Posts from the ‘Taxes’ category

ATR’s Grover Norquist Blasts Stewart and Davis as Tax Hikers

Grover Norquist, Founder and President of Americans for Tax Reform, lambasted Va. GOP Lt. Governor candidates Corey Stewart and Jeannemarie Davis for their tax-raising records on…

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Why I support Susan Stimpson for Lieutenant Governor

Much like Riley in his post endorsing Scott Lingamfelter, I do not claim to speak for Virginia Virtucon as a whole. I only speak for myself.…

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Cuccinelli’s Tax Plan A Good Start

Yesterday, VA AG / gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli put forward his tax plan to spur economic growth. The Cuccinelli Economic Growth & Virginia Jobs Plan Virginia…

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Sen. Steve Martin Defends Himself, Blasts Corey Stewart’s Record on Taxes

GOP LG hopeful (and no one can say that he is not hopeful) state Sen. Steve “Not the Wild and Crazy Guy One” Martin took to…

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Obama Backs More McDonnell and Joe May Tax Increases!

Part of McDonnell’s massive tax increase, the largest in the history of the Commonwealth, and supported by three delegates from Loudoun,  Joe May, Randy Minchew and…

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PWC Tax Bills Will Soon Be On Their Way Up…

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors will vote tomorrow, April 23, on the FY 2014 tax rate.  A resolution has already been drafted setting the…

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Data issues and errors spread from global warming alarmism to economics…and from left to right

Whenever I mention the statistical chicanery, data manipulation, and errors behind “global warming,” my friends on the left go into high dudgeon. They can’t fathom that such…

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The Prez’s budget: higher taxes and higher spending

You read that right: the president’s ten-year budget plan calls for higher spending over the next ten years. Patrick Brennan (Corner) provides the details on the…

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My Interview With PWCPolitics.com

Thanks to Bill Golden of PWCPolitics.com for having me on his program to discuss the issues of the day impacting Prince William County.

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Portugal Constitutional Court rejects Fauxsterity Plan A, pushes Fauxsterity Plan B

The Portugese government, like just about every other deficit-crippled government in the Mediterranean, has responded to Brussels’ demands for belt-tightening with what I like to call big-government-on-the-cheap…

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House passes amended Plan ’13 From Outer Space (UPDATE: Senate does too)

The House of Delegates approved McDonnell’s changes to HB 2313 (a.k.a. Plan ’13 From Outer Space), by a 64-35 vote. The roll is not up yet,…

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McDonnell’s amendments to transportation tax: a few rate tweaks, and a mechanism for AUTOMATIC future tax increases

Under the Governor’s latest version of Plan ’13 From Outer Space, a subdivision imposed multiple counties away from you can trigger a tax increase that no one can stop…

…and he calls this an improvement…

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McDonnell Amends Transportation Bill

Governor McDonnell Makes Amendments to Strengthen Major Transportation Package ~Edits to bill strengthen legal posture, adds lock boxes to safeguard new funds, reduces alternative vehicles fees,…

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Attorney General Rules Transportation and Medicaid deals Unconstitutional!

On Friday Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli ruled that the Governor Bob McDonnell’s legacy, the biggest tax hike in Virginia’s  history, is illegal.  The deal that the…

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Andrew Cuomo’s masquerade as a business-friendly Democrat comes to an end

Readers of this blog may have noticed my previous admiration for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. After this week, we can safely put the emphasis on…

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Patriot SuperPAC Runs Anti-McDonnell Ad In NH

Following up on their anti-Bob McDonnell ad running in Iowa, Patriot SuperPAC has moved on to the next presidential primary state, New Hampshire.

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Virginia, education spending, and budgets

During the great transportation-tax-love-in last month, a slew of Republican delegates and senators lamented that there was “nowhere to cut” in the Virginia budget. I can…

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About that sequester…

One of the amber-encased pieces of conventional wisdom regarding the sequester is that the Administration has no room to maneuver on what spending it can reduce.…

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The Transportation bill will cost you more to sell your house!

Say What? Thanks to the transportation bill it will cost me more to sell my house!! That’s right. With the passing of the massive Transportation Bill…

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PWC GOP Unanimously Passes Resolution Opposing McDonnell’s Tax Hike

I am proud to have cast a vote for this last night at the Prince William County Republican Committee meeting.

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Loudoun Delegates attempt to explain their vote for the massive Tax Increase

All of the Loudoun county delegates, and our state senator, came to the Loudoun county republican committee meeting last night to explain their votes on the…

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Your Virginia Governor, the Virginia House of Delegates, and 8 Virginia Senators think you’re an Idiot!

An excellent article appeared to today in Redstate.com explaining what happened in Virginia over the weekend.   Read the whole article, it’s well worth it. Redstate…

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