There’s a new Brad Pitt film out called “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” It should star Gov. Martin O’Malley, because he’s robbing us blind.

O’Malley’s new tax plan targets the state’s $1.7 billion deficit and holds a gun to the head of every Marylander.

At least the James-Younger gang only robbed people a few at a time. It never pulled off a job for more than a billion dollars.

The tax plan first takes aim at successful people. A single adult making more than $250,000 gets held up for an extra $771. If the person is truly successful — making $750,000 — that turns into outright robbery of roughly $8,000 a year.

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What do the rest of us get? We save about $90 a year — barely enough for a Ravens ticket, let alone parking and a beer. O’Malley’s 3-cent property tax cut amounts to another few bucks. The math for married families is similar. The idea is to ransom the wealthy but let other people go.

The O’Malley gang hid behind closed doors for days planning this robbery with Senate President Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael Busch. They also are shooting for an increase in the sales tax. That will hit everyone who buys anything in Maryland and wound business at the same time. A gas tax increase is also likely. Experts say the higher taxes will also run more than 10,000 jobs out of town.

The new film focuses on how James met his end — shot in the back by a second-rate crook named Robert Ford. However, the real end for the James-Younger gang came when it tried to rob the bank in Northfield, Minn., and the locals said no.

The lesson is that citizens can prevent a theft. We don’t have to arrest our politicians. We just have to stop letting them rob us. We learn from the Northfield citizens and just say no more.

Every time you meet a Maryland politician, walk up and say: No more. No more taxes. No more overspending. No more theft.

Attend an event? Stand up and say it, or call your legislators or the governor (410-974-3901). Leave your name and leave the message.

No more.

If that doesn’t work, clip this column and send it to Annapolis along with your name. Tell the governor we are tired of being robbed.

Dan Gainor is The Boone Pickens Free Market Fellow at the Media Research Center’s Business & Media Institute, a career journalist and media commentator. He can be reached at gainorcolumn@gmail.com.