The commercial also says that Glendening left Prince George's with a budget deficit. The county never recorded an actual deficit. However, spending launched under Glendening might have led to a deficit without later austerity measures. Sauerbrey has proposed cutting taxes on retirees' pensions and investment income. Other states do reduce taxes for retirees and Maryland does now, too.
Retirees pay taxes on their income just as most people with incomes do.
The Republican says that the tax reductions will spur business investment that will increase revenues and pay for the cuts, a claim many economists dispute. Sauerbrey also claims lower taxes on retirees will stop an emigration of elderly to low-tax states. But experts see no evidence of such emigration.