MTA
Testimony before the Maryland General Assembly
MTA
Testimony before the Maryland Senate
(For
House of Delegates, see below)
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| 2006
Testimony - Maryland Senate (For
House of Delegates, see below) |
| SB211.
Homeowners's Property Tax Assessment Cap, February
22, 2006.
Dee
Hodges. "Senators might preferably think in terms that this
property tax cap puts to work a nearly $149 million investment in
citizens' hands in FY 2008. This could provide nearly 2500 new jobs
by FY 2009 (Say's Law) and the subsequent income, sales and property
taxes from these people." . |
| SB503.
Restore competittion at the gas pump, February 23, 2006.
Spear
Lancaster. "For years, Maryland state government has
kept gasoline prices artificially high, by stopping competition through
the so-called sales-below-cost law." |
| SB173
and HB1410.Eminent
domain reform state constitutional amendment, February
22, 2006. Larry
Helminiak. "...the
Fifth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, which says, very simply,
nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just
compensation." |
|
SB528,
SB529,
and SB530.
Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage (CHOICE) reform package,
March
1, 2006.
Richard
Falknor. "...our only comprehensive alternative to the
current, often protectionist, patchwork of laws and regulations
under which health care is now offered or paid for in Maryland."
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| 2005
Testimony - Maryland Senate (For
House of Delegates, see below) |
| SB
561. Raising signature requirements for county petitions, March
15, 2005. Spear
Lancaster. "Efforts to enable the substantial raising
of the10,000-signature requirement in the larger charter jurisdictions,
Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and Prince Georges counties,
and Baltimore City, weaken a major safeguard of their citizens against
special and highly organized tax-consuming interests." |
| 2004
Testimony - Maryland Senate (For
House of Delegates, see below) |
| SB
601. Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment, March 25, 2004.
Dee
Hodges. "TABOR works because it forces state and local
governments to live within a budget, to set public priorities, to
make wiser choices, and to find ways to meet state goals-not by spending
more-but by spending smarter." |
| SB
601. Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment, March 25, 2004.
Richard
Falknor.
"MTA asks only that the citizens of Maryland be given an
opportunity to vote on this important development arising from our
creative Federalist system." |
| SB
601. Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment, March 25, 2004.
Spear
Lancaster. "I have seen taxes grow at a rate that is
far greater then the population growth. I have seen the never-ending
pressure applied by public employees and other special interest groups
for more and more taxpayer money. And I have often thought of how
difficult it must be for an elected official to try to balance the
relentless pressure and demands put on them." |
| SB
601. Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment, March 25, 2004.
Lyle
Seigel. "Maryland is a great state with many great assets.
However, Maryland must adopt the Taxpayers Bill of Rights to prevent
unnecessary taxation and to promote fiscal responsibility. Taxes must
not be increased without voter approval, and Maryland government must
be allowed to grow only based on population growth and inflation.
Finally, budget surpluses must be returned to taxpayers unless we
vote otherwise. Taxes are not produced by the government - they are
donated from hard-working citizens of Maryland." |
| See
also: Senator
Alex Mooney's testimony on TABOR, March 25, 2004. "Maryland's
current fiscal mess was not caused by a recession but by government
spending run amuck." |
| 2003
Testimony - Maryland Senate (For
House of Delegates, see below) |
|
Don't
raise taxes, instead slash bad regulations; identify, then upgrade
core state functions; look at selling excess assets; consider privatizing
some transportation activities, October 7, 2003, Dee
Hodges and Richard
Falknor testify to the Maryland Senate Budget & Taxation
Committee on the state's
revenue structure,. [Or, see alternate
format - smaller print]
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|
SB
388, Dee Hodges to the Maryland Senate Education, Health, and Environmental
Affairs Committee. "PASS
SB 388," urges the Maryland Taxpayers Association; empower
parents to bring performance and accountability into the public
school system through charter
schools. February 6, 2003.
