Comments on: D.C., Md. push higher taxes, record spending

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:43:56 +0000

Gratefully all but one councilmember sent a letter to Gray opposing spending the newly “discovered” $240 mil surplus from the last budget. This is in addition to the previous news of the projected $40-some mil from the 2012 budget mentioned in this article (which could even go up and probably will). I hope that they will also pass a reduction in our very high taxes and give us some of our money back instead of just spending it like usual!

By: Watcher

Watcher — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:02:36 +0000

BTW, this figure is from the latest US Census figures and compares DC to all the other states (which makes the growth rate even more impressive). Also, Lee’s piece was written before the mayor’s office announced a budget surplus.

By: Watcher

Watcher — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:53:39 +0000

DC’s high tax is why the jurisdiction had the lowest population growth in the last year and a half. Oh, you mean it had the highest percentage increase during that period…ooops. Then again, Mark Lee claimed that the smoking ban would kill the local bar scene, so I think reality is a little more complicated than libertarian economic ideology would have us believe.

By: Doctor Whom

Doctor Whom — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:26:30 +0000

The usual justification I hear is that the higher taxes will allow MD and DC to improve public services and thereby lure businesses from VA. So how’s that working out?

By: laurelboy2

laurelboy2 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:01:24 +0000

Maryland and DC are governed by non-sensical Democrat Party politicians who have no sense of fiscal discipline, and champion socialist Obama policies, including wealth redistribution, increased entitlement spending, and sustained/increased levels of spending for medicare/medicaid and SSI.

Last week I listened to the State-of-the-State addresses by the governors of Idaho, South Carolina, and New Jersey. All are governed by Republicans and all are proposing reductions in property taxes, income taxes, and the like to stimulate economic growth; overall, fiscally-sound policies and approaches. We’ll never see those days in Maryland or DC.