O'Malley's legacy: taxes, taxes and more taxes

12:30 p.m. CDT, March 21, 2013

If Gov. Martin O'Malley succeeds in his plan to increase the gas tax by 60 percent and index it to inflation, he will have cemented his legacy: Making Maryland the highest-taxed state in the nation.

Congratulations, Governor O'Malley.

M. Link, Baltimore

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