Posted on 08/30/2007 11:33:57 AM PDT by JZelle
TIMONIUM, Md. — Marylanders may not know all the gritty details of the state's $1.5 billion budget shortfall, but many of those who attended the state fair yesterday said they don"t want Gov. Martin O'Malley to address it by raising their taxes.
"Why is he putting the taxes up?" asked Bud Jones, 65, a retired truck driver from Glen Burnie, Md.
Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, is scheduled today to visit the Maryland State Fair at the Timonium Fairgrounds in Baltimore County. Since the 2007 General Assembly session ended in April, one of Mr. O'Malley's most pressing tasks has become to convince Maryland residents of the seriousness of the state"s budget deficit.
An informal polling of state fairgoers yesterday showed he has more work to do.
"The budget deficit is everywhere. It's in my pocketbook," said Cindy Heaps, 57, of Jarrettsville, Md., as she watched over 4-year-old Daisy Radebaugh, of Monkton, Md.
Mrs. Heaps said that state leaders should take a pay cut if they want residents to pay more taxes.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Hmmmm.
“Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., a Republican, left office with $1.8 billion in the state savings account. Mr. O’Malley drew $1.2 billion from the state’s coffers this year to cover a $1 billion shortfall in his first budget.”
They threw him out simply because they don’t like Republicans in Maryland.
There’s a saying, you get the kind of government you deserve.
I voted for Ehrlich and I don’t deserve the kind of government I’m getting in the Peoples’ Republic of Maryland.
“budget deficit” is easy.............stop spending the money on stupid stuff. Just like California. Our politicians keep spending and spending on dumb stuff and then want to raise taxes....mainly on fuel. They never go back and cut the pork. Somehow, they feel that they can just spend any amount they want. This crap has to stop. Maybe if we cut their pay the same percentage that they raise the budget each year they’ll get the message.
The people of Maryland should pay more taxes since it is a known fact that the democrats are the tax and spend party.
“Mr. O’Malley drew $1.2 billion from the state’s coffers this year to cover a $1 billion shortfall in his first budget.”
That’s a healthy service charge!
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