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- VA was able to beat our NJ with R's in charge, we are going to skyrocket past NJ with the D's in charge.
One the consumption link. Does it make sense that California is 28th in the nation?
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- They do not need to do that. VA has had in place for a very, very long time a 2% tax on property and casualty insurance premiums. It generates over $600M annually, My understanding is we are using 1/3rd of that tax or about $200M to fund the 2 Billion in bonds enacted last year...
Forever, and ever we have heard we need a dedicated source of funding for transportation... Well, what could be closer to the source of automobiles besides a tax on our auto insurance premiums....
Now, knowing that 1/3rd of a tax on these insurance premiums goes towards transportation now, doesn't it beg to ask the question, where does the other 2/3rds go, and why?
Moreover, the 1/3rd was 'freed up' if you will to be dedicated, because we have been in such a surplus... A forward thinking group of Senators should have planned oh say in 2005 to start dedicating this revenue into an actual Transportation Lock Box to fund these projects....
rather than insist on raising or inventing new taxes...
and you know where I am going with that...
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- From The Shad Plank:
Democrats aren't the only ones eyeing the gas tax
Shaun Kenney, the outgoing spokesman for the Republican Party of Virginia, just posted an item on his personal blog headlined, "Here comes the $136 million Democratic gasoline tax."
He links to a bill pre-filed by Democratic Sen. Toddy Puller that calls for an end to the gasoline exemption from the state sales tax. Under the proposal, the 4 percent state tax would go to the Transportation Trust Fund, and the 1 percent local tax would stay with localities for transportation expenses.
According to Kenney, Puller's proposal amounts to "a $136 million tax hike on working families."
"Welcome to Richmond in the hands of Virginia Democrats," he writes.
Just a few glitches in this post:
1. In the debate over how to fund transportation projects, both Democrats and Republicans have advocated raising the tax on gasoline (or, as Puller proposes, eliminating its exemption from the state sales tax). In fact, as recently as this morning, Sen. Emmett Hanger, a Republican from Augusta, said he would like to replace the "fees" approved last session with a gas-tax increase.
And as long ago as July, when the abusive driver fees took effect and the revolution began, some Republicans were pointing proudly to their votes for tax increases. ("I have voted for tax increases for transportationi on at least two or three occasions," Sen. Ken Stolle, R-Virginia Beach, said on Cathy Lewis' "HearSay" program.)
2. Kenney writes that the tax would be "levied on every working family, senior citizen, and fixed-income taxpayer in the Commonwealth." Under the current legislation, those people are already facing higher taxes on car repairs, vehicle registration and home sales. About the only people exempt are those who are also currently exempt from the abusive driving fees -- non-residents, who would have to pay the tax on gasoline.
It would be more useful to debate the merits and liabilities of various fund-raising mechanisms -- or even whether there's a need to raise money for transportation projects -- than to reach for ways to couch everything in attack language.
Posted by Dave Hendrickson on Thursday, December 06, 2007 at 06:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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- I love it. Don't blame the short-sighted tax plan... blame the reaction to the short-sighted tax plan.
Heh.
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- "In fact, as recently as this morning, Sen. Emmett Hanger, a Republican from Augusta, said he would like to replace the "fees" approved last session with a gas-tax increase.
And as long ago as July, when the abusive driver fees took effect and the revolution began, some Republicans were pointing proudly to their votes for tax increases. ("I have voted for tax increases for transportationi on at least two or three occasions," Sen. Ken Stolle, R-Virginia Beach, said "
Welcome to "Making Their Own Beds,now having to Sleep in the Minority".... Brought to you by the guys who were handed the Majority and frittered it away, by building Govt, and not roads...
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- We need to audit the transportation budget first to see what and how we are spending the tax payers money first, then assess the states needs for transportation for the next X number of years, then project a new budget that fits within the money we have on hand. Is that not how you create a budget….Find out how much you have and where you can tighten your belt, do a projection of what your needs will be in the future the create a budget to fit those needs with the money you have on hand(or will have)….works for my checking account should work for the state.
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- Judy Wilcox for Governor!
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- ...we don’t need to raise taxes as the first solution to a problem.
- comment Jody L. Wilcox
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- I know I can do a better job than the current one. Sadly, we all know that isn't bragging or anything to feel all that great about since it wouldn't be that hard to accomplish. Just stop raising my taxes!! :)
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One the consumption link. Does it make sense that California is 28th in the nation?
Forever, and ever we have heard we need a dedicated source of funding for transportation... Well, what could be closer to the source of automobiles besides a tax on our auto insurance premiums....
Now, knowing that 1/3rd of a tax on these insurance premiums goes towards transportation now, doesn't it beg to ask the question, where does the other 2/3rds go, and why?
Moreover, the 1/3rd was 'freed up' if you will to be dedicated, because we have been in such a surplus... A forward thinking group of Senators should have planned oh say in 2005 to start dedicating this revenue into an actual Transportation Lock Box to fund these projects....
rather than insist on raising or inventing new taxes...
and you know where I am going with that...
Democrats aren't the only ones eyeing the gas tax
Shaun Kenney, the outgoing spokesman for the Republican Party of Virginia, just posted an item on his personal blog headlined, "Here comes the $136 million Democratic gasoline tax."
He links to a bill pre-filed by Democratic Sen. Toddy Puller that calls for an end to the gasoline exemption from the state sales tax. Under the proposal, the 4 percent state tax would go to the Transportation Trust Fund, and the 1 percent local tax would stay with localities for transportation expenses.
According to Kenney, Puller's proposal amounts to "a $136 million tax hike on working families."
"Welcome to Richmond in the hands of Virginia Democrats," he writes.
Just a few glitches in this post:
1. In the debate over how to fund transportation projects, both Democrats and Republicans have advocated raising the tax on gasoline (or, as Puller proposes, eliminating its exemption from the state sales tax). In fact, as recently as this morning, Sen. Emmett Hanger, a Republican from Augusta, said he would like to replace the "fees" approved last session with a gas-tax increase.
And as long ago as July, when the abusive driver fees took effect and the revolution began, some Republicans were pointing proudly to their votes for tax increases. ("I have voted for tax increases for transportationi on at least two or three occasions," Sen. Ken Stolle, R-Virginia Beach, said on Cathy Lewis' "HearSay" program.)
2. Kenney writes that the tax would be "levied on every working family, senior citizen, and fixed-income taxpayer in the Commonwealth." Under the current legislation, those people are already facing higher taxes on car repairs, vehicle registration and home sales. About the only people exempt are those who are also currently exempt from the abusive driving fees -- non-residents, who would have to pay the tax on gasoline.
It would be more useful to debate the merits and liabilities of various fund-raising mechanisms -- or even whether there's a need to raise money for transportation projects -- than to reach for ways to couch everything in attack language.
Posted by Dave Hendrickson on Thursday, December 06, 2007 at 06:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Heh.
And as long ago as July, when the abusive driver fees took effect and the revolution began, some Republicans were pointing proudly to their votes for tax increases. ("I have voted for tax increases for transportationi on at least two or three occasions," Sen. Ken Stolle, R-Virginia Beach, said "
Welcome to "Making Their Own Beds,now having to Sleep in the Minority".... Brought to you by the guys who were handed the Majority and frittered it away, by building Govt, and not roads...
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