Virginia Celebrates Cost of Government Day (Taking the Wealth Out of Commonwealth)

Center for Fiscal Accountability ^ | 8/25/10 | Lauren Forbes

[Andrea19]

...The cause of this late date is government largesse—and Virginia is left footing the bill. From 2002 to 2008, state spending has grown by nearly 33% from $26.5 billion a year to $35.3 billion a year. To sustain this bloated government, Virginians have been saddled with over $3 billion in new taxes over the past eight years. This amounts to a $380.70 tax increase on every man, woman and child in the Old Dominion State in that time period.

Under the leadership of the new governor, some ideas have been floated that would ease the burden suffered by Virginia taxpayers, such as privatizing the state-run liquor stores; this effort could save as much as $115 million while generating $500 million in new revenue. Absent reforms that take this hard-nosed approach, however, Virginians will continue to work longer than taxpayers in other states to pay for the encroaching costs of government...

[Andrea19]

Old Dominion over the taxpayers in my state sadly; the silver line built on taxpayer money.

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