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• On the Blog Post A Capital Budget That Works

  

  jag

  10:14 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013

  Here's Maryland's state tax burden as a % over the last 25 years. It's not rocket science, nor propaganda. It's quantifiable, readily available fact.
  http://taxfoundation.org/article/marylands-state-and-local-tax-burden-1977-2010

  Sure, Amark likes to complain when the gas tax is raised every 20 years...it's called inflation. I can't buy bazooka gum for nickle anymore, either. Let's all rail against bazooka while we're hating on O'Malley! It'd be about as logical.

• On the Blog Post A Capital Budget That Works

  

  jag

  1:00 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013

  I agree, jnrentz1, I wasn't aware the less populous MD counties were exempt. That doesn't make sense to me.

  Sanchez, I said "Do we still have higher taxes than say, Alabama? Yep, you bet ya. And we also have a much higher standard of living, much better infrastructure, much better schools, etc."

  MD is, factually, a higher-than-avg. taxed state. That's not debatable. Just like it's not debatable that MD's tax burden has been falling during the O'Malley admin even while the avg. state has seen their tax burden go up. Look at the facts - state and federal taxes are waaaaaaaaaaay below the avg compared to the past few decades. This is, indisputably, one of the main causes for the major debt we've racked up. People keep voting for politicians who refuse to pay the real cost of things and prefer to just saddle the younger generation - including myself - with debt. It's absolutely despicable. Want to go to war? Put it on the debt. Want to give everyone a tax break? Put it on the debt. Want to expand Medicare? Put it on the debt. Pathetic.

• On the Blog Post A Capital Budget That Works

  

  jag

  12:42 am on Wednesday, May 22, 2013

  I agree, jnrentz1, I wasn't aware the less populous MD counties were exempt. That doesn't make sense to me.

  Sanchez, I said "Do we still have higher taxes than say, Alabama? Yep, you bet ya. And we also have a much higher standard of living, much better infrastructure, much better schools, etc."

  MD is, factually, a higher-than-avg. taxed state. That's not debatable. Just like it's not debatable that MD's tax burden has been falling during the O'Malley admin even while the avg. state has seen their tax burden go up. Look at the facts - state and federal tax burdens are waaaaaaaaaaay below the avg over the past few decades. This is, indisputably, one of the main causes for the major debt we've racked up. People keep voting for politicians who refuse to pay the real cost of things and prefer to just saddle the younger generation - including myself - with debt. It's absolutely despicable. Want to go to war? Put it on the debt. Want to give everyone a tax break? Put it on the debt. Want to expand Medicare? Put it on the debt. Pathetic.

• On the Blog Post A Capital Budget That Works

  

  jag

  6:33 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

  Haha, you too, Jeff. I did spew a bit of bitterness, didn't I? Don't worry, I don't make a habit of it. I avoid the statewide articles like the plague as there are more intelligent conversations occurring in kindergarten classes across the country than on these articles. Nevertheless, I feel compelled to smack down crap as I happen across it. Oh well! Cheers.

• On the Blog Post A Capital Budget That Works

  

  jag

  6:33 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

  What an unbelievably ignorant comment.
  1. Ehrlich is the one who broke ground on the ICC...AS A TOLL ROAD. You are 100%, factually, wrong.
  2. O'Malley supposedly spent 2 billion dollar reserves between 1/21/07 and 2/14/07? How ignorant are you? Not even mentioning the obvious - that the GA is the one who appropriates money, not O'Malley - the 07 budget you deride was set by EHRLICH, you fool. Obviously, no incoming governor (or president, for that matter) sets their own budget the first year. And, obviously, the financial collapse that hit all states (not to mention every developed nation on the planet) that necessitated temporarily dipping into reserves (reserved are rising, again, under O'Malley's '14 budget) had nothing to do with O'Malley or Ehrlich.
  3. "illegals going to school for free" Oh. My. Lord. Illegals attend school for free IN EVERY SINGLE STATE! This was made law by RONALD REAGAN (who apparently you think is a "Liberal democrat") and has nothing to do with O'Malley or Maryland. You have got to be one of the least educated people I've ever seen on here and that's really saying something.

• On the Blog Post A Capital Budget That Works

  

  jag

  6:33 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

  ...are you trying to refute what I said? Because you didn't. I'm sure you came across the chart listing MD tax burden going down under O'Malley while at the same time going up on avg. in other states? Yes? I already said MD was still a higher tax state than most anything in the south/midwest where they rely heavily on Federal dollars to support their poorer citizens, so I'm not sure why you're simply pointing that out.

• On the Blog Post A Capital Budget That Works

  

  jag

  5:39 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

  What an unbelievably ignorant comment.

  1. Ehrlich is the one who broke ground on the ICC...AS A TOLL ROAD. You are 100%, factually, wrong.
  2. O'Malley supposedly spent 2 billion dollar reserves between 1/21/07 and 2/14/07? How ignorant are you? Not even mentioning the obvious - that the GA is the one who appropriates money, not O'Malley - the 07 budget you deride was set by EHRLICH, you fool. Obviously, no income governor (or president, for that matter) sets their own budget the first year. And, obviously, the financial collapse that hit all states (not to mention every developed nation on the planet) that necessitated temporarily dipping into reserves (reserved are rising, again, under O'Malley's '14 budget) had nothing to do with O'Malley or Ehrlich.
  3. "illegals going to school for free" Oh. My. Lord. Illegals attend school for free IN EVERY SINGLE STATE! This was made law by RONALD REAGAN (who apparently you think is a "Liberal democrat") and has nothing to do with O'Malley or Maryland. You have got to be one of the least educated people I've ever seen on here and that's really saying something.

• On the article #MoCo Online: What To Do About Pepco

  

  jag

  11:33 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

  ...and DC residents are paying to bury the lines. Obviously Pepco would be glad to do the same in MoCo if we paid them to. Personally, I think it's worth the cost for the densest areas of the county.

• On the article Entrepreneur Magazine Ranks Maryland Top State for Startups

  

  jag

  11:18 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

  I knew someone would cry about being #1. The inferiority complex we see in the far Right is hilarious.

• On the article Lt. Gov. Brown Announces Run for Governor

  

  jag

  1:58 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

  Yeah, that Brown is so self-serving. Spent 30 years in the military and now is a public servant. He even interrupted his public service to serve a tour in Iraq! Doesn't get much worse than him! I'm sure you're contributing way more to our society than that waste of space Brown.