Kathleen Kennedy Townsend on Budget & Economy

Former Democratic Challenger MD Governor

Cut income taxes & 30 other taxes while balancing budget

[Townsend said of Glendening,] we have accomplished a lot together. We have lifted Maryland from 41st to 15th in job creation. Our unemployment rate is consistently below the national average. We have the highest family income of any state in the country, and the lowest child poverty rate.

We have cut 30 taxes, returned $2.6 billion dollars to our taxpayers, and for the first time in three decades cut the personal income tax. We have balanced our budget for eight years in a row.

Source: David Nitkin, Baltimore Sun May 12, 2002

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