AFP-Maryland believes in free enterprise, limited government and the ability for business owners to openly talk with their employees about the benefits and drawbacks of unionizing;

Employee Free Choice Act, also referred to as Card Check, would destroy the democratic rights of business owners and take away their ability to have secret ballot elections. Eliminating these secret elections puts employees at risk for intimidation and harassment by unions;

Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) took a bold step yesterday by announcing that he would NOT be taking Stimulus money with strings attached. Part of the money being doled out to the states is in the form of mandates for social programs such as unemployment benefits for part-time workers. While this may seem like a good idea in the short-term, most states do not have the ability to pay for these programs once the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 (ARRA) funding runs dry.

A bill currently floating through Congress, inaptly called the "Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)," has the ability to forever alter capitalism and democracy as we know it. Commonly referred to as card check, EFCA would effectively eliminate a secret ballot in the workplace and allow all arbitration to be settled by union-friendly bureaucrats. Businesses, small and large, are teetering on the brink of failure due to the recession. Adding this burden would push them over the edge.

Two weeks ago the Washington Post published an editorial by former Montgomery County Executive (and 2006 gubernatorial candidate) Doug Duncan calling out the leaders in Annapolis for their lack of...well...leadership. To read the op/ed click HERE.

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