February 27th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

It would seem that Maryland has only itself to blame for much of the issues with the current budget deficit.  An enormously costly education reform plan, a stagnant economy, and an over-reliance on federal funding and employment has put the state in a negative financial position while neighboring states have huge surpluses. Republican Senator Mike McKay says reforms have to happen to curb more spending…

   

“There’s a saying of the chickens have come home to roost and I think that the overall policies of the State of Maryland have come home to roost. And we can’t afford – we can’t afford the Cadillac that they want, we’re going to have to figure out that maybe the Chevrolet is where we need to be and we’re going to have roll back some of these programs or at least pump the brakes.”