Gov. Bob Ehrlich to Headline Business Panel on Dec. 17
Gov. Bob Ehrlich will join Secretary Larry Hogan of Change Maryland to Headline Business Panel on Dec. 17
Obama's Desperate Course Corrections
Gov. Bob Ehrlich's
Op-Ed from Sunday
Fundraiser with Gov. Ehrlich and Sec. Hogan is Tomorrow
Marylanders for Joe Getty
December 16, 2013
Gov. Bob Ehrlich writes a weekly opinion column that appears
on Sunday in the Baltimore Sun.
His commentary on the implementation of Obamacare was
published yesterday as "Obama's Desperate Course Correction" (Click
Here)
Tickets are still available for our fundraiser tomorrow (see
flyer below and our website CLICK HERE), which features a book-signing by Gov.
Ehrlich. You can also receive a complimentary author-inscribed copy of America:
Hope for Change by making a contribution to our campaign.
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Marylanders for Joe Getty December 4, 2013
Dec. 17 Fundraiser Update:
Gov. Bob Ehrlich will join Secretary Larry Hogan of Change
Maryland at the "Maryland Business Climate" luncheon on Dec. 17(for
information or to register online click here).
Gov. Ehrlich will talk about national issues that are
impacting Maryland's business climate including the rollout of Obamacare.
In a recently released book, "America: Hope for
Change," Gov. Ehrlich explores the causes and remedies of the seven most
difficult issues confronting (and confounding) our culture and country.
Autographed copies will be available for a $35 contribution to Marylanders for
Joe Getty.
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Maryland's Business Climate
Improving Business
Competitiveness Is Topic of Dec. 17 Fundraiser
With Featured Speakers Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Sec. Larry Hogan
Marylanders for Joe Getty
December 6, 2013
When I served as policy director for Gov. Bob Ehrlich, we
placed a strong emphasis in our legislative package each year on improving
Maryland's business climate. The Ehrlich Administration wanted to make sure
that companies throughout the United States knew that Maryland was "Open
for Business."
We worked hard to insure that Maryland provided an excellent
business environment so that existing businesses could thrive and to encourage
out-of-state businesses to relocate their operations here.
My fundraiser "Maryland's Business Climate" on
Dec. 17 will include Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Secretary Larry Hogan of Change
Maryland to discuss trends and issues facing Maryland if we are to improve our
state's competitiveness with our neighboring states (see flyer on reverse).
One of the keys to improving the business climate is tax
policy. Gov. Ehrlich drew a line in the sand against increasing Maryland's
personal income tax although this was a high priority for the Democrat
leadership in the legislature from 2003-06. The Ehrlich Administration's
economic development policy also included measures to reduce regulations and
improve Maryland's competitiveness.
Our efforts were very successful based upon The Tax
Foundation's annual "State Business Tax Climate Index." Under Gov.
Ehrlich's business and tax policies, Maryland moved from 31st to 22nd best
business climate in the nation.
Unfortunately, over the last seven years, Maryland's
business climate ranking has plummeted. At the peak of the O'Malley Brown
Administration tax increases in 2009-10, Maryland was the sixth worst business
climate in the country. In the recently released 2014 rankings, Maryland
marginally improved to the ninth worst.
The states in the bottom ten suffer from the same
afflictions: complex, non-neutral taxes with comparatively high rates. The
leading factor in Maryland's decline is our 46th highest individual income tax
rates. Being the only state in the nation to adopt a "rain tax"
further compounds Maryland's poor reputation among the nation's top businesses.
In a recent presentation to the Maryland Rural Counties
Coalition, economist Anirban Basu said that such rankings do not tell the true
story. In his experience working within the nation's business community, the
word-of-mouth perceptions of Maryland's bad business climate are far worse than
the rankings show.
Thus it is no surprise that Texas Gov. Rick Perry saw
Maryland as easy pickings in an economic development advertising campaign to
lure Maryland businesses to the "Lone Star" state. "We pray for
rain in Texas," Perry said. "They tax rain in Maryland."
