Maryland’s wealth has done nothing to raise quality of life and lower costs for poor and working class Marylanders. 

Governor Moore is focused on building a Maryland economy based on the kind of conversations he has at places like "Billionaire summer camp”: Silicon Valley tech companies, Wall Street finance, and DC government contractors.

That economy is meant to serve the wealthy and the corporations, not the majority of the people of Maryland.

Andy has a plan to build an economy for the people, not the corporations

Andy’s plan includes:

A day one executive order to:

  • Create a corporate tax transparency taskforce to understand all of the tax breaks that have been given to corporations, and all the ways that they avoid paying their fair share. 

  • Create a participatory budget framework to make sure that the people of Maryland have the opportunities to weigh in on the governor’s budget.

In 2027 Andy would sponsor legislation pursuing policy to:

  • Tax the wealth of the wealthy, close the corporate tax loopholes, and end corporate tax breaks.

  • Roll back as many of the user fee increases as possible and make other user fees progressive.

  • Require the anchor institutions with major endowments to pay taxes and repair the damage done  to communities where they are located.

  • Charter a public bank for infrastructure, education, and renewable energy.

  • Modernize the unemployment system in order to increase weekly benefit rates, adopt the Oregon model for self-employment assistance and extend the eligibility period.

  • Create a decade-long program for cooperative worker ownership with a goal that twenty times as many Marylanders work in businesses they own by 2032.

  • Invest in green energy production.

  • Fund job training programs to build out the renewable economy infrastructure. 

  • Invest in capacity and capital for small cooperatively owned businesses.