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Schapiro: Spoils limited for victor in Virginia governor's race: ... of $1 billion in car-tax relief, $400 .. http://bit.ly/2LMv48 28 days ago |
Whipple Clip Dozen: Sunday Morning
Blue Virginia —
... KEY CAMPAIGN THEMES AS RACE NEARS END 5. REPUBLICANS HOPE TO GAIN HOUSE SEATS 6. ARMSTRONG: DEMOCRATS WILL PREVAIL 8. LU HOPING FOR STRONG VOTER TURNOUT ON TUESDAY 11. LOPEZ GETS BIG ENDORSEMENT, BIG MONEY 13. EARLY VA. BALLOTS TOP THOSE OF '05 14. GET A MOP? VA. GOP SAYS GET A BROOM 16. CAMPAIGNS USE NEW MEDIA TO GET THE VOTE OUT 23. IN TUESDAY'S CONTESTS, STEELE SEES A VOTE ON HIS LEADERSHIP 25. SCHAPIRO: SPOILS LIMITED FOR VICTOR IN VIRGINIA GOVERNOR’S RACE ...
Meanwhile, in Jeff World...
Tertium Quids —
The talk isn't so much about who will win next Tuesday as how little money the victor will have at his disposal . Yes, yes, Virginia's budget is suffering along with everyone else's budgets. But because it's the state's purse feeling the pinch, those who are enamored of state power find the situation intolerable. From Jeff Schapiro's perspective, that means much of what Bob McDonnell hopes to achieve might be stillborn. The only way out, if the worthies have the spine for it, is to foist an even greater burden upon the serfs...sorry, Virginia's taxpayers: There are some big, ...
How to plug a budget hole? Raise taxes, of course
Tertium Quids —
... as a way to close the state's budget gap. This is music to Jeff Schapiro's ears, as it confirms his earlier advocacy of the very same idea : Michael Cassidy, director of the Commonwealth Institute, says Virginia should examine these breaks and determine whether they’re doing what they were designed to promote—be it job creation, the farm economy or coal sales. The biggest tax-cut program is the car-tax rollback, costing about $950 million a year. Other big-dollar tax breaks: $791 million in corporate and individual relief, $377 million in lower sales and use taxes and $140 ...
