Posted on 07/05/2012 7:00:43 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
FREDERICK, MD - Some people in Maryland will get a surprise when they look at their tax bill.
In a special session the Maryland General Assembly approved increasing taxes for people who make more than $100,000 a year and couples who make more than $150,000 a year. Those changes take effect this week.
"They will go up for most people anywhere from five to 15-percent, and what they'll also see is that they'll be retroactive. I think Maryland families are suffering under the current economy and really don't need to be sending more and more to the government," said Sen. David Brinkley, (R) - Frederick County.
Brinkley voted against the increase, and Senator Ron Young voted for it. Young says he made the decision to avoid cuts in education.
"There should be a way to get an education, to improve yourself and to climb the ladder. We should never take that opportunity away from anybody that's willing to work and climb that ladder to make something of themselves," said Young, (D) - Frederick and Washington Counties.
Taxpayers had mixed reactions to the tax increase.
"I think it's a really difficult period of time to decide whether that's good or not because in most cases, people with money are struggling just as much as those without," Josh Barrett said.
"People who have been diligent in following a career path and have put the time and effort in should reap the benefits, and when you're taxed on $150,000 for a couple, you're being punished for it," Lana Early said.
Many Marylanders will be paying more to flush their toilets. What's known as the "flush tax" on septic systems has doubled from $30 to $60 a year. The money will go to help clean up pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
"The Chesapeake Bay is a major economic engine of the state," Young said. I don't think most people realize what it does or how it affects us."
A small part of Garrett County won't have to pay the "flush tax," but it will effect much of the county along with Allegany, Washington, and Frederick Counties.
"Well, guess what? The money that came in did go to address some of that, but also Governor O'Malley raided some of the funds to balance the budget," Brinkley said.
Some people who normally receive a refund may end up owing state taxes since the changes are effective beginning in January of this year.
Uhh, that article referenced would be this thread. Damn!
I’d move back to Maryland if it wasn’t for the Democrats and the taxes. State taxes, county taxes, sales taxes. Forget it. I read not long ago that close to 90% of Montgomery County’s yearly budget goes to county employees payroll and benefits.
Bush's first tax cuts took effect six months before the law went into effect. Clinton's tax increases also took effect retroactively in 1993. All three acts, including the O'Malley increases, are unconstitutional, per the provisions forbidding ex-post facto laws on both the federal and state levels.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/28/md-state-death-certificate-fees-double-july-1/
“As part of the budget approved by the Maryland General Assembly in a May special session, the state’s death certificate fees will double from $12 to $24... each county is able to add its own surcharge to that cost. In Montgomery County, for example, the county adds $8 to the cost of each death certificate, making the cost $32 with the increase... families order an average of six to 12 copies of their loved one’s death certificate because insurance companies, government agencies and the Department of Motor Vehicles require a certified copy of the death certificate to close accounts. “
‘...Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes’
Keep voting Democrat Maryland.
Thanks to Martin O'Moron our devious on the make governor, Mike the idiot Bush and Mike sleezeball Miller, state rep and senate goons, "The Land of Pleasant Living" is being destroyed.
And don’t forget Slimy Hoyer.
All revenue that accrues to the state of Maryland goes into the General Fund. The governor, the comptroller and the treasurer acting as the board of public works decide how to spend it.
They run the state like their private fiefdom.
Arnold is a great place; I grew up there and moved back as an adult for some time. But I have to ask, by what measure is a $750,000 house 'affordable'? I can get a 2000sf house in the best school district here in Florida cheaper than a small townhouse in some of the sketchier parts of Annapolis. Plus, I don't have to deal with a ludicrous commute between home and the city. The Annapolis area has a lot going for it, but affordable never crossed my mind!
I guess instead of affordable, I should have said cheeper than 2008...lol. I have to live in Annapolis area for sure for work....My commute is about 10 minutes on a bad day. You were very lucky to live here growing up....I wonder if I am living in your old house....lol.
Not in my part of the state. It’s quite high up here at the head of the Bay.
Lots of businesses closing.
Ehrlich blew it himself. He ran a crappy campaign.
I refer to it as The Land of Peasant Living.
Yeah the whole Wash DC / Maryland / NoVa is a fedgov fools paradise powered by our taxes. When I went there on vacation in April I was amazed how much different they look from the midwest.
Some day we’re going to have to go there with pitchforks and gasoline bombs.
I was amazed at how much the midwest takes from the tax payers in the form of farm subsidies. What a tragic situation that should be immediately stopped. The midwest is a big drain on the American Tax Payers. They look very different than the Mid Atlantic workers.
Indiana got about half a bil in ag subsidies in 011.
A number that small doesn’t even show up on the Fed budget, LOL.
Good golly! I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you and HIHC can get out of there at some point.
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