|
| 2002
Testimony - Senate (For
House of Delegates, see below) |
| SB
633, Transparency and Public Accountability for MEDCO, 3/13/02,
Richard Falknor |
| SB
323, The Budget Reconciliation Act of 2002, 2/19/2002, Kenneth
Timmerman |
| 2000
Testimony-Senate (For House of
Delegates, see below) |
| HB
13, "Repeal" of the Inheritance Tax, 3/22/00, Robert
Jones |
| SJR
8, "Health Care for All Marylanders," 2/15/00, Richard
Falknor and Christopher Unger, M.D. |
|
SB
160 - Inheritance Tax Repeal, 2/6/00, William Skinner
|
|
SB
490 - Military Pay Exemption, 2/16/00, 2/16/00, William
Skinner
|
|
SB 285 - Income Tax Subtraction for Retirement Pay, in Senate,
2/16/00, William Skinner
|
| 1999
Testimony- Senate (For
House of Delegates, see below) |
| SB
385, Reduce Sales Tax, 3/3/99, David Curry |
MTA
Testimony before the Maryland House of Delegates
(For Maryland Senate, see above)
|
| 2006
Testimony - House
of Delegates (For Maryland Senate, see above) |
| HB1443.
Real I.D. Act--deny Maryland driver's licenses to illegals, February
24, 2006. Peter
Huessy. "Should Maryland fail to adhere to the provisions
of the Real I.D. Act, Maryland residents would be barred from using
their driver's licenses for identification purposes at banks, airports,
military bases, and federal installations." |
| 2005
Testimony - House
of Delegates (For Maryland Senate, see above) |
| HB
987. Restore the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses,
March 8, 2005. Dee
Hodges. "MTA urges a vote in favor of restoration of
this modest tuition tax deduction." |
| HB
1135. Vote against the Alternative Minimum Assessment, March
9, 2005. Dee
Hodges. "Tax competition between the states of our Federal
Union is essential to our prosperity. Maryland would place itself
at a disadvantage in this prosperity race by enacting an Alternative
Minimum Assessment." |
| HB
1206. Constitutional amendment: the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR),
March 23, 2005. Joyce
Thomann. "I think of the proposal before you more as
'Kitchen-table Economics.' The critical part of 'Kitchen-table Economics'is
having those impacted by the decisions participate in making the choices." |
| HB
1206. Constitutional amendment: the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR),
March 23, 2005. John
Palmer. '"Enough is Enough.' The people are tired of
being governed by special interests and tax increases." |
| HB
1206. Constitutional amendment: the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR),
March 23, 2005. Dee
Hodges. "MTA strongly supports allowing the Maryland
voter to decide whether to adopt a tax-and-expenditure limitation
amendment to the Maryland constitution. We call such an amendment
a Taxpayer Bill of Rights. |
| 2004
Testimony - House
of Delegates (For Maryland Senate, see above) |
| HB
1130 . Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment, March 25, 2004.
Dee
Hodges. "TABOR works because it forces state and local
governments to live within a budget, to set public priorities, to
make wiser choices, and to find ways to meet state goals-not by spending
more-but by spending smarter." |
| HB
1130. Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment, March 25, 2004.
Richard
Falknor.
"MTA asks only that the citizens of Maryland be given an
opportunity to vote on this important development arising from our
creative Federalist system." |
| HB
1130 . Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment, March 25, 2004.
Spear
Lancaster. "I
have seen taxes grow at a rate that is far greater then the population
growth. I have seen the never-ending pressure applied by public employees
and other special interest groups for more and more taxpayer money.
And I have often thought of how difficult it must be for an elected
official to try to balance the relentless pressure and demands put
on them." |
| HB
1130. Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment, March 25, 2004.
