(The Washington Times) — Maryland’s steep tax increases follow the lead of other liberal-leaning states that love to spend and are now desperate to raise revenue to dig out of growing deficits and fund new spending.
Under the state’s $67 billion budget that the General Assembly passed this month, Marylanders will pay $1.6 billion for a dizzying array of new taxes and fee increases beginning in July.
“Spending is driving it all,” said Stephen S. Hershey Jr., a Republican and the minority leader of the Maryland Senate…