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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Maryland ranked one of the ten worst states for retirement in the universe


Maryland ranked one of the ten worst states for retirement in the universe

10 worst states for retirement By Chris Kahn • Bankrate.com

Not dated – Retrieved February 10, 2015

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It's hard to be flexible on a fixed income. That's why some of America's prettiest, most vibrant locations are also some of the toughest on retirees.

They're usually more expensive, for example, with higher rents and more expensive restaurants. Tax rates also tend to be higher in urban areas. They also may not be as safe.

With that in mind, Bankrate ranked each state based on a variety of factors that everyone should consider before making a move into -- or out of -- their home state. They include a specialized cost-of-living index for retirees, crime statistics, tax rates and comprehensive weather data that factor in sunshine and humidity. Also new this year: Bankrate beefed up its ranking for health care quality, and consulted an extensive survey called the Gallup-Healthways' Well-Being Index. The index gauges the level of satisfaction residents report about their surroundings.

The states that fell to the bottom of our list still have a lot to offer. In fact, many are home to the top tourism destinations in the world. The problem, in the end, is that choosing a good place to retire isn't as easy as picking a vacation spot. Costs matter more. The local culture and infrastructure also matter.

Here, in descending order, are 10 of the lowest-ranking states for retirees based on our criteria.

Read more: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/retirement/worst-states-for-retirement-1.aspx?ic_id=most_shared_default

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No.9 Maryland http://www.bankrate.com/finance/retirement/worst-states-for-retirement-3.aspx

The primary knock on Maryland is that it's more expensive to live there than in many other states. The cost of living for retirees is especially high, and residents pay one of the highest tax rates in the country.
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Monday, August 13, 2012

Maryland Special Session: Delegate Ready Fights in Special Session to Encourage Real, Lasting Job Growth


Delegate Ready Fights in Special Session to Encourage Real, Lasting Job Growth

Annapolis – Delegate Justin Ready (R-5A) has introduced two bills in the House of Delegates to address Maryland’s stagnant economy and nation-worst rate of job loss. The bills were introduced by Senator E.J. Pipkin in the State Senate and are part of a “Jobs Package” to encourage private sector business growth in Maryland. “While I do not believe we should be having this special session to address gambling, there is no question that jobs are leaving Maryland. If anything, that’s the “emergency” we should be focused on here,” Delegate Ready said. Both bills are aimed at reducing the 8.25% business tax rate and using additional tax credits to incentivize out of state and international investment into Maryland’s smaller, rural counties. Delegate Ready has brought these bills to the House in an attempt to put light on serious economic issues facing the state.

“Since my first Session in 2011, I have tried to promote and support policies to encourage job growth in Maryland, particularly in the private sector. Governor O’Malley has talked before about Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, but other than occasional bursts of government spending on temporary projects like road construction, his administration has failed to take action,” continued Ready. “This Special Session could be used as a rare opportunity to re-visit and correct our state’s punitive tax and regulatory policies that are suffocating small business.”

In July, the Washington Times reported that Maryland was the worst among the nation for job loss in the first six months of 2012. TheMaryland Gazette has also reported that venture capital in Maryland has plummeted to its lowest levels in sixteen years.

“Right now we are looking at the exact “doomsday” scenario that my Republican colleagues and I have warned about – job loss, and businesses leaving Maryland. Now is the time to choose progress and correct course,” Ready concluded.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Robert Lang WBAL: O'Malley Says Gas Tax, Other Increases Part Of Agenda In 2012

O'Malley Says Gas Tax, Other Increases Part Of Agenda In 2012

http://www.wbal.com/article/84939/2/template-story/OMalley-Says-Gas-Tax-Other-Increases-Part-Of-Agenda-In-2012

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Robert Lang in Annapolis and Associated Press

Governor Martin O'Malley says lawmakers in 2012 will have to have the "courage" to consider tax hikes as well as spending cuts, and that includes an increase in the state's gasoline tax.

At a briefing for reporters in Annapolis today, O'Malley said lawmakers have already cut $6.8-billion in spending over the last four years.

He says more money is needed for road and bridge projects.

