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Budget Cuts

Thursday, February 28, 2013

MD Dems Host Twitter Town Hall on Sequestration

Mandated federal budget cuts, if not averted, could impact the large federal presence in Maryland.

Maryland's congressional Democrats are taking to Twitter Thursday afternoon to talk about the coming sequestration cuts to federal budgets. The cuts, equally split between defense and non-defense spending, could have a large impact on Maryland if not averted. Civil employees could be furloughed a day per pay period, and the cuts would also impact work at military bases in Maryland, including at Fort Meade and Aberdeen Proving Ground. In Elkridge on Wednesday, Gov. Martin O'Malley said sequestration could cost 12,000 jobs in Maryland. The town hall from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday will be held on the hashtag #AskMDDems and questions and answers will be posted on the delegation's own Twitter feed. We will be following the responses and updating …

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12,000 Maryland Jobs Could Be Lost Due to Sequestration, O’Malley Says (in Columbia Patch)

Roland

10:55 am on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Of course the democraps had nothing to do with the coming sequestration cuts. It's all the rethuglicans fault. congress is the worst enemy America has....   more ›

Saturday, August 20, 2011

O'Malley Warns of More Budget Cuts, Tax Increases

Pipkin: Governor "spells out a world where the pie’s not big enough and the revenue is not big enough."

Gov. Martin O’Malley warned county leaders to be ready for more state budget cuts and possibly tax increases when the General Assembly meets in January. “We will all have to be open to more cuts, and at the same time—to protect our children’s future—we must be open to new revenues,” O’Malley said Saturday in a nearly 25 minute speech to county leaders at the Maryland Association of Counties conference in Ocean City. "One year I hope to be able to come before you and proclaim a return to full employment, a restoration of all highway user dollars and other state grants," O'Malley said. "One year I hope to come here and proclaim the existence of a giant, deficit-slaying surplus. But that year isn't this year." The governor met with county …

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Bryan P. Sears (in Pikesville Patch)

JH

10:21 am on Thursday, August 25, 2011

Maryland is already one of the most heavily taxed states in the nation. The Gov needs to initiate comprehensive welfare reform and improve the collection of taxes before considering increases. Way too much welfare fraud in this state and lots of tax cheats ----- many don't even file a state or federal income tax return.   more ›

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