What is Wrong with Maryland

What is wrong with Maryland

 

Perhaps the title should be rephrased to what is right about Maryland. Nearly six million people inhabit the Free State as it was nicknamed after slavery was outlawed in 1864. Blessed by this State’s endemic Democrat government the word free has taken on an entirely new meaning. Maryland Government has a clear agenda to deprecate the entrepreneurial sector to vantage the entitlement class. Illegal is no longer a term permitted to be spoken by the bluest of blue within the confines of this State. Once removed from the illegal category “immigrants” can dip into a vast amount of cash being offered to them on the proverbial silver platter by Maryland’s left of the left government. Trumped up taxes, levies, fees and move support several million people who have decided it is better to sit on their backsides than work a job. Why are O’Malley and his crew so intent on giving away your money? Votes! Freebies to the indolent, lazy and sloths among us keep the support flowing for those who want to move up the food chain with a blue ring on his or her finger. O’Malley’s policies extort money from anyone who has a business or receives a paycheck. State coffers are starved for these funds. So where do all these funds end up?

 

An intricate system of entitlement fund delivery has been created in the Free State. This system is purposely complex to fool the most ardent person who seeks knowledge of it. Checks are flying out the doors of Maryland Administrative offices faster than the cash coming in to support the State’s socialist activities. Have a child out of wedlock in Maryland get a check. Have several children and receive multiple checks. Take a trip to your local entitlement office. They are located conveniently throughout the state. The social workers in these offices are begging for business and will welcome you with open arms. As you sit before one of them he or she will pull out a menu of giveaways and ask what your needs are. With minimal information to support your state of poverty these social workers are ready to write checks. Energy assistance, food stamps, housing supplements, cell bills, cable support and a dozen more freebies are waiting for you. Would you like to go to school? No problem with minimal qualifications or check for citizen status the money will be forthcoming the next day. Has your child been misdiagnosed with a chronic medical condition, there is a very good chance Maryland will send you a check. Perhaps you are from Baltimore City. Seventy percent of households there are single parent homes or so the government believes. Stay unmarried, but cohabitate, Maryland will send you two checks.

 

Health professionals relate multiple stories of patients on Medical Assistance, now Obamacare, who come to their offices driving Range Rovers, Mercedes and BMWs. Many of these patients live in the equivalent neighborhoods their automobiles reflect. Governor O’Malley and his minions could very easily compare the Medical Assistance assignments to the Motor Vehicle master list to uncover this specific fraud. He has chosen not to which in a sense sends a signal to these thieves that it is okay to steal from the taxpayer since politicians do it all the time.

 

Start a business in Maryland and the Comptroller’s office becomes your best friend. Do they lend you money to start and or stay in business? No. Do they provide guidance for your business to improve its function? No. Instead they are useless dolts commandeering your money in the form of levies, licensing fees, surcharges, taxes and various penalties from the outset. Recently a poll of Marylanders suggests that 47% of its residents would leave if circumstances would permit. This number may reflect the feelings of business owners as well.

To answer the question what is wrong with Maryland: government overreach, high taxes, extensive number of violent crimes and a political cast of thousands using its residents as pawns are but a few of the problems legal residents face. Maryland is on its way down. With a slight push many of its jurisdictions could go over the edge. As O’Malley moves off the stage he leaves behind a fiscal disaster so trenchant that Maryland will be bleeding economically for the next decade. Perhaps the electorate will vote “right” next time.  

 

Mark Davis MD, President of Davis Writing Services. For media content and author support contact us. www.daviswritingservices.com. platomd@gmail.com Dr. Davis is an on air media consultant. His latest book is Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.

