Things may be tough but they are way tougher in other states. Maryland is one of five states where household median income rose over the past decade and you'll notice that we're the wealthiest of those five states. So much for the argument that Democrats have ruined Maryland--we're the most successful state in the country. Full story from the Economist (account may be needed to read the story).
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
We're in the Money. . .
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It is certainly true that MD is doing better than the majority of the rest of the country. The question is, why?
Government spending in MD is extraordinarily high, and the number of government jobs here is also elevated. Unfortunately, all the money that we dump into these government projects and jobs has to come from somewhere, and the sources are drying up -- that's why O'Malley says that we'll be on a diet of extremely painful cuts for the next few years.
True, democrats helped get a lot of that government money for the state (not that republicans didn't help). But the situation is untenable, and people across the political spectrum recognize this.
Let's see what happens with all these "painful cuts" before start bragging about how well we're doing.
Related to John’s point about government spending is cui bono. That is, how much of that “success” is due to O’Malley and Democratic corporatism? How much is due to O’Malley and the majority picking winners and losers?
For example, who profits from O’Malley’s “green” priorities? It’s no coincidence Maryland wind baron Wayne Rogers just happens to be the former chair of the Maryland Democratic Party, and that he was able to secure favorable legislation allowing him to circumvent PSC regulation to build wind farms in western Maryland.
Why is the “green” engineering firm Gannett Fleming, which has financial ties to the global warming alarmist advocacy group to whom O’Malley farmed out management of the state climate change commission, getting millions in state contracts?
Did you ever stop to think that there is a reason why people like connected developers Ron Lipscomb in Baltimore and Patrick Ricker in Prince George’s do what they do? And Speaking of Lipscomb how much did former Maryland Democratic Party chair, Michael Cryor profit from his interest in Lipscomb’s Uplands development? You know the project Sheila Dixon steered their way after an independent city commission recommended another group.
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