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A Republican lawmaker in Maryland introduced a bill to increase 'accountability' to protect taxpayers from excessive fees and tax hikes imposed by unelected state agency officials. This initiative comes in response to concerns that radical progressives in the governor's office and Annapolis are plunging the state into a fiscal crisis over the next five years. 

Del. Nino Mangione, R-Baltimore County, told local media outlet Fox45 News that he plans to hold the Maryland General Assembly accountable with the "Taxpayer Disclosure and Protection Act" that aims to eliminate state agencies' ability to increase fees and taxes without a formal vote in Annapolis. 

Mangione's bill was unveiled shortly after Democrat Gov. Wes Moore announced his $63.1 billion state budget proposal on Wednesday. 

One example of zero accountability is the Maryland Gas Tax pushed by Democrats in 2012, which automatically increases yearly with no votes or accountability. Even in the worst inflation periods in a generation and the cost of living crisis, the tax went up without a vote. 

Mangione's bill comes as Gov. Moore and radical progressives in the state are depleting the state's coffers in a reckless spending spree, with projected estimates of a $1.8 billion deficit over the next five years. 

Former center-right Gov. Larry Hogan opined in local media outlet the Baltimore Banner that Democrats in the state are spending taxpayer funds like drunken teenagers with a newly minted credit card: 

Mangione's bill may be a blueprint for other state legislators nationwide.