Maryland salutes Real Taxpayers of Genius

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Holy crap, the comptroller of the state of Maryland actually made a "Real Men of Genius" ad. About taxes. With horrible production values. It seems all the hip taxpayers are filing their taxes online with E-File, and they respect old-world craftsmanship way more than their paper-pushing counterparts. Just look at that guy's desk. That's got to be oak. In any case, I'm not sure what this ad says about my home state, but I will say that we're due for a "Real Public Officials of Genius" ad about Baltimore

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