Two economic stories of the past week are uncomfortably more related than most Americans would like to admit, the Greek debt negotiations and the Obama 2013 budget proposal. Europeans negotiators are encouraging, actually all but forcing, Greek debt holders to accept dramatic reductions in the amounts they will be paid back. This is so the
Stopping Maryland’s Pro-Gas Tax “START” Coalition
In his State of the State address, Governor O’Malley this week asked the legislature to begin applying a 6% sales tax to gasoline sales. With typical O’Malley double-speak, he called for ending “the current sales tax exemption on a gallon of gasoline.” While he may try to make “ending an exemption” sound like tax reform,