Dayhoff Soundtrack: Gov. Bob Ehrlich will join Secretary Larry Hogan of Change Maryland to Headline Business Panel on Dec. 17

Monday, December 16, 2013

Gov. Bob Ehrlich will join Secretary Larry Hogan of Change Maryland to Headline Business Panel on Dec. 17

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

For information: www.senatorgetty.com or contact Russ Vriezen at (443) 536-4700 or russ@senatorgetty.com

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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