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I ran across the following statement in my twitter feed this morning: “No matter how you slice it, Iraq war cost us less than Obama's stimulus. 31,234,000 are now free.” I thought it was a pretty broad statement to say that a war cost less than a piece of domestic economic policy no matter how you slice it, so I decided to investigate.
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Will State Employee Pensions Bankrupt Maryland?
Maryland is running a $2 billion deficit and filling budget holes with one-time fixes. As the February Pew Center on the States report, "The Trillion Dollar Gap: Underfunded State Retirement Systems and the Roads to Reform," said: "Maryland's management of its long-term pension liability is a cause for serious concern."
4/21/2009
Economic Growth and the Maryland Tax Code
The recent surge in government spending is the primary obstacle blocking Maryland's ability to improve its overall economic competitiveness. This growth trend is a troubling sign if it is not reversed through sound fiscal reform. Implementing successful tax reform depends upon reining in the recent acceleration in the growth of government in Maryland.
9/1/2010
The narrative coming from Annapolis reads like a weather report from early June: Sunny with months of balmy breezes ahead.
ECONOMIC & FISCAL POLICY
by Marvin Mandel
In this frank and unadorned memoir, Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel leads us through the story of his life, from his childhood in East Baltimore to his baseball days at the University of Maryland, to law school, the House of Delegates, and the governor's office
Panel Discussion
Will State Employee Pensions Bankrupt Maryland?
March 30, 2010
Annapolis, Maryland
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