Maryland Special Report: Protect Public Services While Balancing the Budget

AFSCME Maryland recently completed a review of  contract spending in Maryland. 

Maryland, like nearly every state in the nation, faces continuing fiscal challenges in fiscal year 2011. However, the state can still protect public services from the worst cuts to services and employees proposed so far. Maryland can instead:

• Cut spending on contractual services to save an estimated $200 million from the general fund;
• Eliminate, suspend or apply a 10 percent “haircut” on ineffective or lower-priority tax expenditures to save $45 million or more;
• Extend the Millionaire’s Tax and enact Combined Reporting to generate $270 million; and Redirect $1.5 million in savings from furloughs in nonbudgeted agencies to the General Fund.

You can read the full report by clicking on the pdf link below.