20070706 MDGOP: Democrats Set To Raise Taxes

MDGOP: Democrats Set To Raise Taxes

Please find below a statement from MDGOP Chairman James Pelura regarding Democrat plans to raise taxes.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 6, 2007

Democrats Set To Raise Taxes

ANNAPOLIS Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. stated that the Maryland sales tax will likely be going up, and he recommended that state legislators also look at raising the state gasoline tax.

House Speaker Michael Busch has also indicated that increasing the Maryland sales tax will be considered in the next session of the General Assembly.

Dr. Jim Pelura, Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party, released the following statement:

It is despicable that Martin O’Malley, Mike Miller, and Mike Busch are going to slam Marylanders with higher taxes.

Marylanders are already challenged to make ends meet with O’Malley’s electric rate hike, record gas prices, and prices of other consumer goods on the rise.

By cutting the State budget by a mere 4.8%, Martin O’Malley and the Democrat leadership can balance the budget without raising taxes on citizens that are already overtaxed.

It is shameful that the Democrats continue to look at Maryland families as ATM machines with unlimited funds.

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