Election-year calls for tax cuts in Maryland have triggered several campaigns to ensure they are kept. Many advocates of environmental, health and social service programs have formed focus groups and commissioned studies to support their cause and demonstrate their taxes serve a public good.
Some politicians have called for a stormwater fee repeal, the corporate tax rate to be cut, and relief for the business community. With the economy improving, many new taxes and fees have become targets, launching campaigns to support those taxes.
Donald Norris, public policy professor and chair, was interviewed for an article in The Baltimore Sun about the campaigns that have been formed.
“Advocates will always defend whatever they’re getting out of the budget, but I don’t recall a time when people were defending taxes,” Norris said.
You can read the full article in The Baltimore Sun here.
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