Whether Marylanders go to their favorite salon for a shampoo and blowout, or take their dog to the groomer for a fluffy new look, they could be paying more under a proposal from a state lawmaker.
Del. David Moon, the House Majority leader in Annapolis, told the Ways and Means Committee this week he had been keeping a “nervous eye” on the state’s fiscal outlook, and said his plan to cut the sales tax from 6% to 5% but add taxes to a range of services, is a needed “conversation starter.”
Moon, who found his bill facing a long list of opponents in Annapolis, said, “I’m not an economist, but I can do some basic math.”
Moon said between the $3 billion structural deficit faced by the state and the need to fund the massive education reforms in the state’s Blueprint for Maryland’s Future plan, “We need to get going on the conversation about what the heck we’re going to do about our deficits.”
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