Obviously this deeply impacts 89's ability to maintain his monthly dining requirement at Congressional, let alone properly tip the caddies (and don't even get him started on his kids' Ivy League college funds - it's looking more and more likely that they'll have to slum it at some rundown CAA institution). In response, I'd like to guage the interest of the CS community in helping 89 maintain his standard-issue Maryland middle class lifestyle - possibly by setting up a Paypal account that we can all donate to.The tax increase affects single-filers reporting income in excess of $100,000 and joint-filers reporting more than $150,000 in Maryland, the state with the nation’s highest per-capita income. Democratic lawmakers closed ranks behind Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), who argued that his administration needed more money to continue record spending on education.
Or of course he could always cross the Potomac to the wild west frontier that is Virginia:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md- ... story.htmlThe legislation — passed by the Senate on Tuesday and the House on Wednesday — will also widen the income tax divide between Maryland and Virginia. Maryland’s new top state-local tax bracket will tie the District’s for fourth-highest in the nation, at 8.95 percent. Across the Potomac, the top rate in Virginia is 5.75 percent... Accountants said the difference routinely adds up to thousands of dollars a year on six-figure incomes.
