20071206 Assessing the Budget by Maryland Politics and Maryland On My Mind

Assessing the Budget by Maryland Politics and Maryland On My Mind

December 7^th, 2007

A big thanks to Maryland Politics - Assessing the Budget Thursday, December 06, 2007 - - for calling to our attention: Maryland ‘Tax Burden Scenario’ - Department of Legislative Services Report by Maryland on My Mind December 1, 2007...8:30 pm by Maryland On My Mind

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Kudos to Maryland on My Mind (MOMM) for noticing that the Department of Legislative Services has released its analysis of the impact of the budget bills. Leaving aside the impact of the "sin" taxes on cigarettes and slots, the impact of the other taxes falls primarily on the wealthy:

Read the rest here: Assessing the Budget

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Maryland ‘Tax Burden Scenario’ - Department of Legislative Services Report by Maryland on My Mind December 1, 2007...8:30 pm

The Department of Legislative Services is out with the first comprehensive analysis of the bills passed during the recent Special Session of the Maryland General Assembly. It’s mostly numbers, grist for policy wonks.

Of special interest is page 5, “Tax Burden Scenario - Governor’s Proposal, As Amended by the General Assembly. Impact on Example Taxpayers.” Here you can begin to decide whether the tax package passed in the Special Session is progressive or regressive. The Dept. of Legislative Services gives examples of the tax effects on families at four income levels.

Read the rest here: Maryland ‘Tax Burden Scenario’ - Department of Legislative Services Report by Maryland on My Mind

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For more on the Maryland Special Taxing Session: Maryland General Assembly Oct. 29 2007 Special Session

And:

November 29, 2007

What a Difference a Year Makes – Part 2

Kevin E. Dayhoff

In yesterday’s column I wrote that with the passage of this tax package by the General Assembly, there are now more than ever two Marylands: a rural Maryland that exists to provide quality of life and common sense for the other Maryland – the urbanized areas where reason and common sense have taken a holiday.

November 28, 2007

What a Difference a Year Makes – Part 1

Kevin E. Dayhoff

The ink had hardly dried on Gov. Martin O’Malley’s signature on November 19 when the peripatetic gerbils powering the Maryland media spin machines went into high gear.

November 21, 2007

Taxarians at the Gate

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Happy Thanksgiving. We have so many things for which to be thankful. The first of which is our men and women in uniform who continue to perform admirably in difficult circumstances.

November 7, 2007

The Ever Green Fund

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Last Friday, the House Environmental Matters Committee in the Maryland General Assembly held a hearing on House Bill 23, the “Maryland Green Fund.”

October 31, 2007

Trick or Treat

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Happy Halloween! Of course, for Marylanders, Halloween came early this year when Gov. Martin O'Malley appeared Monday evening before a joint session of Maryland General Assembly with a very big trick or treat bag.

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