Annapolis, Md. – Today’s Baltimore Sun report, showing Maryland manufacturing job losses outpacing most of the country, is further proof why Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron George has made manufacturing job growth a central piece of his Maryland Jobs and Economic Development Plan.
“The O’Malley/Brown administration has abandoned the working man at the time when manufacturing companies are relocating back to the US and looking for a hard working, well-educated workforce.” George remarked. “Our progressive tax system, from the sky high property tax rates in Baltimore City to the equipment tax that is four times the national average, has positioned Maryland as the worst state in the country for manufacturing.”
According to a recent Tax Foundation study, Maryland is ranked 46th in the country for new labor intensive manufacturing firms and is ranked dead last for new capital intensive manufacturing firms. “
Manufacturing accounts for a significant percentage of new jobs for workers with less education and experience in the workforce,” George said. “I am working to reform education in our urban centers to direct and expose our young people towards careers requiring a trade or specialized certification.”
Ron George’s Maryland Jobs and Economic Development Plan brings a specific set of initiatives to each region of the state in order to maximize the infrastructure, education and natural resources already in each those areas.
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