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who is in the financial world. They look on the back
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page, and in five minutes they can get the soundness of
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our bonds. This has been accepted by the best people in
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State finance in the country. We hove a one-page report
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which WG mail out to every income taxpayer. We now have
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approximately 1,200,000 people. It shows where the
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money came from, where it went, the State funded debt
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account, our administrative officers, and the Office of
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the State Comptroller.
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All these things have helped to give confidence
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in the finances of the State of Maryland.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Louie --
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MR. GOLDSTE1N: I will be glad to answer any
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questions you may have.
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THE CHAIRMAN: -- what you are saying is, in
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your judgment there should be a Chief Financial Officer
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of the State, who should be elected by the people?
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MR. GOLDSTE1N: Absolutely, and accountable
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to the people.
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THE CHAIRMAN: And accountable to the people.
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How, just for the sake of pointing this up, it is felt
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