ANNAPOLIS – The Bob Ehrlich for Maryland campaign today issued the following statement regarding the O’Malley Administration’s contention that Maryland is enjoying a budget surplus.
“Governor O’Malley is leaving the next governor more than $8 billion in budget deficits over the next four years due to a budgeting philosophy that the press has characterized as ‘chewing gum and baling wire,’” said Communications Director Henry Fawell. “His contention this week that Maryland is now enjoying a budget surplus would be laughable if Maryland’s fiscal crisis were not so serious. Maryland families and small businesses understand what Governor O’Malley does not: four years of record tax increases, anti-jobs policies, and fiscal irresponsibility bought Maryland nothing but more budget deficits. Bob Ehrlich will fix Maryland’s budget mess with a pro-jobs philosophy, lower taxes on families and job-creators, and by reprioritizing how government spends tax dollars.”
“Governor O’Malley is leaving the next governor more than $8 billion in budget deficits over the next four years due to a budgeting philosophy that the press has characterized as ‘chewing gum and baling wire,’” said Communications Director Henry Fawell. “His contention this week that Maryland is now enjoying a budget surplus would be laughable if Maryland’s fiscal crisis were not so serious. Maryland families and small businesses understand what Governor O’Malley does not: four years of record tax increases, anti-jobs policies, and fiscal irresponsibility bought Maryland nothing but more budget deficits. Bob Ehrlich will fix Maryland’s budget mess with a pro-jobs philosophy, lower taxes on families and job-creators, and by reprioritizing how government spends tax dollars.”
Reports I have seen shows MD as 1 of the States operating in the RED. So can a Liberal Democrat explain why the Feds has put MD on the RED DEFIECT list, if there is a surplus and why O'Malley along with "Slick" Rick states we are in a money crisis and need to impose more taxes. They say there is truth in facts that is not in reteric. Where is the proof MD has a surplus? Why is there furlough days and salary reductions that is not done equally (percentage wise) across the board for Administrators as for lower paid workers.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the O'Malley ad which says that he inherited a deficit and has worked to eliminate it? I trust that most of us can see through that lie. The ad implies that he inherited it from his predecessor, when in fact he inherited it from the Legislature, firmly controlled by his own party. Gov. Ehrlich worked hard to erase the deficit he inherited so that we had a surplus during his tenure.
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