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The Montgomery, Greater Bethesda, Greater Silver Spring, Gaithersburg-Germantown and Rockville chambers of commerce were among multiple organizations that sent a letter to Ways and Means Committee Chair Anne Kaiser (D-Montgomery) expressing concern about the tax hike bills, although none was named specifically. "It is our shared position that increasing taxes on businesses and individuals will make Maryland less attractive to future investors and retirees and will threaten the growth of a broader tax base as taxpayers seek more advantaged communities," the letter says. "Funding important priorities, like education, requires sustained robust economic growth. As your respective committees hold hearings on these bills and discuss ways to fund education, we should be supporting policies that attract additional investments in our state to encourage that economic growth." Read the full Bethesda Magazine article.