Maryland's Primary: The Aftermath

Maryland’s Primary: the aftermath

 

Maryland’s lackluster primary season ended on a minor note. With a poverty of turnout expectations were higher than the 22% who showed up to vote. Two candidates for Governor were left standing from the major parties. Anthony Brown overwhelmed his chief rival Douglas Gansler receiving more than twice the vote. On the Republican ticket Larry Hogan trounced David Craig with a 14% margin of victory. Maryland’s Democratic machinery will be in full force in the next four months finding every means to denigrate the opposing party. From dumpster diving to character assassination nothing will stop the forward movement of this machine towards its ultimate goal. Anthony Brown has achieved much outside the realm of politics. Yet his political resume is a desert of achievement. Larry Hogan is an issues oriented person. He is aware of the negativity that Democrats bring to bear to win an election, as exemplified during their primary campaigns. Marylanders have a clear choice this November. In the Republican camp the push will be for; less taxes, reduction in draconian regulations, a pullback in entitlements, an administration of government that is business friendly and fiscal responsibility. Democrats want more of the same presently offered by Martin O’Malley. Under his tutelage; entitlements expanded exponentially, traditional family values were trashed, the multi-dimensional family came into being, dozens of new taxes and levies were signed into law, the word illegal was banished from the Maryland dictionary and fiscal irresponsibility became the norm.  Voter registration leans predominately towards the Democrats. Hogan knows the path to the State House will be hard for him but not impossible. Many Marylanders are exhausted from the constant pressures government forces have brought to bear on their personal and professional lives. Larry Hogan needs to emphasize the collective fallacies intrinsic to the Democrat platform. This strategy could be the driving force he needs to ascend to the Governorship. Democracy is failing around the country. When this tragedy hits home one must take charge of the reality that confronts him or her. Choose wisely this election cycle otherwise the chance to reestablish Democratic principles may not present itself for a long time. http://columbia.patch.com/groups/elections/p/election-results-maryland-primary-narrows-field-for-governor

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/marylanders-go-to-the-polls-tuesday-for-primary-elections-for-governor-other-offices/2014/06/23/8a545e48-faef-11e3-8176-f2c941cf35f1_story.html

 

 

Mark Davis MD, President of Davis Writing Services. platomd@gmail.com

Dr. Davis most recent books are: Demons of Democracy and Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.

Maryland's Primary: Why bother

Maryland’s Primary: Why bother

 

Maryland is a profoundly blue state. Its election cycle for governor is a mere formality.  After eight years of Martin O’Malley’s oppressive left-wing agenda Marylanders deserve a respite from heavy taxes, over regulation and budgetary mismanagement. Yet those seeking the governorship from the Democrat slate not only want to keep O’Malley’s programs in place they want to intensify them. Taxpayers, under the Democrat’s platform, are secondary to the entitlement class that keeps them in power. Leading the pact of Democrats during this primary cycle is Anthony Brown, the present Lieutenant Governor. He has a 2 to 1 lead in the latest polls over his closest rival, Douglas Gansler. As Attorney General Gansler has amassed a significant level of baggage that is pulling him down in the polls. A comparison of his bio to his actual performance in office offers quite a disparity in content. Unions and the political fossils still in power have ordained Brown as their choice to take O’Malley’s place. Four other candidates running against Brown should not have wasted their efforts or money. Disturbing as the fact is they never had a chance. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/06/23/3123694/md-primary-could-play-a-role-in.html?sp=/99/177/507/

 

Five candidates are vying for the Governor’s seat in the Republican Primary.  Harford County’s Executive David Craig and Larry Hogan, a business owner, are the best known in this group. Craig’s tax proposals deserve a closer inspection. Does he really believe in lower taxes and lean budget management? From his tenure in office many questions arise concerning his fiscal priorities. Larry Hogan has moved up quickly in recognition around the state. His business experience allows him to understand the stresses present Maryland government has inflicted on those in the private sector. Three others in the Republican field are relatively unknown. They have a minute chance to succeed at this late date.

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/larry-hogan-for-maryland-governor/2014/05/20/b461d4f2-df9e-11e3-8dcc-d6b7fede081a_story.html

 

With all the attention being paid to Anthony Brown both sides of the aisle are struggling to have their words heard. Moribund as this primary season has been most of the candidates, in either party, have yet to energize those who would place them in office. Since O’Malley has taxed Maryland into a coma no one coming after him can do much worse, or could they? To move away from Maryland’s tax and spend mentality now is the time to consider your vote very carefully. Democrats are crying for more entitlements, higher taxes and tighter control of those who they reign over. Republicans antithetically want the opposite in every sense imaginable. Whichever side you lean towards please vote. It is your right before someone votes it out of existence.

