Maryland voters broadly support Gov. Wes Moore’s proposed budget-balancing tax increases for high-income earners, sports betting and cannabis sales, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.
But the governor’s proposed 75-cent fee for retail delivery — levied on deliveries from big companies such as Amazon and DoorDash — met widespread opposition.
The finding comes as Moore, a first-term Democrat, pitched politically dicey tax proposals totaling nearly $1 billion to help fix a short- and long-term budget crisis. General Assembly leaders are weighing whether to enact them alongside roughly $2 billion in cuts to planned spending, measures that together would close a $3 billion budget shortfall that is expected to widen over the next few years.
