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the fact that the Governor and the legislative leaders,

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all of them, reiterate what they have said, that what we have

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got is good.

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I would just say to you that I don't understand

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the reading of the Goodnow Report. I was going to quote

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it to you because it says what we say: "This proposed

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Constitutional amendment is framed in such a way as to

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permit the legislature by a three-fifths vote, subject to

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the usual provision with the approval of the Governor, to

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appropriate money for a purpose not included in the

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Governor's estimate on the condition that provision is made

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for a levy of a tax sufficient in an amount to defray the

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expenses.

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That is exactly what we say we have got, and that;

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is exactly what we want to keep, but this is not what

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this amemdment calls for. It means they can shift from

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one end of the budget spectrum to another and put in the

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kind of programs they want. It will be the programs of

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those who are able to accomplish this. This is not the

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Maryland way. We have had fiscal responsibility. We

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have had the kind of government that has meant this.