Lawless
Maryland
Maryland has an apt
nickname, the Free State. Hundreds of thousands look to the Maryland treasury
to fulfill their life’s ambitions, living free off others work. Each week
thousands arrive at their local entitlement off to obtain their underserved
checks. They are joined by the hundreds who cross state lines to receive
similar compensation. With loose criteria guiding them, social workers and administrative
assistants gleefully disperse billions extorted from the pockets of those who
move the engine of society forward. Laws in Maryland are selectively enforced
giving preference to some over other residents. Contracts, entitlements, jobs
and more seem to flow in one direction only. In either case it is the Maryland
Treasury that is raided. Maryland’s business community is aware of the dynamics
of contracting with State Government, because they know the poison pill that
must be swallowed to have an official sign on the bottom line. As the
politicians pack the pensions and benefit packages of their civil workers the
private sector continues to be hammered for more cash. Governor O’Malley and
the two Mike’s believe insufficient revenue is coming into the Maryland Treasury
to support the spending behemoth they helped create. Their next initiative is
to call a “Special Session” of the legislature to raise income taxes to help
feed the monster, no mention of cutting any part of the budget. New York’s left
wing democratic Governor Cuomo recently entered reality when he stated, moving
state taxes higher will drive out those who pay the bills. Apparently someone
knocked him on the head, a democrat wanting to hold the line on spending,
unheard of. Maryland’s poverty of leadership (see article of the same name)
refuses to consider reducing any expenses. O’Malley has his feet in Maryland
but his eyes on Washington. To achieve his acceptance into the democratic club
of high spenders he must display a willingness to squeeze Maryland taxpayers to
the maximum which appears to be his plan. In the event that he became the
leader his flock elected perhaps he could take another course of action. First:
with minimal difficulty O’Malley could order his subordinates to run a check on
all those who receive entitlements and have luxury cars registered to their
names. Similarly, it would be easy to do the same with high end housing. With
the push of a few buttons O’Malley could find out who is receiving medical
assistance: 1) who have just arrived in the country, 2) who live in other
states, 3) who have more than enough means to pay for their own healthcare and
more. But as noted the Governor and the two Mikes have every intention of
raising your taxes without any budget concessions. Every time Maryland writes a
check to someone that does not deserve the funds the state is committing fraud
against its citizens. In Maryland the lawless rule the land. How many more
people will leave the state once this newest assault on the taxpayers is put
into effect remains a major question? Worse, how many more freebies will be
afforded state civil servants and the entitlement crowd before Maryland faces
economic oblivion. The reckoning is coming. Mark Davis author of the
controversial book Demons of Democracy, that told you not to put lawyers in
positions of power. platomd@gmail.com
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