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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Hogan Promises No Taxes On Retirement Income; Brown Accuses Hogan Of "Pandering"

Republican Larry Hogan said Tuesday that if he is elected governor he will try to end state income taxes on retirement income sometime during his first term. His opponent, Democratic Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, said he believed Hogan should provide more details about how he would do that without making significant cuts in other important parts of the state budget.

Hogan, speaking at a forum featuring the two candidates at the Charlestown retirement community in Baltimore County, sparked a wave of applause at the forum when he mentioned the idea. An Anne Arundel County real estate broker, Hogan said he first would aim to get spending under control in the state capital.

"Once we get it under control, our plan - we can't do it immediately - will be to completely eliminate state income taxes for pensions and retirement income," Hogan said to a ballroom full of retired residents.

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

We need to hold him to this...and make sure it applies to all pensions and retirement income - regardless of the source!

Meanwhile, we need to do whatever we can to ensure he is elected.....instead of allowing the continuance of OweMalley policies for another term!

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately Brown the idiot can't wait to tax more more more... and satisfy the dungeons of our state Baltimore and PG county... Continue to kill success and just pander to his base

Anonymous said...

Like Brown knows anything about anything. Loser was tasked with one thing (healthcare) and he as in usual democrat fashion screwed that up royally.
All the money spent, the state could have handed everyone without insurance a check and they would have had more than enough to pay their healthcare costs.
Besides Brown doesn't care about poor people. If he did he and that other loser omally wouldn't be all jazzed up over allowing illegals into the state.
They will take all the low paying jobs so those who are unskilled will have no chance of ever getting raises. Too many people willing to work for low pay causes people to not ever get raises.

Anonymous said...

Won't happen because of the Democrat controlled legislature.

Anonymous said...

Well, i hope he does

Anonymous said...

Sounds like Hogan is the one pandering, he knows this will never happen so why promise it?

Anonymous said...

They will tax us more no matter who wins

Anonymous said...

Politicians don't make decisions like this one (Taxes).

Their bosses make those decisions.

Their bosses are the people who FUND their campaigns.

Ask them what will happen next. Then you will know the truth from the proverbial horse's mouth.

lmclain said...

And if was in front of a bunch of college students, he'd promise THEM he would forgive all student loans.
How stupid do they think the population is?
VERY stupid. And you people keep proving them right.
Keep cheering.

Anonymous said...

We need a complete redo on the political system. Get rid of all these career politicians. You must have worked X amount of years in the private sector. Must show a strong knowledge of making, operating and maintaining a fiscal budget. Make them sub-contractors, where they can be fired immediately, on the spot, for wrong doing, corruption and the like. Hogan is no better than Brown, just the lesser of two evils... same with Culver versus Pollitt. Talking heads, who cater to a specific political affiliation. Once in office, it's the same old s$#t. All parties need a cleansing, and restart, to get this place back in business.