Posted on 02/03/2006 8:06:07 AM PST by SirLinksalot
My comment was about what Warner did or didn't do with regard to VDOT, not a more general assessment of his whole term. Certainly the tax increase is being sold/mentioned as one of the primary aspects of his "successful" term. I heard that the House Republicans fired the opening salvo and shot down Kaine's tax increases for transportation -- so I guess now it's time for the Senate Ironsides to fire back. I'll make the popcorn.
Warner sure didn't like doing it. He wanted more money to make new programs. Deficits that have to be corrected aren't bad things -- they focus attention on what needs to be funded (though everybody argues about that) vs. what one might like to have funded. I kinda wish that kinda strictures could be placed on both Congress and the Presidential administration. But talk of a balanced-budget amendment has virtually disappeared.
Once again, there was NO deficit. Programs were not cut, they just didn't get increased by the amounts originally projected.
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