Maryland is slated to receive $3.75 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 2009 over the next 18 months. Taxpayers were led to believe that this was a one-time “shot in the arm” to give a boost to our ailing economy. Recent public polling has shown that a slight majority of the public is giving the Stimulus plan, and the politicians who supported it, a chance at success. However, most of the public is unaware of how the money is being disbursed.

The Maryland Senate just voted today to reduce the number of new jobs created in that state by large businesses like Wal-Mart.