From District 7 state Delegate Kathy Szeliga:
(Perry Hall) In response to the recent notification about a Special Session in Annapolis, Delegate Kathy Szeliga said, “No one is surprised to hear that the botched legislative session needs a do-over. The leadership in Annapolis is discussing how much and which taxes to raise on Maryland families.” The Doomsday Budget that passed increased state spending by $700 million and only included half the budget related bills. The two budget bills that did not pass include another $500 million in tax increases. Governor O’Malley is expected to call legislators back the week of May 14.
“While I am opposed to the continued increases in taxes coming from Annapolis, I am extremely upset about the latest proposal to increase income taxes that includes a penalty on working women.” Szeliga pointed to the plan to increase taxes on singles making $100,000 and married couples making $150,000. “This is blatantly unfair and focuses extra taxes on working women,” Szeliga pointed out. “We should be rewarding marriage and not over-taxing families where both spouses work.” Szeliga urges lawmakers to correct this problem before they get to Annapolis. She plans to introduce an amendment to the budget to remove what she calls the “marriage penalty” if necessary. “It’s ironic that we just spent two months debating same sex marriage in Annapolis and now the leadership wants to put a new tax on marriage!” Delegate Szeliga commented.
Delegate Kathy Szeliga concluded, “I’ve heard from hundreds of residents from Baltimore and Harford Counties all urging lawmakers to stop raising taxes. I will be carrying their message to Annapolis and hope other legislators are listening to their constituents too and will join me in resisting any additional taxes.”
It penalizes both working members of a family, not just the woman.
Government at ANY level should NOT be “rewarding marriage”. Especially since some folks are discriminated against and are not ALLOWED to be married by current law in this state(at least until after the November election….hopefully). Either way though, Government should not be rewarding marriage, or procreation, etc. Why not just level the playing field?
Government should not reward marriage, nor should they penalize marriage as is currently the practice. If you are soon to be married, let me be the first to welcome you to the marriage penalty.
If the limit is $100k for a single person, then it should be $200k for a married couple.
Exactly!
I’m waiting for Delegate Szeliga to show outrage over the legislation proposed and passed in Republican-controlled State Houses across the country and in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives that turns back the clock on women’s access to health care, whch is also a “Penalty on Working Women.”
Tom Myers
President, Young Democrats of Harford County
Be specific. What the hell are you talking about? Turn back what clock? I have access to health care. I have always had access to health care. I still have access to health care, same as always.
Mr. Myers,
With all due respect – what are you talking about? If a locally elected legislator is going to waste time and effort being outraged over situations in other states rather than the jurisdiction they were elected to represent that person needs to be voted out.
If that is what you expect from legislators and the legislators you support would do such a thing – please forward your list of endorsements so I know who to AVOID in the next election cycle!
I’m not a Republican.
Your feeble attempt to change the subject didn’t work.
What scares me is that this bozo actually believes his nonsense. He is helping to mold the minds of “young democrats” (or is that democratics?) Every statement he posts is just another indication of his puerile, infantile thinking.
Tom you are an idiot…
Sincerely,
Those of us who can think for ourselves and not be monkey boys of either party!