Republican Party of VA statement on Warner Tax Hikes

[Gopher Broke]

STATEMENT OF RPV CHAIRMAN KATE OBENSHAIN GRIFFIN --Regarding Release of Governor Warner’s Tax Plan--

RICHMOND – “With today’s announcement, Governor Mark Warner has officially broken his solemn campaign promise not to raise our taxes. Mark Warner campaigned for Governor and repeatedly denied all claims that he would raise taxes once he was in office...”

‘The fact is I will not raise taxes. My plan states it. I’ve said it throughout this campaign. You can say it 20 more times, but the people know the difference.’ [October 10, 2001 Gubernatorial Debate]

‘State government must live within its means. It isn’t the government’s money; it’s the people’s money.’ [Mark Warner’s Action Plan for Virginia (2001); Page v, “The Commitment”]

“Mark Warner’s proposal will raise the taxes of every single Virginian. With the Warner sales tax increase, every single Virginian will pay more in taxes next year than they did this year. Mark Warner has engaged in a potentially devastating tradeoff of Virginia jobs for short-term revenue growth.”

“Mark Warner has no mandate to raise the taxes of the hard working men and women of Virginia just to pay for his overdue campaign promises. Just last year, he had a ‘conversation’ with the voters when the Warner referendums to increase taxes were defeated by embarrassingly large margins.”

“Just three weeks ago, Virginians overwhelmingly elected Republicans to represent them in the General Assembly. Republican candidates across the Commonwealth campaigned on cutting taxes and the voters agreed in overwhelming numbers. There is no question the General Assembly will have a budget next year and it will be balanced, but the burden is squarely on those who want to raise taxes.”

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[Gopher Broke]

Click on the link below to tell Gov. Warbucks you do NOT want this large tax hike in VA!!!!

http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Contact/email_form.html

[TomSmedley]

Any people immoral, ignorant, and apathetic enough to put a Democrat in office is begging to be raped by the rapacious ones.

[chiller]

Like to hear more about how Warner justifies his flip.

He's a Democrat, maybe that's all we need to know."

[GunsareOK]

The problem was that Earley, the Republican candidate for governor, was lame. Although I didn't, a lot of people voted for Warner on this basis.

[Corin Stormhands]

Any people immoral, ignorant, and apathetic enough to put a Democrat in office is begging to be raped by the rapacious ones.

OH, BLOW IT OUT YER SHORTS!

Some of us worked our butts off to keep this stooge out of office. And we're doin' the same to stop this abomination.

[Mudboy Slim]

"BLOW IT OUT YER SHORTS!"

LOL...dittoes.

FReegards...MUD

[Coop]

It's okay. Governor Warner assured us two years ago he wouldn't raise taxes. And then of course there was the big embarassment of him not-really-trying-to-raise-our-taxes in NoVa and Tidewater last year. Certainly he'd learn from that debacle, right? :-p

Mark Warner - ensuring Virginia's governorship returns to Republicans

[putupon]

well said!

[talleyman]

Great post!
"Tax reform" = "tax increase" - BabelRat / Demofish Translator ver 2.30A

[ArrogantBustard]

I voted for Earley, on the grounds that a lame-ass moron was preferable to a disingenuous, double-talking, slimy, smarmy, slick, damyankee Democrat.

[BSunday]

When this moron got elected, I came back from sea and received the news. I just couldn't believe my fellow Virginians bought into the Democrats "fiscal conservative" lie. And when he closed down a lot of the DMV offices, I said "Well, we official have an idiot in the governors mansion". Typical Democrat - make him try to balance a budget and all hell breaks loose. Just one question - do we here in the Old Dominion have the recall right ?

[talleyman]

Freeped - thanks for the link.

[iceskater]

too funny!

[iceskater]

Thank you! You have a way with words.

[bmwcyle]

I did not vote for the piece of crap either.

[Protagoras]

Republicans are not big tax raisers. In a pig's eye.