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He notes that the state's 23.5-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax was set in 1992 when gasoline was selling for more than $1.10 a gallon. Regular now sells for more than $3 a gallon. He notes that gas tax revenue has not kept up with rising costs of infrastructure projects.

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Earlier this year, a commission recommended a 15-cent-a-gallon increase in the gas tax over three years.

The governor also says he may seek an increase in the so called "flush tax" on septic systems, and plans to pursue legislation to restrict new septic systems… http://www.wbal.com/article/84939/2/template-story/OMalley-Says-Gas-Tax-Other-Increases-Part-Of-Agenda-In-2012

Also see: TheTentacle.com: Scenarios Abound for the 430 session of the MD General Assembly and the 2014 MD elections http://tinyurl.com/755je7v

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

MarylandReporter.com: Groups share opinions on tax hikes



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Increased tax proposals get mixed reception

Proposals to raise the gas tax and flush tax are getting a mixed reaction, with business groups divided and other groups saying they are reasonable, but shouldn't preclude tax hikes for other needs.
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Aaron C. Davis - Washington Post: 15-cent gas tax hike urged in Maryland

15-cent gas tax hike urged in Maryland

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/15-cent-gas-tax-hike-urged-in-maryland/2011/10/25/gIQAJQSPGM_blog.html

10/25/2011

15-cent gas tax hike urged in Maryland

By Aaron C. Davis

A panel created by the Maryland General Assembly and Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) on Tuesday recommended increasing the state’s gas tax by 15 cents per gallon and boosting fees on every car owner, bus rider and train passenger to keep solvent the state’s underfunded trust fund for road maintenance and transit projects.

O’Malley last week said he would consider backing such a gas tax hike as part of a package to spur job growth in the state. Several prominent Democrats last year tried to pass a gas-tax increase and have said they would reintroduce the measure when the General Assembly reconvenes in January.

The 15-cent hike would be phased in over three years under the plan finalized Tuesday by the Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding. It would also come with strings attached: all of the money would be used exclusively for transportation projects, said commission chairman Gus Bauman.

According to one state analysis distributed Tuesday, the tax would amount to nearly $200 annually for an average household…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/15-cent-gas-tax-hike-urged-in-maryland/2011/10/25/gIQAJQSPGM_blog.html

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Aaron Davis: O’Malley urges lawmakers to consider 15-cent gas-tax hike

Washington Post Maryland Politics

10/17/2011

O’Malley urges lawmakers to consider 15-cent gas-tax hike

By Aaron Davis  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/omalley-urges-lawmakers-to-consider-15-cent-gas-tax-hike/2011/10/17/gIQAEuAsrL_blog.html

As promised, Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) used the start of the legislature’s special session on redistricting Monday to begin talking about jobs, and offered more clarity about suggestions he’s made since August that he would support higher taxes to boost spending on public infrastructure.

O’Malley said the General Assembly must begin considering a 15-cent increase to Maryland’s gas tax to fund road construction, public transit and other transportation projects. The governor also suggested he would seek an unspecified expansion to the state’s capital budget to fund school construction and other infrastructure needs when the General Assembly convenes in January.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/omalley-urges-lawmakers-to-consider-15-cent-gas-tax-hike/2011/10/17/gIQAEuAsrL_blog.html



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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Gus G. Sentementes, The Baltimore Sun: Western Maryland hit harder by recession

Western Maryland hit harder by recession

Northrop Grumman, Kongsberg Automotive closures add to woe

www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-western-maryland-layoffs-20100808,0,6561796.story

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By Gus G. Sentementes, The Baltimore Sun

August 8, 2010 www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-western-maryland-layoffs-20100808,0,6561796.story

Two well-paying blue-collar employers in Washington County are shuttering their businesses, adding to the woes of this Western Maryland county that already has a jobless rate among the highest in the state.

The soaring unemployment rate is a painful step back for a county that has tried in recent years to diversify its economy and attract new, high-technology businesses to the area. Known as "Hub City," Hagerstown has been at the center of a regional economy for years, with its highway connections and rail lines offering trucking and distribution companies easy access.