Lyle
Seigel. "Maryland
is a great state with many great assets. However, Maryland must adopt
the Taxpayers Bill of Rights to prevent unnecessary taxation and to
promote fiscal responsibility. Taxes must not be increased without
voter approval, and Maryland government must be allowed to grow only
based on population growth and inflation. Finally, budget surpluses
must be returned to taxpayers unless we vote otherwise. Taxes are
not produced by the government - they are donated from hard-working
citizens of Maryland." |
| 2003
Testimony - House of Delegates (For
Maryland Senate, see above) |
| HB
477, "PASS HB 477," URGES THE MARYLAND TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION:
BUILD MORE CLASSROOM SPACE FOR LESS MONEY, PUT CHILDREN AHEAD OF UNION
FEATHERBEDDING, Testimony submitted for the record to the
Maryland House of Delegates Economic Matters Committee March 11, 2003,
Richard Falknor |
|
|
|
HB
785, Health
Reimbursement Accounts for Small Group Health Insurance and Maryland
Reinsurance Pool, 2/21/03, Delegate Adelaide D. Eckhardt
|
| 2002
Testimony - House of Delegates (For
Maryland Senate, see above) |
| HB
1449, "Testimony Against 2% Insurance Premium Tax on HMOs,"
3/26/02, Richard Falknor |
| HB
922, "Commission on Government Efficiency," 3/7/02,
Richard Falknor |
| HB
939, "Maryland's Health Care Mandate Policy," 3/5/02,
Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D. |
| HB
939, "Health Insurance Without Maryland Mandates,"
3/5/02, Richard Falknor |
| 2001
Testimony-House of Delegates (For
Maryland Senate, see above) |
| HB
477 - MTA Urges an Amendment to the State Constitution to Refund
the Tax Surplus, 2/32/01, Kenneth Timmerman |
| HB
90 & 477 - MTA Urges Complete Inheritance-Tax Repeal; Refund the
Tax Surplus,2/6/01, Richard Falknor |
| HB
22 - Active Duty Military Deserve a Tax Break, 2/6/01, Kenneth
Timmerman |
| 2000
Testimony-House of Delegates (For
Maryland Senate, see above) |
| HB
288 & HB 819 - Prevailing Wage Law Amendments and Repeal,
3/9/00, Kenneth Timmerman |
| HJ
16 & HJ 17 - Spending Affordability Limits, 3/8/00, Robert
Jones |
| HJ
16 & HJ 17 - Spending Affordability Limits, 3/8/00, Delegate
Martha Klima |
|
HB
644 - Political Subdivisions - Property Tax - State Grants,
2/25/00, William Skinner
|
|
HB
475, HB 629 and HB 630 -Income Tax - Subtractions for Retirement
Pay, 2/3/00, William Skinner
|
|
HB
408 - Property Tax - Semiannual Payment, 2/16/00, William
Skinner
|
|
HB
171 - Military Pay Exemption, 2/9/00, William Skinner
|
|
HB
465 Income Tax Subtraction for Retirement Pay, in House ,
2/17/00, William Skinner
|
|
HB
13 - Inheritance Tax Repeal, 1/25/00, William Skinner
|
| 1999
Testimony- House of Delegates (For
Maryland Senate, see above) |
| MTA
Statement on 2000 Maryland State Budget, 2/5/99, William
Skinner |
|
HB
392 - Truth in Taxation - Real Property Tax Assessments, 3/26/99,
David Curry
|
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Press Releases
- "Annapolis
Establishment Runs Big Gas-Tax Hike Up the Flagpole,"
November 3, 2002
- "Casper
Taylor Leads the Pack in Setting in Motion Around $1 Billion in New
Taxes -- and a Stealth Pay Raise as Well!" November
1, 2002
- "A
Flat-Out Lie from the Big Tax Political Committee,"
November 2, 2002
- "Frederick's
Sue Hecht Voted to Set in Motion Around $1 Billion in New Taxes,"
October 30, 2002
- "Anne
Arundel State Senator Bobby Neal Voted to Set in Motion Around $1 Billion
in New Taxes -- and a Stealth Pay Raise as Well!" October 29,
2002
- "MTA
Candidates Committee Endorses Bob Ehrlich for Governor of Maryland,"
October 24, 2002
- MTA
names nine Taxpayer Advocates, including seven incumbents, October
6, 2002
- "Project
Recovery, One Important Way to Help Maryland Avoid New Taxes,"
September 28, 2002
- MTA
Urges Gubernatorial Candidates to Support Taxpayer Bill of Rights,
September 25, 2002
- "Guerin,
Pepersack, and Costa: Candidates Pledge to Protect Maryland Taxpayers,"
August 19, 2002
- "MTA
Names Larry Myers a"Taxpayer Advocate,"
August 14, 2002
- MTA
names three new Taxpayer Candidates,
July 31, 2002
- "Pilkins
Pledges to Protect Anne Arundel Taxpayers,"
July 23, 2002
- "Candidates
Who Protect Maryland Taxpayers,"
(Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers) June 14, 2002
- "The
Glendening-Towsend Spending Spree," June 14, 2002
- "Glendening's
World," an editorial by Richard Falknor, January 16, 2002
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