The previous blog saying we Marylanders are not so heavily taxed presents the point of view of the Maryland Budget & Tax Policy Institute, which calls itself "non-partisan." Non-partisan it may be, but it certainly has an agenda.
In its October report, it talks about the plight of elderly and those with disabilities and how they need more state assistance, failure to help low performing students in schools because of lack of funds, and expresses a great deal of anguish over health care for children. It goes on for three paragraphs about a 12-year-old boy in PG County who died from a brain infection resulting from a cavity that his parents supposedly couldn't afford to have treated (although the boy was eligible for dental care under the state Medicaid program). The answer, of course, is more state spending and higher taxes.
Anyway, what I am saying is the Institute has a very definite political agenda which involves spending more money on social programs. Whether we are taxed enough or not is a matter of opinion and not fiscal analysis.
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