But over the past three years, the weakening economy has bled the Hagerstown area of jobs, mainly related to construction and manufacturing. In 2006, Washington County's unemployment rate averaged about 4.4 percent. In June, it stood at more than 10 percent and has been as high as nearly 12 percent this year, while the state's hovers just above 7 percent.

And just this past week, the county was reeling from news that two employers — a Northrop Grumman airplane maintenance facility and auto parts maker Kongsberg Automotive — plan to close, putting more than 100 people out of work…. www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-western-maryland-layoffs-20100808,0,6561796.story

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Budget problems continue for Maryland’s local governments




And it is only going to worse…

December 1, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff

I did this piece of art in September 1994. The more things change the more they stay the same. At some point, the entire manner in which local government in Maryland is funded needs to be changed so that all our tax revenue does not get lost in a black hole in Annapolis and gets re-directed to the government that is closest to the citizens. Woman with the Ones above Carroll County
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Read: See Charles Schelle’s article on the press conference today when the employee layoffs were announced: 18 county government employees to lose jobs By Charles Schelle Move to save estimated $3 million http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/3672/layoffs/

See also: Carroll County Commissioners to hold news conference on budget http://tinyurl.com/yhcoklt - and - Carroll Co Budget, Carroll Co employees, MD State Budget

18 county government employees to lose jobs:

This is so sad. And at this time of the year; not that any time of the year is a good time to lose employees – or your job...

My heart and prayers go out to the employees who have lost their job – and to the folks who were forced to make theses difficult decisions.

I happen to agree with the Carroll County government press release today, Carroll Co MD Commissioners eliminate positions http://tinyurl.com/y9zyanu http://tinyurl.com/y9zyanu: “Carroll County already has one of the leanest staffs in Maryland. A survey by the Maryland Association of Counties ranks Carroll as the second-lowest number of employees per capita.”

The problem is certainly not with over-staffing on the part of Carroll County government.

The problem is the systematic irresponsible spending in Annapolis and now the state is balancing its books on the backs of local government.

Neither the current administration or the Maryland General Assembly has the stomach for raising taxes – especially after the fiasco from the Maryland Special Taxing Session from November 2007, which only made matters worse…

So instead of doing the correct thing and cutting-out systemic wasteful spending, they want to force local government to raise taxes.

Add this to the incredible amount of money that Maryland has lost to surrounding states in retail sales as a result of raising the retail sales tax. Remember there is barely any location in Maryland that is not within 40 miles of the state line…

And add to this the large number of high income Marylanders who have simply left the state as a result of the prohibitive tax increase that was levied against them…

The result is a net loss of a great deal of state revenue that is above and beyond the turndown in the economy – especially since, until the recent taxing initiatives had such a disastrous result, most economist and political pundits considered Maryland recession proof.

This is a mess. And it is not a mess that will be solved anytime soon because nothing will hold the Maryland General Assembly accountable and the ruling party in Maryland is so arrogant they are completely inaccessible to any contrarian argument or debate, discussion or dialogue…

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Lighting the faces of children, and a dark day for taxation

Lighting the faces of children, and a dark day for taxation

July 11, 1947 Westminster Lions Club presented Westminster Playground Lights and It was only a little over 60 years ago that Maryland first implemented a sales tax -- on July 1, 1947. http://tinyurl.com/krhy3h

EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 7/26/09

http://explorecarroll.com/community/3217/lighting-faces-children-dark-day-taxation/ http://tinyurl.com/krhy3h

If there's anything that jumps out for an historian in any review of old newspaper articles, it's the age-old cliche that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Such a dynamic is certainly the case when one examines the events of July in Carroll County history.

At the last meeting of the mayor and Westminster Common Council, Ron Schroers, director of recreation and parks for the city, made presentations about service groups contributing to the city.

More than 60 years ago the July 11, 1947, edition of the now-defunct Democratic Advocate carried an article with much of same news.

It reported that the Westminster Lions Club had presented the mayor and council with their "latest improvement" to the Westminster playground — lights.

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In other news from the 1940s, taxes were, of course, just as controversial then as they are today.

It was only a little over 60 years ago that Maryland first implemented a sales tax -- on July 1, 1947.

Read the entire article here: Lighting the faces of children, and a dark day for taxation

EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 7/26/09

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