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Press Release from the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee
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Baltimore County Republican Party Unanimously Opposes
2012 Transportation Tax Increases
Unprecedented impact to working people, six times greater
than largest increases in State's history
TOWSON, MD - The Baltimore County Republican Central Committee unanimously approved a resolution opposing tax increases on transportation during the 2012 session of the Maryland General Assembly, citing that, like the citizens of Maryland do every day, government must live within its means. Particularly hurt by this increase would be families who commute through one of the Baltimore area's three toll plazas each day to get to and from work.
In 2007, Martin O'Malley and Democrat cohorts forced the largest single tax increase in the history of the State of Maryland. Most of that revenue came from sales and use taxes, and according to 2010 Maryland State budget data, citizens of Baltimore County pay a greater share of sales and use tax than any other county in Maryland.
The total impact of the 2011-2012 transportation tax increases for commuters who drive through one of the Baltimore area's three toll plazas to get to work every day, estimated at $750, would be proportionally over six times greater than the 2007 tax increases. The gas tax alone is over two times greater.
"Martin O'Malley and his league of limousine liberals are once again waging class warfare against Maryland's working people. These regressive taxes add an unreasonable burden to a category of Baltimore County's people who travel south to their work in the Baltimore-Washington corridor," said Steve Kolbe, Chairman of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee. "Since Martin O'Malley says he stands for the working people of Maryland, perhaps he should find ways to balance the budget that doesn't hurt the very people he claims to stand for."
About The Baltimore County Republican Central Committee (BCRCC)
The BCRCC is the representative body in Baltimore County for registered Republican voters. The BCRCC provides a voice to Republican ideals, candidates and elected officials, and represents Baltimore County as its delegation to the Maryland State Republican Party. The BCRCC's volunteers, organizers, and the Republican elected representatives of Baltimore County stand united in our shared commitment to advance our values- the strength and freedom of our nation, equal rights, free enterprise, fiscal responsibility, and government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
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