 

Mark Davis MD, President of Healthnets Review Services. www.healthnetsreviewservices.com platomd@gmail.com

Dr. Davis is author of Demons of Democracy and Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.

Martin O'Malley's final assault on Maryland businesses

Martin O’Malley’s final assault on Maryland businesses

 

Maryland’s Governor O’Malley has proposed to raise the minimum wage from 7.25 to 10.10 an hour, in three phases, over the next two years. His proposal also consists of automatic increases to keep pace with inflation. Martin O’Malley’s intention to extort funds from private businesses is not new. From the day he became the state’s Chief Executive Officer his desire was clearly to destroy the business community. Under his tutelage dozens of taxes, fees and outright levies have increased with the burden ending up on the heads of those who generate the majority of state funds, our businesses. His latest gambit to increase the minimum wage is fraught with landmines that he and his minions may not have considered. As the so-called minimum wage increases matching Medicare and Social Security taxes increase, as well as unemployment taxes and workers compensation reimbursements. Worse, O’Malley’s proposal robs more funds from business budgets by automatically forcing them to raise wages based on the quasi formula which establishes inflationary trends. The Governor’s irrational train of thought never takes into account the stresses businesses have to stay afloat. His excuse that 21 other states have higher minimums is a ruse to create the illusion the raise is justifiable. Of these 21 most are a few percentage points elevated over Maryland’s present 7.25 hourly rate. Twenty-nine other states’ rates are at or below Maryland’s. During one of the Governor’s diatribes he noted the unfairness of the minimum wage structure which impedes a worker from supporting his/her family. Entry level jobs, paying minimum wage, were never designed to support a family. Maneuvering state legislatures to manage their entitlements by drawing funds from the private sector is a ploy by the left to keep the gravy flowing to their constituents. In a recent gathering of elected officials concerning the minimum wage Douglas Gansler, Maryland’s retiring Attorney General, displayed his usual enthusiasm to stick it to the business community. Unfortunately, the next Governor Anthony Brown is also onboard with O’Malley’s intended folly. Governor O’Malley’s agenda closely parallels that of our President, neither one cares about the ramifications their insults bring to society only the votes they garner in an election. Raising the minimum wage brings the danger of pushing more businesses to the edge, resulting in less jobs available to entry level workers. Worse, the change in wage structure will accelerate the exodus of businesses leaving the state. In the waning days of Governor O’Malley’s reign he intends to do as much destruction to the Maryland economy as possible. Perhaps there are a few decent legislators left in Annapolis who have the sense and sensibility to impede O’Malley’s last financial fiasco. If not the jobless rate will grow exponentially adding further burden to an entitlement structure already seeing red.

 

Mark Davis, MD author of the book lawyers hate Demons of Democracy and the recently released book, Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.

platomd@gmail.com www.healthnetsreviewservices.com

Maryland needs leaders not followers

Maryland needs leaders not followers

 

Maryland’s Governor and Attorney General (AG) are running away from their respective offices to move higher on the food chain. Governor Martin O’Malley has his eyes on the White House as Attorney General Douglas Gansler looks towards the State House. Governor O’Malley’s few accomplishments are drowned out by the enormous number of unsolved problems he will leaves in his wake. Violence throughout the state of Maryland, especially in Baltimore City and Prince George’s County, has only received lip service from someone who incessantly brags of his nonexistent achievements. Taking his lead from President Obama, Governor O’Malley will waste several billion dollars or more on green projects to nowhere. Under his mindless tutelage a rain tax now falls across Maryland, the only state in the union to institute such idiocy. Taxes, tolls, assessments and other financial extortions from the state have moved up exponentially to fund O’Malley’s massive entitlement structure. Efficiency is not in the Governor’s vocabulary. His inability to understand business dynamics caused Maryland to be named a business unfriendly state by those in the know. In the event this is the record O’Malley will run on, conservatives will have no fear of him succeeding.

