Wes Moore

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2,138 appearances 34 recordings 17 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 24 Jun

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I know we walked in with a multi-billion dollar structural deficit.

And part of the reason is because our state is very good at spending, right?

If you look at the seven years before I became the governor, spending in Maryland increased by 70%.

In the previous 10 years?

Yes.

Seven years before I became the governor.

Seven zero.

It's nuts, right?

And GDP stayed relatively flat.

So I'm like, so hold on.

So we were spending.

We just weren't growing.

Wow.

And so one thing that, so I said, you know, so what do you do to be able to address that?

I frankly just put on my business hat and say, what do you have to do to address it?

You have to control your spend.

You have to increase your top line, right?

You do those two things that actually increases growth.

And so that's what we've had to do.

That's why, you know, like we mentioned for four years in a row, decrease the general fund within the state of Maryland, control your spend.

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