Fictional State of the State of Maryland

The best description of the O’Malley State of the State today is “fiction”.  And the biggest whopper is the governor’s continuing claim that he has cut $7.5 Billion in the last five years.  In reality Governor O’Malley has increased the budget by over $5 Billion since his first year, 11.4 % last year alone.  And this year he proposes another Billion dollar spending increase.    

O’Malley claims about the business climate in Maryland are certainly not shared by many business leaders, nor rankings by business rating organizations. His message was focused on the need for more public sector “investment” to create thousands of new government jobs.  He does not understand or care that this is only funded by taking more money out of the pockets of families and private businesses, to grow government.

Senator Pipkin did a Republican response to the Governor’s State of the State which sadly was not covered on WBAL, as was the Governor’s speech. ( I called WBAL to complain)  I am attaching the link to Senator Pipkin;s excellent response.   I have also attached a list of O’Malley tax and fee increases sent out today by Delegate Justin Ready.

To listen click here