They're still spending!

House panel votes on budget cuts -- baltimoresun.com: "...The House also has put off voting on a health care bill that appears to have strong support. The $600 million plan, which could reach the full House floor on Tuesday, would expand Medicaid eligibility to reduce the number of uninsured people in Maryland -- up to 800,000 by some counts. The measure also includes about $20 million a year in subsidies for small businesses that aren't currently offering insurance to their employees.

So let me get this - in a time when we're 1.7 BILLION in the hole, the sitting Legislature is going to spend $600 MILLION - or 35% of that deficit - to insure people now not insured? Wrong time to do that, guys. It's nice to know that, without asking any constituents, elected reps have decided to increase the state sales tax by 20%, when they could have reduced the deficit by 35% in one felled swoop by voting against this plan.

"...The House already has voted for the revenue part of the budget deficit plan. House members worked into Sunday morning to approve a tax plan that would raise about $1.4 billion. About $1 billion was approved to pay for the deficit and roughly $450 million was set aside for transportation projects."

So they decided to increase taxes by $1.4 BILLION to pay for the deficit, while at the same time increasing spending by 35% of the very deficit that the special session is supposed to control. And forgetting to ask the constituents as well. How about some legislation control?

How Democratic, how Maryland!