A statement such as this begs the question why? The answer
is simple, Governor Martin “I wannabe the President” O’Malley and the rest of
his henchmen which I have affectionately dubbed the Thieves on the Severn.
Their collective lust for power, privilege and our money never ceases to amaze
me. A shining example is the recent proposal to increase the tax that we, the
citizenry currently pay for a gallon of gasoline.
Currently, we pay approximately 25 cents of every gallon in
taxes,(approximately $6.25 every fill up) which judging from the latest
claptrap out of Annapolis, just isn’t enough. Now through a series of smoke and
mirror statements and news releases, they are trying to convince us, the hard
working taxpayers of this state how paying more in taxes will be to our benefit
and to the benefit of the greater good. To that I say BALDERDASH.
I recently read a document Marty sent out trying to drum up support for his latest money grab where The Governor begins by calling us his friend. That is the first mistake.
Remember one of the first rules of being a parent is remembering you are the
parent and not your kids friend? The same principles should apply here if not
more, O’Malley is a person elected to do a job for the constituency, he is NOT
MY FRIEND.
One thing Marty is however is a wordsmith. Right out of the
Politician 101 handbook he invokes family and children into his heartwarming
plea while telling us, “as a people, we spend $6.2 billion each year due to
deteriorated roads and traffic.” Now I realize that Martin spends no time in
traffic because his taxpayer funded SUV is equipped with a State Police driver
and emergency equipment which is used to speed his eminence around the state
without regard to the traffic the rest of us have to sit in. But I am quite
sure he at least has to travel on the same roads that we do. I don’t know your
opinion, but overall, I think the roads here in Maryland are in pretty good
shape, especially when compared to some of the other states I have traveled in.
You’ll also notice how he says their brilliant money grab is
going to “support 44,000 jobs” in the State. What does this mean? Your guess is
as good as mine as I find the exact same
claim of “supporting 44,000 jobs” in at least 4 other places in propaganda I
mean documents used to support the thieves contention.
Some of the other things concerning this proposal you would
be interested to know is while they claim to be lowering the state tax on gas
by 5 cents a gallon, they are in reality raising the price we will pay at the
pump by a) indexing the tax to inflation and b) by applying a sales tax to the
wholesale cost of gasoline.
I suppose we should all feel better knowing that they are
only going to be taxing the big, nasty oil companies with their plan to apply a
sales tax to the wholesale side of fuel as opposed to the retail side where we,
the taxpaying consumer would feel it. You don’t have to be an economic wizard
(as I am surely not) to know that if the oil company’s cost of a wholesale
gallon goes up, they are most surely are going to pass the cost on to the
consumer dontcha think. O’Malleys play here will be to blame the oil companies,
not him, I wonder how he can keep a straight face?
Oh, and they are telling us they are going to put a
“lockbox” provision into this newest form of non-armed robbery. This is
inserted to make the common man (you and I) think that the monies procured will
only be used for transportation purposes. However, their own literature gives
them the loophole they need, “The transportation initiative proposed today also
contains a “lockbox” provision that outlines a series of requirements that must
be met in order to make any transfers from the Transportation Trust Fund,
ensuring that revenue generated remains dedicated to transportation.” Gee, I
wonder if it would be possible to ever use the money elsewhere? I believe
O’Malley and senate President Mike Miller when they say the newly generated
income will be in a secure “lockbox,” for the record, I also believe in the
Easter Bunny.
Which brings me to a couple of questions of which I do not
find the answers to in all of their slickly worded documents.
1) Where is the
money that was supposed to be in the Transportation fund and what special
circumstance existed when the money was removed and squandered elsewhere?
2) Last year
they raised the tolls on all of the State’s highways, bridges and tunnels
claiming that money was needed for the transportation fund, where has all of
that money gone?
3) Why not use
some of the money we were told was going to be pouring into the State with the
increased gaming supported by O’Mally and his forty thieves.
4) How could
our great state, which has been in the control of the democrats for the last 50
years or so, a party of which the boy wonder is a proud card carrying member,
let our roads and bridges get into, what they now tell us is such deplorable
condition? Surely it is the fault of Republican Governor Robert Erlich who
occupied the governor’s mansion for a whole 4 years without any cooperation at
all from the democratically controlled Statehouse. Can you say legalizing
slots?
My questions if asked, would fall on deaf ears or be
answered with a non-answer I am sure. The problem is Martin O’Mally is too busy
resume building to worry about anything other than himself. He gallivants
around the country jumping in front of anyone with a camera in his quest for the
address of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Maryland residents be damned.
He paints himself as some sort of a progressive, caring,
greeniac who is only concerned with the welfare of the common good and oh yea,
and the children. He is a big advocate of wind power don’t you know? Oh, what
I’ll bet you do not know is Michael Enright, O’Mallys former chief of staff is
the managing director for the company that stands to get the contract for
installing the wind generators off the shores of Ocean City, which of course
will be subsidized by you guessed it, YOU AND I!
My head hurts, and so does my wallet as well as my, well
let’s just call it my backside. I have to tell you, I never ever thought I
would hear myself utter these words, I love it here, but I am getting sore and
tired. Every year I have to work harder and harder to bring home less and less
while these dolts in Annapolis and Washington from both sides of the isle
continue to pick my pocket for the sole reason to use my hard earned money to
keep themselves in office. I have had enough and have begun to explore my
options.
Meanwhile, I see Martin O’Mally is scheduled to appear on
Face the Nation again this weekend while he touts his latest progressive agenda
and alleged accomplishments all in his quest to occupy the White House. I will
watch with interest as the next 4 years unfold and he spars with Hillary for
the top slot on the democratic presidential ticket. I am sure, if he is denied
in 2016, the party will work out some type of deal for him, a Senate seat
perhaps. Hopefully, by the time that occurs, Maryland will be nothing but a bad
memory for me and my wallet. In the immortal words of Popeye, I‘ve had all I
can stand and I can’t stands no more.
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