 

Attorney General’s office sits in prime real estate in the midst of Baltimore City, not in the less expensive state towers on Preston Street. From this perch a panoramic view of Baltimore’s nightly blood bath is evident. Since his installation as Attorney General, Gansler has made no effort to stem the flow of violence surrounding his office or elsewhere in the state. The daily body count attests to the fact that his very liberal agenda, to retain office, excludes the possibility of taking on the true challenges necessary to reduce the death toll. Gansler’s well concocted bio displays his strong push for; nontraditional marriages, health care solutions through the abomination called Obamacare, gun control for victims not victimizers, diversity in state appointments without consideration for merit, baseless green energy projects and numerous other left-wing assaults driving businesses to more friendly environs. Baseless lawsuits against physicians are one of his office’s specialties. Douglas Gansler has intimidated a sufficient number of people to keep his name afloat in the media, not to dissimilar from another cohort Eliot Spitzer, who followed the same path from AG to the Governor’s office in New York. Power hungry people will go to many lengths to stay in positions that give them control over others, Gansler is no different. Recently, Gansler made several gaffes when he insisted his opponent Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown, an Afro-American, has only his race to offer as a justification for seeking the governorship.  This denigrating statement may move many out of his camp for obvious reasons. According to Gansler’s bio Civil Rights are a high priority for him, yet his speeches appear to reflect otherwise.  Both Martin O’Malley and Douglas Gansler have their priorities misplaced. Their motivations for seeking office have less to do with improving living conditions in Maryland than staying in positions of power at all costs. With these two men in charge Maryland has become more blue pushing state coffers into the red. Neither one should be honored with higher office, yet knowing Marylanders they like the status quo. Mark Davis, MD President of Healthnets Review Service and Davis Book Reviews, www.healthnetsreviewservices.com, platomd@gmail.com, twitter.com/americassage, Author of Demons of Democracy and the forthcoming book, Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster. To comment please join us on LinkedIn in the group, Government in Transition.

O'Malley's assault on Maryland: is recall in the air

O’Malley’s assault on Maryland: is recall in the air

 

Starving to move up the food chain, Governor Martin O’Malley has wrought worse havoc on the State of Maryland than Obama has on nation. O’Malley’s legislative initiatives have infuriated many members of the business community, some of whom have voiced recalling the Governor for ineptitude in office. O’Malley’s push for wind farms off the coast of Ocean City, displays a profound level of incompetence on his part (see article, Maryland’s Solyndra: offshore wind farms). In his latest legislative intent, which he blames on the EPA, a rain tax is to be levied on properties in selective counties. Both business and private residences are involved in his latest folly. The sheer magnitude of the levies could amount to billions in new revenues to the state, while forcing the owners of these properties to move or into bankruptcy. In discussions with dozens of business owners, a common sentiment emerged: O’Malley’s initiatives are hurting the business community to an extent unheard of, even in this very blue state. Furthering his left-wing agenda, by making gun possession more difficult and easing up on punishment for victimizers, strengthens the basis for a recall vote. Many residents may have forgotten that our overreaching Governor went to Wisconsin in 2012 to help recall Governor Scott Walker. His efforts were for naught. Governor Walker won and O’Malley’s crew lost miserably. During O’Malley’s tenure the business community has had an net egress from the state. Maryland is consistently voted as having one of the worst business environments in the country. Cash flow for entitlements has diminished from the feds, no problem for O’Malley. His devious new set of levies will be diverted, as usual, from the intended purpose, to his entitlement base. Perhaps you have not been one of Maryland’s dozens of entitlement offices lately.  Those receiving state aid are living very well off the backs of those who are employed, as reflected in the high end cars parked nearby. These people are O’Malley’s base. He hopes they will propel him into a higher office, unless the gravy train stops. How many more taxes, levies, fees, assessments edicts etc. will state residents allow thrust on them before the recall petitions start rolling out to throw the Governor from office. From this perch, the tipping point has past. Mark Davis MD, President of Healthnets Review Services, www.healthnetsreviewservices.com, platomd@gmail.com, Author of the book Demons of Democracy and the forthcoming book, Obamacare, Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster. Anyone interested in debating these issues with this author, please contact me.

