic engine of the state.

The state of MD would be much better off if state funds were not disproportionately siphoned off to Baltimore, which is a dysfunctional blackhole.

For example, Baltimore gets 11% of all state gas tax revenues for transportation. All of the counties combined get to share only 4.3% total. Baltimore gets almost 40% of all state police aid. On a per capita basis, Baltimore gets over $2700 while Montgomery County only gets $1100.

It could be argued that feeding that corrupt money pit more and more state resources is hurting the states ability to make investments in infrastructure and tax cuts that would make it competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That hissing sound you hear is the sound of the air coming out of Wes Moore’s presidential ambitions. Right now he is trailing Ehrlich as the worst Maryland governor since Agnew. He literally spent all of the money on extravagances the moment he was elected and now we are broke.

Yep. Blew the entire surplus Hogan left us in a year. A YEAR.

Wes Moore wasted all of the money literally months after taking the oath of office.

What was it spent on? The governor sets the budget not the state assembly?

$1 billion on education, half of which goes to Baltimore (most of which goes to teacher salary increases and pensions). $500 million for Baltimore Red Line and WMATA (without demanding concessions from WMATA). $400 million on raises and bonuses for state employees. $200 million on expanding the EITC. And on and on and on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That hissing sound you hear is the sound of the air coming out of Wes Moore’s presidential ambitions. Right now he is trailing Ehrlich as the worst Maryland governor since Agnew. He literally spent all of the money on extravagances the moment he was elected and now we are broke.

Yep. Blew the entire surplus Hogan left us in a year. A YEAR.

Wes Moore wasted all of the money literally months after taking the oath of office.

What was it spent on? The governor sets the budget not the state assembly?

$1 billion on education, half of which goes to Baltimore (most of which goes to teacher salary increases and pensions). $500 million for Baltimore Red Line and WMATA (without demanding concessions from WMATA). $400 million on raises and bonuses for state employees. $200 million on expanding the EITC. And on and on and on.

I don’t see a problem with any of that. Why should we not staff and pay our state employees? Why should we not fund education and transportation?