THINKING OF DOING

BUSINESS IN THE

STATE OF MARYLAND?


THINK AGAIN!

Making Maryland business-friendly should be about lower taxes, deregulation and other fundamental changes that reduce the costs and risks of doing business in the state.  Business-friendly means less government.   The State of Maryland is clueless.

Maryland hopes to attract your business with an array of gizmos and gimmicks (government incentives, zones, programs and the like), yet fails to address the underlying problems that make the State of Maryland business-hostile.





WAL-MART: ONLY THE BEGINNING

In a spectacular affirmation of this website's message, the State of Maryland has enacted its Fair Share Health Care Act.  The new law imposes upon Wal-Mart (and effectively no other business in the state – for now) the legal duty to spend at least 8 percent of its payroll on health insurance or pay any shortfall to the state.  Details are reported here in the January 13, 2006 edition of The Washington Post, which earlier characterized the law as "a legislative mugging masquerading as an act of benevolent social engineering."

Of course, it's much worse:  It's the tip top of a slippery slope leading to socialized health care subsidized by business in Maryland.    Ronald W. Wineholt of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce says, "Enactment of this legislation is poor public policy and it damages Maryland's business image."  True enough, but business prospects in the State of Maryland do not depend on the state's image alone.  Instead, the corrupt business-toxic  culture that controls the state must be neutralized.

Is that possible? Sure, but don't bet your business on it. An excellent OpEd piece in Opinion Journal explains why.



MARYLAND IN MINIATURE

"If it moves, we'll tax it. If it doesn't move, we'll tax it. If it moves too slow, we'll tax it. If it moves too fast, we'll tax it." Maryland Senator Robert R. Neall, reacting to a November 14, 2002 report of the Commission on Maryland's Fiscal Structure entitled, "Budget and Revenue Options."



Read Maryland's Revenue Wish List

Click Here to read the entire report.








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Regional Expansion of New Facilities

Facilities Per Million Persons
State New
Corporate
Facilities		 Rank 
(descending order)

New
Manufacturing
Facilities

Rank 
(descending order)

 Expanded
Manufacturing
Facilities

Rank 
(descending order)

North Carolina

20.28

10

10.14

7

 29.56

5

Virginia

29.63

6

4.31

22

 11.55

14

Pennsylvania

26.61

7

6.43

18

 7.73

20

Maryland

7.26

28

0.74

44

 0.19

39

New Corporate Facilities - All States' Rankings

New Manufacturing Facilities - All States' Rankings

Expanded Manufacturing Facilities - All States' Rankings