Maryland's irresponsible state government

Maryland’s irresponsible state government

 

Unsolicited spam from Maryland’s Executive branch was not surprising in content or intent when I opened it yesterday. Governor Martin O’Malley’s message read more like a political stump speech than a notification of his accomplishments during the present legislative session. Its headline jumped off the page: “Affordable College, Clean Energy and Responsible Governing.” This disingenuous headline sums up the irrationality of the group now governing the Free State. As I noted in the article entitled, Marylanders: overtaxed, overregulated, overwhelmed linked below, the ingredients for economic failure are clearly laid out in the current budget. Overfunding higher education by 5.83 billion dollars is nothing to be proud of Governor O’Malley. A quick visit to the College Park campus of the University of Maryland, leaves one wondering who is going to benefit from this overwhelming generosity of the Maryland taxpayer. Overspending on the Medical Assistance program, by billions, begs the question: who are these extra people being covered. A simple call to your local health department notes that residency requirements to obtain O’Malleycare, are quasi in nature. Medical personnel have related stories of newly arrived state denizens who obtained health benefits less than “2 weeks” after transgressing the Free State’s borders. The Governor is attracting more people to the state because he likes new arrivals, as he stated in a prior stump speech.  Perhaps you missed the signs traveling both ends of Route 95: Welcome to the “Free State,” thanks to the Maryland taxpayer.

Governor O’Malley wants the Maryland public to know he is doing everything in his power to block global warming. His offshore wind farm legislation exemplifies his mania to achieve this goal. This pending financial disaster for the state and its residents will burden each business and household with a surcharge on their electric bills, starting a decade before the potential completion of this ill-fated venture. Worse, the technology to attain the Governor’s goal of building a 200 Megawatt offshore facility does not exist (see link, Maryland’s Solyndra: offshore windfarms). The Governor’s campaign literature forgets to tell state residents the price to generate one megawatt of wind power costs 4 to 10 times that of coal, oil, gas etc. State residents and businesses are being taken for the proverbial ride by the blind ambitions of someone who wants to move up the food chain, our esteemed Governor. The Governor’s hyper-inflated state budget has no relief for beleaguered taxpayers, who pay for his follies. O’Malley’s Budget is a win win for the entitlement crowd, and a lose lose for the taxpayer. His campaign literature, now in your spam box, is nothing more than a series of misrepresentations, misdirected thinking and a roadmap to the State’s pending economic disaster. Contact your state representatives and let them know your displeasure that the state is making too many demands on your bank account, because their accounts will soon run dry without yours. Mark Davis MD. President of Healthnets Review Services, www.healthnetsreviewservices.com, platomd@gmail.com, Author of the forthcoming book, Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster. Manager of the LinkedIn group, Government in Transition, join and comment.

Marylanders: overtaxed, overregulated, overwhelmed

Marylanders: overtaxed, overregulated, overwhelmed

 

