[JZelle]

I'm sure Cuffy will make these cuts painful, especially if slots fail. He'll make sure it hurts so bad the sheeple will beg for tax increases.

[stocksthatgoup]

Mr. O'Malley said imposing tax increases would be difficult after the $1.4 billion in increases last year.

So much for over $2 billion in spending cuts

[AU72]

Blue State Blues continue.

[N3WBI3]

What cheeses me off is that when the economy was on fire in the late 90’s and tax revenues were through the roof states had two sensible options:

1) Pay down debt or save up for bad times
2) Use the excess only for capital improvements not for reoccurring budget items. You can build a bridge or fix a road on a good year and create little spending burden for future bad years.

Instead they went ahead and increased funding on non capital projects.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maryland “Freak State” PING!