Evidently, you're not much of a investigator: the information you seek is publicly available--most of the public's money is spent on health care--for the "disabled",elderly (i.e., Medicaid, Medicare,) and current/retired state employees.

Jay--Maryland's taxes are not that high compared to other states.

According to the Federation of Tax Administrators, in 2008 Maryland ranked 13th in tax revenue per capita. However, because Maryland residents have higher incomes than those in most other states, these taxes represented only 6.4% of individual income, ranking the state at 36 among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The URL is here:

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/08taxbur.html

The last year for which both state and local figures are available was 2006. In that year, total "own source revenue" (which excludes federal transfer payments), placed Maryland at 48th among the states when expressed as a percentage of personal income. This figure is actually interesting, since it takes into account state revenue that is not considered a tax. Thus, Maryland, unlike say Delaware, has few toll roads. As a consequence of such non-tax taxes, Delaware's ranking in the "own source revenue" category is higher (meaning that there's a greater burden on its residents) than its "tax collection" ranking. In Maryland, the reverse is true.

Maryland total tax collections in 2006 place this state 31st among the states as a percentage of total income. The URL for that chart is here:

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/06stl_pi.html

The bottom line is that the meme that Maryland is a high tax state is simply baloney. Maryland has fairly low total taxes relative to other states. Further, because Maryland doesn't have "hidden taxes" (stealth taxes posing as user fees and the like), Maryland's total per capital economic burden, as a percentage of income from Maryland residents, is among the lowest in the country.