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Franchot: Don't raise taxes in Maryland
Maryland should institute a two-year moratorium on all tax and fee increases, Comptroller Peter Franchot said at a meeting of the Board of Revenue Estimates.
"The economy right now is too fragile, and introducing new taxes or increased fees would just be an increased hardship on Maryland families," said Comptroller spokesman Joseph Shapiro.
Franchot pointed to stagnant job growth and the state's 7.4 percent unemployment rate.
Franchot's urging comes less than two weeks after a state panel recommended raising gasoline and titling taxes, as well as a number of other fees, to fund the $12 billion the state needs for transportation projects. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake urged state lawmakers last month to support these revenue-earning efforts. Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2011/11/franchot-dont-raise-taxes-maryland?utm_source=feedburner+dcexaminer/Local&utm_medium=feed+Washington+Examiner%27s+DC-area+news&utm_campaign=Feed%253
Washington Examiner - Rachel Baye: Franchot: Don't raise taxes in Maryland
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