Maryland lawmaker wants to raise taxes, alter tax bracket to fund reparations for Black residents

A Maryland lawmaker wants to increase taxes to invest in reparations efforts. Sen. Jill Carter, D-Baltimore City, sponsored the Maryland Reparations Act of 2024, calling for a “certain amount of revenue from the State individual income tax and Maryland estate tax be distributed to the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund.” Maryland established the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund in 2023 to provide funds to organizations that would serve the individuals “most impacted by disproportionate enforcement of cannabis prohibition before July 1, 2022.” Carter’s bill would allocate more funding to the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund by changing the state’s tax code.  Per state law, the money would service low-income individuals and “disproportionately impacted areas.” ACTOR TERRENCE HOWARD ORDERED TO PAY ALMOST $1M IN BACK TAXES AFTER SAYING ‘IMMORAL’ TO TAX SLAVE DESCENDANTS Sen. Jill Carter, D-Baltimore City, sponsored the Maryland Reparations Act of 2024. (YouTube screenshot) “We are just in the beginning stages of our process of legalizing marijuana and we have made some great strides, like when we created the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund, which is designed to put money back into, to prioritize communities of color that have most been negatively impacted by the war on drugs...