How’d you like to vote on every tax increase for the rest of your life? Some lawmakers here in Annapolis think that would be the most fair system, and are looking to change the law.

Senator cum Republican Congressional Nominee Andy Harris is the lead sponsor of the Maryland Taxpayer Protection Act, which would require a two-thirds vote in the General Assembly and ballot approval for any tax increase or expansion

It is due for a thrice-postponed hearing in the Senate today, so we’ll see how it goes. Would it be too much to ask taxpayers to vote on every tax change? Are your elected representatives accountable enough? I guess this is what happens when lawmakers raise taxes during the first year of a four-year term.

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