Debate heats up over entitlement spending's role in Maryland's $3 billion budget shortfall

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  • @pepsi458
    @pepsi458 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    Meanwhile, in GA, there is $11 billion in unallocated surplus cash and the state’s cash reserves stand at over $19 billion. The surplus has been so large, in fact, that with the rainy day fund at its legal limit GA taxpayers are expected to receive an extra refund of up to $1k per person. This all according to The Associated Press.

  • @JulioMunoz-l2c
    @JulioMunoz-l2c 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    Democrats need to carry the weight for causing this problem. You should ask, how did they spend the raining day fund and the 5 billion dollars left by Hogan? Julio

  • @zohansmith8137
    @zohansmith8137 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

    Democrats are going to raise taxes, not if but when. 😢

    • @markb4593
      @markb4593 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They’ll do it now and in a year when they overspend they’ll want more. This administration is a bunch of Spendaholics and that worm Ferguson is one of the worst.

  • @NDB469
    @NDB469 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    Yea, it’s glaringly obvious where the deficit came from. It’ll just get swept under the rug.

  • @marylandsharona
    @marylandsharona 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Wes Moore sucks!! Worst ever!

    • @jeffreygoss8109
      @jeffreygoss8109 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Either he robs us or the honest criminals rob us.

  • @michaelwasiljov8633
    @michaelwasiljov8633 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    10,000 vacancies sounds like an excellent start. Can we get rid of another 10,000?

  • @660Oliver
    @660Oliver 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    How much did they spend on illegal migrants?

  • @JohnJackson-cr5pj
    @JohnJackson-cr5pj 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Senator Ferguson is full of it.
    Stop spending.

  • @BajatheChickenMan
    @BajatheChickenMan 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    We all know where it came from. The whole damn state is corrupt.

  • @Brian-MCG
    @Brian-MCG 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Next time I’m voting republican.

    • @alexrodas9912
      @alexrodas9912 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @Brian-MCG I'm hispanic and I knew better to vote Republican. It's common sense at this point.

    • @motoman22atgmail
      @motoman22atgmail 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But the democrat progressives ASSURE us that their idea of socialism will really work this time 😂

    • @RealBNews
      @RealBNews 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yea, because Republican governor states are so amazing. NOT! lol Sending funding back to the people to improve their well being is what government is suppose to do. Not hoard our tax money.

  • @rhysarthur7305
    @rhysarthur7305 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    You can tell that Mikenzie Frost worked hard on this report. Thank you for GOOD reporting! :)

    • @jeffreygoss8109
      @jeffreygoss8109 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      She is the only reporter. She doesn’t accept the jawboning

  • @jeffreygoss8109
    @jeffreygoss8109 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    10,000 more people to stand around and add a broken link to any service.

  • @metalmastersc
    @metalmastersc 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Good, 10,000 new state employees would cost on average about $450M additionally in just wages, then add state employee medical cost which is estimated at $27K per employee and the cost of pensions down the road. Adding 10,000 state employees would cost nearly $1B just in the first year.

  • @coffeecup3177
    @coffeecup3177 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    We need to Raise our State Income Tax to 14% on all earned and unearned income with an exception for union pension funds. This will enable us to hire not 5000 new employees but 10,000 new state workers.

    • @doc-vg9lq
      @doc-vg9lq 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      so you want taxpayers to pay more for bigger government? why? I hope you're being sarcastic.

  • @jmmywyf4lyf
    @jmmywyf4lyf 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

    Its absolutely the democrat problem.. This exact same mismanagement,high tax, and wasteful spending, is the exact same in every democrat city/state.
    Im no Hogan fan, hut republicans always leave a surplus, and democrats always a deficit

    • @user-xz9ed8pw2s
      @user-xz9ed8pw2s 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not true! Take a look at Colorado

    • @jmmywyf4lyf
      @jmmywyf4lyf 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @user-xz9ed8pw2s Colorado is falling apart dude.. Youre being flooded with immigrants. And I dont believe Colorado has been democrat for very long.. Its got alot of right leaning areas.. Its a purple sstate. The Democrat city, of Denver, is an absolute crap hole, subsidized by the affluent surrounding counnties. My son just moved back to Maryland from Colorado, 8 months ago

    • @user-xz9ed8pw2s
      @user-xz9ed8pw2s 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ have you lived in Colorado? Or are you just going by what you see from the media?

    • @motoman22atgmail
      @motoman22atgmail 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Colorado is like the stoner kid who has no job and no skill just living off the last of his parent’s savings. It’s an illusion that WILL dissolve.

