Our best guess: Not very different at all.
Maryland's constitutional requirement of a balanced budget imposes realism on state politicians. There are only so many things you can do when tax increases are political poison - and the analysts say you're facing a $400 million revenue shortfall that will soon balloon to more than $1 billion a year.
"The first thing when facing a hole like that is not to make it deeper," said Mr. O'Malley last week. Exactly.
Mr. O'Malley, when...
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