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{weblog_name} - Raise Maryland’s Gas Tax
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Wow! I got great feedback – pro and con, and on-line and in conversation—on my last blog about boosting the Maryland gas tax to raise much needed funds for our state’s infrastructure. I suggested ways to find expense cuts as well. The purpose was not only to close the budget gap, but to help fight terrorism. This week I heard Richard Foltin, legislative director and counsel for the American Jewish Committee’s Office of Government and International Affair, speak at the Associated. His message: the importance of reducing oil consumption. His premise: the greater the demand for oil on the global market, the more money flows in the coffers of terrorist states. How can Maryland help? We should raise the state tax on gasoline by another 10 cents per gallon. That will help Israel and the United States fight terrorism… read more