Danny Conservative: December 15th 2022 – January 15th 2025 “A Maryland Tail, Where Wes Went South!”…….
Article Responding To:
“Simply put, Donald Trump happened,” said Acting Budget Secretary Yaakov “Jake” Weissmann.
Despite conservative revenue forecasts, Maryland felt the brunt of federal workforce reductions. So far, almost 25,000 federal jobs in Maryland have been cut. Tariffs and inflation also played a role.
Weissman said “what nobody could have predicted was the chaos in D.C. The abdication of responsible governing and the attacks that hurt Maryland more than any other state in the nation, costing 15% of our federal workforce their jobs and increasing budget costs in a variety of ways.”
Response:
The “Maryland “Tail” of the Moore Administration begins on December 15th, 2022 where outgoing Governor Larry Hogan who’s Administration had put $5 Billion Dollars in the reserves from the ” COVID / ARPA” funds it had received from the Biden Administration, Governor Hogan warned about “spending” due to ” Financial Pitfalls” he saw coming down the pipeline…
Then January 19th, 2023 Governor Moore 1st day, he immediately releases $69 Million Dollars, that Governor Hogan was “holding up” on his way out setting the “tone” of how Governor Moore was going to handle the States money. Completely ignoring the warning from Governor Hogan…
From there till current it has been “Fast and Furious” on spending from this Administration on the Kirwan Blueprint, “Boondoggle” Transportation and Energy Projects for Wind and Solar, “Affordable Housing”, and “Mass Hiring” of State employees….
Going into the 2024 Legislative Session, problems already seemed to be “on the horizon” as the House Democrats, proposed in the budget hundreds of millions of dollars of Tax and Fee Increases, the Senate Democrats and the Governor wanted no “increases” they settled in the middle to the tune of “$350 Million Dollars” of fee increases.
Now this part from the 2024 Legislative Session, that “contradicts” Governor Moore’s “tail that Donald Trump Happened” on the States financial challenges…..
“Barnes and others in the House said looming budget gaps of an estimated $3 billion in the coming years — driven by the Blueprint — and another $3 billion shortfall over five years for highway and road projects demanded a resolution this year.
The operating budget shortfalls in the next few years have been described by legislative analysts as something not seen since the Great Recession.” From Maryland Matters 04-03-2024
Folks again April 3rd, 2024 “massive deficits” being projected not seen since the “Great Recession” President Trump in April of 2024 was not the President, Joe Biden was.. .
From April 2024 at the end of the legislative session where the Tally from the Moore Administration on Tax and Fee Increases had tallied up to over $400 Million Dollars, at this point. In July of 24 Governor Moore’s administration saw this ” deficit” problem and went to the Board of Public Works where Hundreds of Millions of Dollars was “cut / transferred” to try and “slow down” the States deficits problems…
“Maryland faces several budget challenges in the coming years, when legislative budget analysts have projected that a structural budget gap between revenues and spending would balloon to $3 billion.
This figure included a projected $1 billion next year. In fiscal 2027, the last year of Moore’s term, it would grow to $1.3 billion before more than doubling a year later to $3 billion — about 12% of general fund revenues projected for that year.
The deficit projections are the largest since the Great Recession, the budget analysts say.
They are mostly driven by escalating costs of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future K-12 education plan. On top of that are Moore’s ambitious, if not yet fully budgeted, visions to end child poverty and build the east-west Red Line transit system in Baltimore.” From Maryland Matters 07-10-2024
Again folks, all of this being reported on in July of 2024, of “record deficits” looming ” Largest Since the Great Recession” and again July of 2024 Joe Biden was still in the White House not Donald Trump…
Now in November of 2024 President Trump does “enter” this ” tail” winning back the White House, for a 2nd term. A week after the election, Marylands Attorney General Anthony Brown launches his “plan’ to start suing the Trump Administration from the “shoot” in January of 2025 when President Trump would be sworn in…
In late December of 2024 an announcement from the Moore Administration through SDAT, comes that for FY 25 the State would be increasing “Assessments” on business and homes meaning property tax increases for most citizens in 2025. Another “revenue” grab from this Administration for its already “reckless spending” at this point with a “Major Deficit” on the horizon.. again President Trump was still not in the White House….
Now nearing the end of this “Maryland Tail” January 8th 2025 it’s reported going into the Legislative Session that the State is facing a $3 Billion Dollar Deficit, and the next day January 9th 2025, The Moore Administration at the board of public works gives away over a $Billion dollars, 1 day after it was reported the State was $3 Billion Dollars in the hole, and again folks President Trump was not in the White House at this point…
1 week later January 15th, 2025 Governor Moore presented his budget for the 2025 legislative session, which included over a Billion Dollars, of tax and fee increases.. this part of the “tail” concludes the deficits plus tax and Fee Increases the State has incurred before President Trump returned the white house.
Now 5 days later, January 20th 2025, yes President Trump returned to the White House. 1 day later Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown’s plan to sue the Trump Administration launched with the 1st lawsuit January 21st 2025 and the Attorney General hasn’t stopped…
So in closing of this “Maryland Tail” when the Governor’s budget secretary said “what happened?” Last Month, well as we documented from this timeline, a whole lot “happened”! before January 20th 2025 that led Maryland to be $3 Billion Dollars in the hole and facing a over a billion dollars of Tax and Fee Increases, 5 days before President Trump returned to the White House. Maybe Governor Moore, should do some reflection on all this, on why he was recently “uninvited” to the white house for dinner… That concludes this “Maryland Tail, Where Wes went South”…
And to think. All Wes Moore had to do was open the doors to business so that when those federal employees were let go they had plenty of options. Witness the current 130,000 private sector jobs EVEN as 30,000 federal jobs were eliminated.
If you look at Salisbury’s history you see that lots of businesses have left. Dresser Wayne, Cris Kraft, Burroughts, Sealy Posturpedic, Crown, cork and seal, etc. etc.
There’s Sparrows Point in Baltimore – a once thriving steel industry with Bethelem Steel. Yes, the infrastructure is there for these industries to come back if wanted.
But no, Wes thinks raising taxes and fees is the better option. I wish those Democrats in Maryland were smart.
GOVERNOR WES MORON wants to close down ECI as well.
Too expensive, and GOVERNOR Wesy said the following.
” in accordance to Black History month, and the amount of black men incarcerated in.the State of Maryland ”
Governor Wes wants to issue a PARDON to all.black inmates at ECI and close the buildings down.
If ex inmates want to hang out there till they get permanent housing, Governor Wes Moron is all in
In the future, those buildings can be used as Section 8 Government housing
This sounds just like that grinnin’ idiot! People, he has got to go!!!
I’m sorry, I’m not getting the “Tail” reference, can someone enlighten me please? TIA