Recently Maryland’s Governor Martin O’Malley released the state’s budget for the next fiscal year, a number so large that any rational mind would have trouble conceptualizing it for such a small state. Ceremoniously, the Governor noted the new state budget would be 37.5 billion dollars. To provide some sense and perspective to this number, another very blue state was chosen for comparison, California. The Golden State has a population of 38 million, Maryland’s comes in at under 6 million. Geographically Maryland has approximately 7% of California’s square mileage. Though Maryland has only 15% of the left coast’s population and 7% of its land area, the Free State’s budget is 25% of California’s 146 billion dollar fiasco. The question arises: Why does Maryland need this level of funding to survive? Maryland is not at war, except with its taxpayers, therefore it requires no payments to support an army. A close analysis of the budget notes it floods a bloated state workforce with pay increases and incentive bonuses. Public Schools are overfunded with billions of dollars of gravy that will not improve education, but will bring in the votes from teachers, to keep the democrat horde in power. Higher education now needs more funding since illegals were given the right to pay in-state tuition during the 2012 election. Medicaid will be budgeted at record levels instead of attempting to innovate this program to reduce costs. The Rainy Day Fund will be further enhanced, to quietly feed choice programs of the Governor.  Nowhere in this monster budget is their relief for the poor taxpayer. Regulations continue to pour out of the Maryland legislature to extort money from businesses to feed this behemoth. Our state Comptroller’s office is busy sending out thousands of letters each week, finding new and creative ways to burden the population in order to pay for O’Malley’s financial follies. Ironically, this newest state budget assumes more not less revenue from the feds. If the latter is not satirical, the state accountants believe the 4% tax increase on six figure incomes, approved last year, will also enable this fantasy budget to be funded. Once before millionaires were selected out for surtaxes and somehow 1,000 of them vanished from state tax rolls.  Governor O’Malley is blind to the financial disasters now plaguing other blue states. The crunch will soon come when taxpayers understand the motivations of our lawyer governor. Maryland is a Mecca for the entitlement crowd. Democrats feed this crowd to stay in power. We all know who these people are and the fringe benefits they receive just for existing. Many counties and cities throughout the country are facing bankruptcy, it is only a matter of time before Maryland has to pay the piper. O’Malley and his minions will not be around when the downturn comes, his aspirations are west of Annapolis. Maryland’s overreach will be the same hand that buries the state financially, unfortunately there may be no other hands to bail the state out. Mark Davis, MD

President of Healthnets Review Services, www.healthnetsreviewservice.com

platomd@gmail.com Manager of the political group on LinkedIn, Government in Transition. Please join in and comment.

Maryland's Solyndra: offshore wind farms

Maryland’s Solyndra: Offshore Wind Farms

 

Maryland’s state government continues to define itself by the pervasive ignorance in its Legislative and Executive branches. Governor Martin O’Malley’s push for wind farms off the cost of Ocean City will cost more than President Obama’s recent Solyndra fiasco. Projected costs of two hundred million dollars will seem paltry in comparison to its final tally. Offshore wind farms have major downsides in comparison to the few megawatts of power they may provide at some future date. According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency, offshore wind power is the most expensive energy generating technology. The current state of offshore wind technology displays it is not ready for primetime. Turbines to generate power are approximately one third of the overall costs. Infrastructure and maintenance support complete the total. Wind power is inconsistent, costs four to ten times more to generate one kilowatt-hour than coal and there is no present means to calculate or project the future performance of an offshore facility. Obsession not rationale thinking has taken hold of the Governor’s mind in his attempt to push through the legislature this irrational project. Your government has not considered its citizenry in the equation. To pay for this fiasco levies will occur on all electric bills throughout the state, except for those “waivered” out. The surcharges will start as soon as the the first submarine is hired to erect the posts for the turbines. A question not covered by the Governor’s disingenuous press releases is: Who will be employed to build these inefficient monstrosities? Will O’Malley continue to use illegals and out of state workers as the bulk of the workforce to create this energy project to nowhere as he has done for past projects. Or will he utilize Maryland’s highly skilled workforce, union and nonunion, to bring this project to fruition? No matter how this potential project is managed; its costs will run into the billions, it will outlive O’Malleys tenure, the financial burden will fall on the taxpayers’ heads and it is doomed to failure. In every state and city where Democrats rule economic misery can be found. The Governor has his feet on the ground in Maryland but his eyes look towards Washington. What kind of Democrat would O’Malley be if he didn’t leave a string of failures behind himself as he seeks higher office in the near future. O’Malley’s Solyndra will be bigger than Obama’s. Perhaps Democrats view failure as a criteria to move up the food chain. If so, this wind project will be the biggest one of them all. Mark Davis MD, platomd@gmail.com, www.healthnetsreviewservices.com. Author of Demons of Democracy and the forthcoming book, Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.