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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our taxes are some of the lowest in the world; we need more like a 20% bump[/quote]

That's not something Montgomery County alone can fix.  That needs a federal solution to make everyone pay more so no jurisdiction can take advantage and get an unfair advantage.  Higher state/county tax just makes one county less desirable to live in compared to other states/counties with lower taxes.  You don't want to create an environment where jurisdictions can cheat, e.g. Ireland on the world scale with a super low corporate tax rate.

By the way, perfect timing, if you want to pay more you can overpay your Form 502 tax bill to Maryland or Montgomery County, I'm sure they won't complain if you overpay your taxes.  That's your prerogative, don't drag other people down with you.  [/quote]

Increasing taxes would be counterproductive for MoCo, because MoCo will not see the benefit of those increased taxes.  Those who pay the taxes (and cost the MoCo the least) are moving elsewhere, whether Frederick, NoVa, or elsewhere.  Any budget projections based on increased taxes are a joke.  [/quote]

and any chance of attracting business is also less likely since nobody wants to live in a place with all these costs and 0 benefits[/quote]

don't just post on an online forum, call or email your councilmembers if you live in moco[/quote]

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/members/index.html[/quote]

Is there a way to just recall Elrich?[/quote]

Nope because he WON the election. Deal with it. Many of us MoCo residents are perfectly happy with Elrich. [/quote]

I don’t hate him but I wish he would pass the torch. He has been in MoCo politics for as long as I’ve been old enough to vote. Somehow we just can’t seem to get rid of him. Even though he’s had the minority opinion on a lot of things, he’s always somehow there. Isn’t he getting up there in age too? Maybe he’ll retire?[/quote]

I voted for him twice, but with his tax increases that lack of accountability for MCPS spending is unacceptable. He needs to go.[/quote]

He can't do anything about the MCPS budget. The County Council decides how much to appropriate, the Board of Education decides what to spend it on.[/quote]

They don’t have to find it. They could decrease it or increase it. [/quote]

No, they can't decrease it. They can not increase it. Do you think there's support among Montgomery County voters for less funding for MCPS? Who do you hang out with?[/quote]

You are correct that they cannot decrease it because of state law/maintenance of effort.  But MCPS is asking for above the maintenance of effort.  It's not a binary decision.  The Board can find cost savings within MCPS (size of the central office for starters?) and still have enough funding for adequate instruction.  Or they can fund the MCPS request and find savings elsewhere in the budget.  There is a lot of special interest pork in the budget that got added because of federal pandemic money and now that money has gone away.  Elrich and council just want to increase taxes because it's the easy thing to do versus the hard reality of being responsible with other people's money.  And there is a vocal part of the population that enables this behavior.  MCPS has done more with less in the past, the county budget has done more with less in the past, they don't even want to consider any efficiencies, Elrich and council act like a tax increase is a foregone conclusion without even considering the repeated multi-year concerns from the county council staff reports about the sustainability of such a plan. [/quote]

Again, do you think there's support among Montgomery County voters for less funding for MCPS?[/quote]

Did you read the part where I wrote they can fund the MCPS request and find savings elsewhere in the budget?  It's not a binary decision.  [/quote]

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