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are done in the public and private sector of our economy
and not in the Constitution.
We should throw this one out, stand up
proudly as we could so --
THE CHAIRMAN: Any other Delegate desire to
speak against?
Delegate Lloyd Taylor.
DELEGATE LLOYD TAYLOR: Mr. Chairman, fellow
Delegates, I would like to make a brief statement against
the amendment. I want to say that when we gave a tax
break to agricultural uses of land, we were giving a
subsidy to a special class of Maryland citizens. I
shall read from the Yale Law Journal an article by Charles
Wright, just two paragraphs. He said "Analogous to
welfare payments for individuals who cannot manage
independently in the economy are subsidies to business.
Agriculture is subsidized to help it survive against better
organized and less competitive sectors of the economy,
and the shipping industry is given a dole because of
its inability to compete with foreign lines. Local
airlines are also on the dole. So are other major