The Misguided Notion that MD is a #WellRunState

Liberals like to think that Maryland is well run, something championed by @JustDaFacts.

  1. Md #1 in education #1 in personal income, low unemployment, strong safety net, tech&med leader @insidecharmcity @Andrew_Langer #WellRunState
  2. We took to the Twittesphere to disprove that silly notion...
  3. Maryland: 40th in business-friendliness according to CEO magazine, May 2012. #WellRunState @justdafacts
  4. Maryland ranked 43rd in "overall freedom" in 2011 Mercatus Center study. #WellRunState @justdafacts
  5. Md #1 in education #1 in personal income, low unemployment, strong safety net, tech&med leader @insidecharmcity @Andrew_Langer #WellRunState
  6. Love it when @justdafacts goes into ad hom attacks when he can't critique substance. Mercatus study confimed others' findings. #WellRunState
  7. Maryland ranked 40th in corruption prevention, graded D- by study jointly done by Public Radio International. #WellRunState @justdafacts
  8. I'm not here to read studies for you, @justdafacts . TY for dismissing studies you haven't read. #AcademicHonesty in a #WellRunState
  9. Maryland's jobless rate is up. We respond by raising taxes? #wellrunstate
  10. In trouble with the tax man? In MD that's no impediment to serving on a politically charged redistricting committee #wellrunstate
  11. Not enough money for "necessary programs" but plenty for in-state tuition for illegal aliens? #wellrunstate
  12. .@GovernorOMalley 2007 special session tax hikes supposed to slay deficit yet here we are taxed again #WellRunState
  13. Nutball groups like @healthymaryland are allowed to set tax policies that destroy jobs #wellrunstate
  14. Instead of listening to the people, MD General Assembly sets out to neuter right to petition #WellRunState
  15. General Assembly proposes strict I'd check to sign petitions, but vigorously opposes voter ID laws #wellrunstate
  16. MD's "#1 school system" has worst 8th grade math poverty gap in nation. #WellRunState #mdpolitics
  17. 60% of grads from MD's "#1schools" in state colleges need remedial math & English. #WellRunState
  18. Deflecting the roving mob violence in the Inner Harbor by saying "crime is down" #wellrunstate
  19. Failing to produce a balanced budget because 50 days were spent on gay marriage #wellrunstate #mdpolitics
  20. Making the cost of dying higher by doubling the cost of a freaking death certificate #wellrunstate
  21. Sustaining a culture of corruption that allows @GovernorOMalley's donors the jets to the kingdom #wellrunstate

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Rebel with a cause; @MarylandYRs Chair; @YRNFNortheast Vice-Chair; @RedMaryland Network Prez; @Ravens/@Orioles/@UMTerps fan; Opinions are mine

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