An
Honest Assessment of Legislative Accomplishments
In
the 2014 State of the State address, Maryland's Governor
said they've cut the budget over the last eight years.
This is not true. The State budget has increased by
more than a billion dollars a year over the last eight
years. Ask yourself when the last time was that you
heard ANYBODY in the state legislature talk about
spending money more efficiently, instead of looking
for more sources of revenue. Ask yourself why we've
had so many tax increases if the budget has been cut.
Ask your self why we've become more dependent on federal
funds, even though we've increased taxes, and why
services aren't improving from the extra money we're
spending.
We
can do better. We can more thoroughly examine the
consequences of proposed legislation. We can do more
to work with private investors and industry to see
what they need to bring more jobs into Maryland, and
we can increase tax revenue by getting more of our
citizens working. We can save money by giving more
people an honest living, and steering them away from
criminal activity. We can improve property values
by improving neighborhoods. The opportunities are
out there. We need people in office to take advantage
of them.