    • @jmmywyf4lyf
      @jmmywyf4lyf 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@user-xz9ed8pw2s Are you going to address the points I made, or looking for an appeal to authority?
      No.. ai dont live in Colorado, nor do I need to.. But if a resume is what you require, My son just moved back from Colorado, having lived there for five years. One does not need to live in an area, to make observations, or form an informed opinion. I dont need to be a biologist, to define woman, for example. I suspect you may have a different view....

  • @Amy-ej9tq
    @Amy-ej9tq 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Medicaid and entitlements absolutely need looked at. A family member that has been addicted to drugs and alcohol the last 20 years lost his job of 3 months in December. And starting tomorrow he gets “free” aka tax payer funded healthcare so he can continue his suboxone and drugs. Suboxone is a joke. I have many other cases like this. Quite frustrating when many of us work very hard and make better choices and are rewarded by paying higher fees to subsidize these free loaders.
    Our health insurance went up another 12% this year and we pay $1300/mth for two people and the benefits did not improve, they got worse!

  • @alexrodas9912
    @alexrodas9912 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    Democrats fault, who else is in charge? 🤡

    • @soylentgreen9492
      @soylentgreen9492 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Split divisions he said she said. They hide behind party lines and we point fingers at a door with silly animals that we endorse a step away from nowhere.

  • @peterponcedeleon3368
    @peterponcedeleon3368 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    What a shame! These politicians don’t give a rip about their constituents. All they care about is keeping their cushy jobs. Even if that means the whole ship will go down.

    • @jeffreygoss8109
      @jeffreygoss8109 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Job one is getting elected job two staying elected.

  • @MegaSuperfatguy
    @MegaSuperfatguy 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Healthcare is not wasting money. Education is not wasting money. We only benefit from a well educated and healthy society. Is the money getting allocated to those areas and not being spent as it should? How many executives take vacation using it?
    Also, why focus on those two topics? How much has Maryland had to pay in police lawsuits or other civil cases? How many tax breaks to Amazon did we give? Just naming a few ideas to get the ball rolling.

  • @catjesus4319
    @catjesus4319 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Medicaid projections weren't off, they were never realistic so they could be easily sold to the public

  • @geralddrolet1
    @geralddrolet1 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I want to know why those vacancies are not filled and what job requirements are possibly preventing them from being filled

  • @simple_beys
    @simple_beys 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Don't forget that hogan left us with a multi million dollar surplus. Democrats mess it up again.

  • @OctaviaH-u3q
    @OctaviaH-u3q 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Follow the policies of the states that are doing extremely well. The Southern states seem to be doing well with their citizens, along with making opportunities for citizens transplanting or moving to their states as well. The South has taken a lot of responsibility and they should get more fed dollars to get relief. There is an old saying in Maryland “Outsiders can not run Maryland . Maryland is a hard state to govern. Because ppl live differently statewide. Therefore the resources and approaches to services must not be a one size fit all. This is not our great grandmothers Maryland so we all must pray for more solution oriented leadership in this new year.. This is another hard hit to Maryland on top of losing our bridge in Dundalk. . Prayers for Maryland and Historic Turner’s Station as well. The bridge effects their community the most.

  • @RonEbling
    @RonEbling 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Pennsylvania is just up the road.

  • @dennismorris3254
    @dennismorris3254 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    😂😂😂😂😂. Keep voting democrats

    • @RealBNews
      @RealBNews 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Or vote republican and be West Virginia. You all are irrational.

  • @RonEbling
    @RonEbling 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This knob doesn’t are about you.

  • @paulcowan7481
    @paulcowan7481 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    this is what happens when you let the kids manage the money

  • @doc-vg9lq
    @doc-vg9lq 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    what is the point of mentioning asians for end of life care? Is MD different with an asian boom that drains Medicaid or something? what is the context of what he meant?

  • @douglasengle2704
    @douglasengle2704 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    But they will spend billions of dollar on the Montgomery Co Purple line people mover tram that is slower than a diesel transit bus and much more to run.

  • @gloribyrd9259
    @gloribyrd9259 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Scrap DEI and hire competent officials and employees.

  • @AsAbovesobelow952
    @AsAbovesobelow952 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    All i can say is that it better not affect MoCo( usually the democrats are business oriented).
    Please balance the damn budget!!!

    • @metalmastersc
      @metalmastersc 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I hope MOCO finally gets a wake up call. The rest of the counties are tired of paying for an oligarchy of spend, spend, spend Demonrats whose only focus is on 4 counties and the city and figuring out how to give away every damn cent to useless state employees and illegals and welfare queens.

    • @jamessanders6788
      @jamessanders6788 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Democrats have never been business oriented. What are you talking?

    • @doc-vg9lq
      @doc-vg9lq 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dems are not business oriented LOL. businesses pay higher taxes to fund more social programs under Dem leadership. that is everywhere.