Maryland Can’t Cut Its Way to Growth – MarylandReporter.com
By Benjamin Orr
Executive Director, Maryland Center on Economic Policy
Giving more tax breaks to those at the top won’t create the good jobs Maryland needs. At the same time, it would undermine our future by making it harder for the state to invest in the things that do build a strong economy – like our schools, roads, emergency services, and health care.
States like Kansas and Ohio offer real-world examples of the perils of this misguided policy approach. Ohio cut its income and corporate taxes over a decade ago and still lags far beyond the national average in job growth. Maryland, by contrast, added jobs at a rate slightly above the national average during that same time period.
