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Legislators Will Be Looking for Revenue Streams

November 13th, 2023 by WCBC Radio

State Senator Mike McKay is already saying that the next General Assembly session is going to be, in his words, “a mess.”  Legislators will be faced with how to create revenue to pay for all of the programs passed in the last session – where a $5 million surplus has quickly become a $320 million deficit that will grow to over $2 billion by 2029. Democrats have not ruled out tax hikes to cover their commitments…

Several Maryland counties have already raised or are discussing raising property taxes in order to pay their share of the Blueprint for Education, and taxpayers are not going to be pleased, according to McKay…