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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For Moore to blame this on the previous administration is absolutely dishonest.

This is all because of the Kirwin Blueprint (which Hogan vetoed, but the legislature overrode).   It was the largest unfunded mandate in state history- done solely by the Dems- and now the bill is due.   I dont know why anyone is surprised.

The taxes on delivery, drastic increase in car registration are very regressive.

Moore is not it. [/quote]

Agreed. The Dems in the MD state legislature evidently feel like saints to have passed the Blueprint. Too bad they didn't look at the other side of that equation: there is no money for this plan without significant county property tax increases. It's sad how the legislators never see taxpayers as their constituents. We're just mythical creatures here to pay for whatever legislators dish out.[/quote]

Not mentioned in this thread is that BGE in the Baltimore area is now tacking on a new $26 fee to every monthly bill to pay for multiple new charges. Between that and the car registration fee, everyone in Maryland is definitely paying more irregardless of any little tax cut they may get.

But one does have to make peace with it. Maryland has California-level Democratic supermajorities as result of two large and influential demographics, government employees and the state's large black population. Between the two, they will ensure this no matter what happens. It's why a mediocre second rate county executive of one of the state's worse run counties won comfortably over an experienced former governor with a history of bucking his own party and focusing on fiscal matters and keeping taxes and fees low. But that's the reality of Maryland for you. I don't have a choice right now but keep paying the higher fees and taxes, although when the time comes we will certainly be leaving the state, as many have before us and many will do after us. [/quote]

As a long-time government employee and an even longer-time Democrat, I agree with this in part.  We used to have super-smart politicians scattered around the state who could think innovatively and also understand the basic challenges of operationalizing certain policy changes.  So they more carefully crafted bills/laws/policy.

That's over.  Politics is 100% performative now. Do their proposed bills elicit the necessary dopamine rush from their base/constituents? They don't care that many of their policies sound beautiful but cannot be operationalized well. And that when operationalized, they often reduce the burden that the bill was trying to relieve and create other burdens, generally in the same vulnerable communities. Instead of making tough budget decisions, they shift to the default of tax increases.  Meanwhile, the underbelly of government operations continues to rot. You get less while paying more.[/quote]

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