Six state senators, all Democrats, have introduced an alternative budget package consisting of $827 million in tax increases, what they call the “Maryland First” plan.  They claim their plan will help “keep Maryland moving forward.”  However, it’s a recipe for more pain for Maryland’s working families.  

The individual bills include a 12 cents increase in the gasoline tax, a 10 cents, increase in the alcohol tax, a dollar increase in the cigarette tax, reinstatement of the millionaire’s tax and combined reporting for multistate corporations.