19470701 Democratic Advocate: Md Sales Tax First Went Into Effect on July 1, 1947

Democratic Advocate: Md Sales Tax First Went Into Effect on July 1, 1947

Sales Tax — Who likes taxes? Nobody!

Democratic Advocate, March 28, 1947.

Gov. Lane does not like taxes either, but as long as you have colleges to take your money and plenty of it through your money you are to have taxes. But we do need money for our public schools, for our medical centers and surely for road building.

The sales tax will go into effect July 1, 1947. The opposition to the sales taxes by our merchants was 100 per cent and feel very blue over the outcome. But suppose you were to support the Republican grab bill that was framed but failed to appear on the Senate floor. It certainly was a lot more unfair.

Democratic Advocate, March 28, 1947.

Governance Taxes Maryland