One proposal in Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's FY-2026 budget that he, understandably, did not mention in his press conference yesterday is a new 75-cent fee on retail and food deliveries. Given the popularity of such purchases by people of all income levels, this regressive fee could quickly add up for already-struggling Maryland residents. Moore's presentation gave another official declaration that Maryland's economy is - like Montgomery County's - moribund and stagnant. His budget director gave a Powerpoint presentation with slides confirming Maryland's economic growth has "significantly underperformed national growth" since 2017, as has its job growth. With grocery, insurance, and home prices remaining massively-high, why would the state now pile on by socking it to working-class people ordering a hamburger or a t-shirt for delivery?
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Economic growth - moribund! |
Also hidden from the governor's speech was a proposal to more than double the emissions test fee for vehicles. The emissions test program is already a massive grift for the state, forcing owners of recent vehicle models to take a test that predictably finds their car meets the standards. Maryland isn't even properly maintaining the equipment for the test now, as the scanner on the self-test machine was broken the last time I went, forcing drivers to manually type their personal information into the computer.
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Job growth - moribund! |
Sports gamblers would also be victims of highway robbery under the new budget. In a proposal that was actually presented at the press conference, Moore suggested doubling the tax on sports betting from 15% to 30%. So that big $1000 win Joe Six Pack had on the baseball game will be whittled down to $700 right "off the bat." Better cancel that plan to have a burger delivered after the game, Joe - you just can't afford it! Meanwhile, your representatives in Annapolis are laughing all the way to the bank.
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Maryland and Montgomery County have the highest tax burden in the D.C. region... ...but their revenue is stagnant. Given that clear end result, does it make sense to increase taxes even further? |
More screwing from Moore.! He said the middle class would/should not be burdened by the deficits yet all the ways to fix his poor money management falls on the already struggling middle class.
ReplyDeleteSurprise, Surprise the democrat governor is adding more taxes!
ReplyDeleteIt is so frustrating to continue to read about Wes Moore’s recommendations/plans for these increases in fees and others for Marylanders since he has been spending money left and right since he came into office, much for special interest issues.
ReplyDeleteHe has often done these by Executive Order.
I recently read that he claims he inherited a fiscal deficit when he took office. However reports said when Governor Hogan left office, there was a surplus in Maryland, mostly due to federal monies from COVID-19 funding.
He needs to take responsibility for his spending and this aftermath. He didn’t have any real experience in significant budget for a State before he was elected, and it shows. But Marylanders now have to pay for that, and experience budget cuts to services and infrastructure plans due to his incompetence in this manner. Sad.
It's time to move out of state.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing to see here as this has been, and always will be, the democrats way of dealing with their wild spending. Annapolis is worse than a bunch of drunken sailors home on leave! And beware state employees, don’t think you’ve escaped the party!
ReplyDeleteThis guy is the most disgusting and incompetent governor in history. Since taking office, he has turned Maryland into a mess. His only achievements have been finding ways to take more money from the poor citizens of the state, reducing the highway speed limit from 60 to 45 during rush hour, and wastefully spending taxpayers’ money, accomplishing nothing else.
ReplyDeleteIdentity selecting electing is producing some bad results and we have the same with our new Senator whose major premise was to prevent a Republican majority in the house and Senate: she failed going in!
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