Given that in 2011 Maryland ranked last in job creation and 44th in having a business-friendly environment, some response is required.
We could start by getting rid of the Baltimore Development Corporation, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, and any other public or quasi-public group that has business development in its charter.
Think of all the millions of dollars we could save and put to better use, like lowering the personal and corporate tax rates here. The economic policies of the dim bulbs in Annapolis, which have hampered private-sector job growth and put all Marylanders in these unenviable rankings, need to change if businesses are to be brought back to this state and city.
Now that Constellation Energy is headquartered in Chicago, Baltimore now has no Fortune 500 companies headquartered here. What a disgrace!
Jim Rogers, Baltimore