Maryland Broadband Held Up By Environmental Laws > MD state government - one of the worst in the country.

reply to SomeDude11

Re: MD state government - one of the worst in the country.

Because all our federal taxes go out to subsidize western states, of course...

reply to BF69
No thanks. I live in VA for a reason, because it's not Maryland or DC. I don't want Maryland with it's crime, taxes, anti-gun laws and stupid politicians in my state.
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reply to jjeffeory
The land area of Marylnad is less than 10,000 sq miles.

»www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108223.html

The land area of San Bernardino County in CA is: 20,160 sq miles. The figure given in the link is not the same as given in a Wikipedia article, but regardless of which figure is used, the area exceeds 20,000 sq miles.

»www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/facts.htm

I'm pretty sure that if you did a search of counties in the US, including Texas and other counties in CA, you'd find a few more that are larger than the State of Maryland in terms of area. A quick check shows that Inyo County in CA is over 10,000 sq miles in area. That's mostly desert and mountains, which can also be said of San Bernardino County and quite a few other counties in CA.

Of course there are environmental issues in CA that make this dispute in Maryland look trivial.

reply to scrummie02
As guns solve everything, right? That's why under this current administration crime has flat lined and increased in many areas since the assault rifle ban and other initiatives under Clinton expired. Don't believe me, check the FBI statistics. As per taxes, well gee, we all hate them. Then again, the south wouldn't have SQUAT if it weren't for the North. Yes, that's right. The North pays the taxes (and majority of them), which the SOUTH doesn't mind using. I guess you don't mind your roads, schools, public utilities, and hospitals. All of which are funded by public dollars / federal dollars. Yet, the South has their hand in the till the most. If it were up to me, we would let you guys rot in the stone age. Why should the NORTH fund projects like the Tenn. Valley Authority? We did after all. Then again, we're just a bunch of stupid liberals, who you guys don't seem to mind MOOCHING off us. Ah yes, when it comes to marriages and teen pregnancy, we have the lowest in both.... And you wondered why we made the mistake of having the civil war..We didn't gain much by keeping you guys, thats for sure.

»taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog···eed.html
»www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/1397.html

Um, population wise buddy, the NORTH far out paces the south. Strange how that works...Older people tend to be snowbirds but guess what, most end up only sticking around the south for a few months. I guess that's about as much as they can tolerate anyway. Then again, you guys shouldn't have anything down there but swamps and trees. After all, if it wasn't for the north, all those fine things such as electricity, hospitals, roads, schools wouldn't exist because we fund them. Therefore, we have EVERY right to snowbird down there. We paid for those luxuries you enjoy.

reply to Voodoo288
And we don't want you either, Virginia would dilute every percentile of monetary and intellectual metric we now have over the "Old Dominion"

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reply to jc100
There are too many taxes today. I've lived in every region of the U.S. The East coast states, including Maryland, are very expensive. They are relatively higher than any other region in my experience. You are nickled & dimed for everything you do. I'm suprised you all don't rebel. It's like the mob, except they're sanctioned because they do the sanctioning....

That money they pay is gladly used by the slacking southern states who for many reasons can't get off their asses or fund their own initiatives. The North's taxes should stay there and in their respective states. We shouldn't be left footing the bill for the fools down south who don't want to pony up the cash, but love the initiatives the taxes pay for (Northerners taxes that is). Therefore, I say we start a campaign to make southern states repay northern taxpayers and from here on out give them NOTHING back beyond what their citizens pay. How about them apples?

What are you talking about?
Believe-you-me, I'm not a big fan of the South either. I got out of there after Katrina.
What Southern States are you talking about SPECIFICALLY? I've lived in California, Nevada, Utah, LOUISIANA, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, D.C., Maryland... They all get their fair of federal money... They all have varying levels of taxes... Specifically, in Louisiana, they didn't tax me as much as Maryland or D.C does for income, roads, food, or pretty much anything else... Yet there are good quality roads in great condition for me to drive upon and you don't have to pay a huge toll every day. Actually, most of the states I've lived in don't charge as many tolls as Maryland for so-so condition roads.

This brings me back to the original topic. I don't think the state needs an more of 'OUR' money to waste. Putting up fiber is no big deal.

Try scrolling up a bit and finding my link where it tells who receives the most federal HANDOUTS. It should be noticed, most of t hose same states contribute the LEAST to the pot they take from.

Just because the State gets a handout doesn't mean the people do. Be mad at the state. I know in Louisiana corruption was rampant & money wasn't spent where it was supposed to be spent when I lived there.

Further more, what do other states and where money goes have to do with why "MD state government - one of the worst in the country"???

What I'm getting out of this is basically, Maryland must levy x amount in (silly) taxes because they're giving so much, more than their fair share, to those damned lazy losers "Southerners"...

Which Southerners? I also saw Ohio and Indiana on the "bad list" link... Some may consider that "Southern" but I don't... Nevada is on there too. I think that you've just found out which states are better at getting their paws on the pot. Maybe Maryland, New York, & Mass should take some lessons on getting money into their state?

I think you're being defensive. It's okay and I understand. I like the environment too, and I may be a little more willing to give some of MY money if I thought it would actually go to help preserve the wetlands.

Those of us without this D.C./Maryland/Virginia fighting thing going around here just all of these crazy high taxes and fees as getting taken advantage of from yet another "someone else".

Stat of Maryland, Don't tax something that creates value in your community and doesn't cause any damage.

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reply to scrummie02

Re: MD state government - one of the worst in the country.

reply to rcdailey
It's not the area which is the problem, but rather the footprint of MD that makes running the fiber so difficult. Not many, if any, counties are spread out like MD. Add to that the Chesapeake Bay splitting it in half makes it difficult to get fiber to the eastern half. Part of this plan put on hold was to run fiber underneath the Bay Bridge. I'm sure the Baltimore/DC corridor is easy to outfit with fiber, and most of it already is with FIOS and Comcast's network. But stretching to the Atlantic and well into the Appalachians is where the task becomes daunting.