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Miller wants to raise gas tax, add slots
Washington Times ^ | 3-1-07 | Tom LoBianco

Posted on 03/01/2007 11:19:40 AM PST by JZelle

ANNAPOLIS -- Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. wants to increase Maryland's sales tax on gasoline by 12 cents a gallon, part of a revenue plan that also includes bringing 15,500 slot machines to the state and cutting government positions. "There's going to be cuts, there's going to be slots, there's going to be tax increases," Mr. Miller said yesterday. "And it's going to be tough for some people, but they're going to have to suck it up and move forward for the good of the state."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: communism; energy; gasoline; gastaxes; mikemiller
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"For the good of the state"?!!

These people sicken me!

1 posted on 03/01/2007 11:19:42 AM PST by JZelle
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To: JZelle

Democrats love regressive taxes.


2 posted on 03/01/2007 11:20:50 AM PST by keepitreal
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To: keepitreal

Democrats love regressive taxes.
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Drop "Democrats" and add "Tax and Spend Socialists"


3 posted on 03/01/2007 11:22:36 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: JZelle
"And it's going to be tough for some people, but they're going to have to suck it up and move forward for the good of the state."

The smart ones will suck it up and move South, or West.
4 posted on 03/01/2007 11:22:44 AM PST by Jaysun (I took one look at her unfashionable eyebrows and thought to myself, "she's literally crazy.")
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Looks like the people of Maryland are getting what they 'elected'..
5 posted on 03/01/2007 11:23:06 AM PST by geo40xyz (Born a democRAT, Dad set me free in 1952: He said that I was not required to be a MF'ing democRAT)
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To: JZelle

The democrats need money to steal for storage in their freezers.

How the crooked democrats get their money: Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, Raise Taxes, etc, ad nauseum.


6 posted on 03/01/2007 11:26:30 AM PST by FormerACLUmember
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Looks like the people of Maryland are getting what they 'elected'..

Yup... I too would also like to take a few minutes to thank those "conservatives" who stayed home to teach the "wayward" now ex-Governor a "lesson" that we will never forget.

7 posted on 03/01/2007 11:26:52 AM PST by pnh102
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When Republican Ehlrich wanted to bring in slots, the democratic-controlled senate REFUSED absolutely. Now, that a democrat in governor, they're all for it. I am SOOOOOO glad I left that God-forsaken state!


8 posted on 03/01/2007 11:27:00 AM PST by Torpedogirl
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Agree with the slots, a lot of $$$ goes across the border to WV/DEL/PA/NJ....


9 posted on 03/01/2007 11:27:29 AM PST by dakine
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To: JZelle

Democrats are Sooooo predictable.

TC


10 posted on 03/01/2007 11:28:48 AM PST by Pentagon Leatherneck
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To: geo40xyz

Love your tag line! Any relation to Samuel L. Jackson?


11 posted on 03/01/2007 11:32:16 AM PST by JZelle
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"....move forward for the good of the state."
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Just spraying Marxism all over you. A good socialist at work, making sure you understand that THE STATE is all powerful and important, not the rights, wealth and liberty of the individual.


12 posted on 03/01/2007 11:35:56 AM PST by EagleUSA
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http://www.marylandgasprices.com/tax_info.aspx


13 posted on 03/01/2007 11:36:11 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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"Ask not what your state can do for you; ask what you can do for your state."

How people can keep voting these socialists into office is way beyond me.


14 posted on 03/01/2007 11:38:02 AM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: Torpedogirl

Me, too!


15 posted on 03/01/2007 11:40:56 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: cinives

How the Rats keep getting elected in Maryland? Easy! Combine the welfare queens in Baltimore, the Federal employees and contractors in Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, and a heavy dose of crooked unions and you get an almost unbeatable Dem majority.

The only thing worse would be reabsorbing the part of DC north of the Potomac into Maryland. Virginia already got the wealthy part south of the river.


16 posted on 03/01/2007 11:45:39 AM PST by RebelBanker (May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.)
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"And it's going to be tough for some people, but they're going to have to suck it up and move forward for the good of the state."

Uncle Joe couldn't have said it better himself!


17 posted on 03/01/2007 11:47:52 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: JZelle

bump for later


18 posted on 03/01/2007 11:48:43 AM PST by quikdrw (Life is tough....it's even tougher if you are stupid.)
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To: JZelle
"There's going to be cuts, there's going to be slots, there's going to be tax increases,"

He is obviously a genius in all areas.

19 posted on 03/01/2007 11:51:09 AM PST by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: geo40xyz

I didn't elect these bozos. I voted pretty much a straight Republican ticket. The Democrats only won in Montgomery, Howard, Baltimore, Prince Georges, and one other place. Western and Eastern Maryland vote predominately republican. Ehrlich carried the western and eastern counties.


20 posted on 03/01/2007 11:56:19 AM PST by RobertP
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