I recently accepted a change in committee assignments to
Senate Budget & Tax so that I can have a role in influencing state tax
policy. I invite you to join us on Dec. 17 as we explore many options available
to improve Maryland's business climate.
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America: Hope for Change
Gov. Bob Ehrlich to
Autograph His New Book at Our Dec. 17 Fundraiser
Marylanders for Joe Getty
December 10, 2013
In his book released last month America: Hope for Change,
Gov. Bob Ehrlich sets forth a conservative political agenda to set our country
back on the "right" track instead of the "wrong" track.
By stressing the individual freedoms and self-autonomy that
has made America great, Gov. Ehrlich provides an analysis of our national
fiscal crisis and debt, healthcare delivery, job creation, social security and
national security. Through his experiences as a Congressman and Governor of
Maryland, Ehrlich provides insights that focus on policy solutions to
strengthen American culture and economic opportunity.
Gov. John H. Sununu, former New Hampshire Governor and White
House Chief of Staff under Pres. George H.W. Bush, describes the book as
follows: "Bob Ehrlich makes the case for why America must, aggressively
and quickly, fight to reverse the growth and excessive intrusion of the federal
government into the lives of all citizens. He makes a clear case that the basic
strengths that made America the land of opportunity are being destroyed. The
Governor does a great job in defining the problem, the subtleties of the
erosion of the system, and then proposes an agenda to fix the system."
Our fundraiser on Dec. 17, 2013 will feature a book-signing
by Gov. Ehrlich. You can also receive a complimentary author-inscribed copy of
America: Hope for Change by making a contribution to our campaign.
Please join us on Dec. 17, 2013 with speakers Gov. Bob
Ehrlich and Secretary Larry Hogan of Change Maryland.
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The Long-Term Effects of Obamacare
Gov. Bob Ehrlich's
Chapter on Obamacare Provides Insights
On Pres. Obama's Healthcare "Agenda"
Marylanders for Joe Getty
December 10, 2013
The current Obamacare debate being played out daily in the
national media focuses on the failed mechanics of websites and apathetic
enrollment numbers. But what are the long-term effects of Obamacare?
In the chapter "Securing a Healthcare Agenda, Not
Quality Healthcare" from his book America: Hope for Change, Gov. Bob
Ehrlich provides insights on what Americans may face in the coming years as
Obamacare becomes the rule of the land in local hospitals and doctors' offices.
"It is impossible to predict the nature and extent of
the regulatory burden represented by a fully implemented Obamacare. One outcome
is acknowledged by all sides, however: many of the important decisions will not
be made by the democratically elected representatives of the people. Instead,
they will be issued by an army of unelected, unaccountable regulators. Such is
the legacy of the Obama administrative state . . . the newly empowered Obama
bureaucracy enjoys degree of power over the personal decision making authority
of ordinary people never before seen in our history," is just one
observation made by Gov. Ehrlich.
Our
fundraiser on Dec. 17 will feature a book-signing by Gov. Ehrlich. You can also
receive a complimentary author-inscribed copy of America: Hope for Change by
making a contribution to our campaign.
Please join
us on Dec. 17 with speakers Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Secretary Larry Hogan of
Change Maryland.
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Upcoming events:
Tues. Dec. 17, 2013
"Maryland's Business Climate" - Fundraiser
Luncheon
Hosted by Marylanders for Joe Getty
12 noon - Best Western, 451 WMC Drive, Westminster
Thurs. Dec. 19, 2013
Carroll County Chamber of Commerce - Local Authors Book
Signing
Senator Getty will be signing two local history books:
"Carroll's Heritage" and
"Excerpts from the Engine of Liberty and Uniontown
Advertiser"
3 to 6 p.m.
Wed. Jan. 8, 2013
Maryland General Assembly 2014 Session Begins
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