Folks, we are 1 year away from Maryland’s next big election, we are going to roll a series called “Taxed too Much, Spent too Much, & Regulated too Much!, t Much!” Today Part 2 “Spent too Much!” Paying some homage to Dave Matthews song “Too much”….
“Spent too Much!”
In 2014 the 8 years in Maryland under the leadership of Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, with over 40 tax and fee increases, including the infamous “Rain Tax” the stormwater management fee that punished businesses & homeowners due to the size of their roof and driveway their property taxes were increased.
In addition, Over O’Malley’s tenure (fiscal years 2007 to 2015), Maryland general fund spending rose 13 percent, based on data from the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO). Across the nation, state general fund spending rose 15 percent over the period, so O’Malley performed a bit better than average.
However, the general fund is only a fraction of total state spending. According to NASBO, total Maryland spending jumped 33 percent from 2007 to 2014, which compared to the national increase of 25 percent. So by this measure, O’Malley was worse than average.
Maryland voters, including a group of Democrats, were “fed up” with Marty McTax and voted for Larry Hogan, a Republican Governor in the blue State of Maryland. Who ran in a message in 2014 of “Taxed too much, Spent too Much, Regulated too much” Hogan promised business & homeowners all across the State he would end this “insanity” and repeal the “Rain Tax:. It worked & Governor Hogan did repeal the tax.
Response:
By the end of Governor Hogan’s 2nd term in January of 2023, he & his Administration had close to $5 Billion dollars of federal cash the State had been given. Governor Hogan put that $5 Billion in the bank / reserves & warned the incoming Moore Administration about spending, and the major costs he saw coming “down the pipeline” for the State.
The Moore Administration did not listen to Governor Hogan’s warning & started spending “fast & furious” on the Kirwan Blueprint, giving Billions of dollars away at the Board of Public Works, major spending on “Boondoggle” green energy & transportation projects, the Moore administration hired 5,000 new employees since 2023, & Governor Moore has committed $400 Million Dollars on a redistribution “Affordable Housing” scheme.
During the 2024 legislative session the Democrats in Annapolis passed the States budget, with over $400 Million dollars of Tax & Fee increases, and Governor Moore signed the budget into law.
Going into the 2025 legislative session it was reported the State was running a $3 Billion dollar deficit, Governor Moore & the Legislature passed a budget with $1.6 Billion dollars of tax and fee increases to “offset” the deficit.
So with a large deficit, and major tax and fee increases since 2025 since die in April, has the Moore Administration “Cooled” it on big spending to try and the State in better Standing? Let’s take a look… From April 2025 – Current:
By our research we have found that the Governor since April of 2025 has made “spending commitments” that total roughly $2.9 Billion Dollars, so that would wipe out all of the $2 Billion Dollars of Tax and Fee Increases since 2024 that have been put in place. Here are what those spending commitments are Timeline:
April: $120. 6 Million Dollars Approved at Board of Public Works.
May: $37.7 Million Economic Growth
$ 337 Million Morgan State
June: $400 Million Dollars “Juneteenth Announcement Affordable Housing”
July: $2.3 Million Business Ready Sites
August: $400 Million Dollars for Pimlico Raceway
$300 Million for IT Contracts
September: $200 Million Energy Relief/ Rebates
$465 Million for Foster Care Children
October: $17 Million for Green Energy Projects
November: $545 Million Board of Public Works Meeting
December: $76 Million Dollars for Counties Board of Public Works Meeting
This comes to $2.9 Billion Dollars, so almost $3 Billion Dollars of “spending commitments” made by the Moore Administration since April of 2025 to current that all and more of the $2 Billion Dollars of Tax and Fee Increases that more Administration has “levied” on Maryland’s Businesses and Working Families since 2024… Where’s the other Billion Dollars going to come from?….
In addition Governor Moore announced last week “Record Increases in spending” for FY 26 on Education & Public Safety ” $124.1 million in public safety aid for local law enforcement agencies. The funding, he said, would support additional patrols and bolster special operations units.Later in the day, Moore visited Frederick High School in Frederick County, where he promoted his plan to increase state education spending by more than $373 million, bringing total funding to a record $10.2 billion.” When asked how the Governor planned to pay for this without increasing taxes & fees the Governor could not give a “clear answer”…
So here we are going into the 2026 election where in 3 years in Maryland under the leadership of Maryland Governor Wes Moore whose administration managed to squander $5 Billion dollars and has increased taxes and fees on the State’s small businesses & working families by $2 Billion dollars, with currently the State is facing a $1.5 Billion Dollar budget shortfall. Just like in 2014 folks Marylanders have been a victim of “Spent too much!, too much!” Stay tuned for part 3 of this series, “Regulated too much!”
Let’s all remember these facts for our next Maryland election
Mind boggling isn’t it ?
How about an audit on wes moore’s wealth before his governor stint compared to now.
nothing will change until the people of Maryland that think the Democratic party is the greatest finally get taxed to death