Posted on 02/07/2006 11:21:42 AM PST by JZelle
RICHMOND -- House Republicans yesterday rejected a tax increase proposed by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, setting the stage for a financial standoff by gutting the Democrat's plan to ease traffic congestion. The House Finance Committee voted 14-8 along party lines to kill Mr. Kaine's bills, which would have raised the sales tax on purchasing a car and increased the levy on car insurance. A portion of the insurance revenue would have been dedicated to mass transit.
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Excellent.
What is different about this version of Democrat from the last version? The rebuttal speech that never was. Tax and spend, it's all they know.
This must be the Kaine mutiny.
That's the first "solution" he could come up with? Mass transit?
Isn't that Metro's job in Northern VA, where the traffic problem is most acute?
Tim must be needing to pay off some VDOT IOU's.
Warner denied he was going to raise taxes. Kaine practically guaranteed it. Kaine is a big-time Democrat issue slave and doesn't do anything without consulting the party. Warner is all about Warner.
Both have wives that refused their last names. That should tell you something about them.
Traffic was a BIG northern Virginia issue. Much of it is couched in language to support a "mass transit" solution to the problem which is a liberal genie wish. Liberals LOVE to dig holes to throw money in. In reality, NC's traffic is 200 times worse than Virginia's.
Seriously, the people of Virginia voted for this loser? What is this sado-masochistic need of Virginians to have their taxes hiked?
Well, as of a few weeks from now, there'll be one less Virginian putting up with it. . .
. . .of course, I'm moving into Blue Territory, West Virginia. . .
I guess this is the legislature's way of telling Kaine "we can do better."
Then let Timmy-boy solve it with Geometric Logic. . . it was the strawberries. . . . .
The only way to fix the problem is to build more roads. The state(both Dems and GOPs) have been saying no to a Tyson's Corner and Dulles Metro stop for YEARS. So the only solution is to build more roads. What is the only NEW road in Norter virginia is the past 10 years? Dulles toll road. And that was set to be passed to the State after how many years? 20? 30? Now the state wants it to remain a toll road even after it gets turned over - great break for the citizens there.
This whole state is a joke. They fleece Norther Virginia of all the tax money to spend precious little of it back in Northern Virginia, and the morons here keep on voting DNC to continue this fleecing. It's a freakin madhouse here.
LOL.......oh boy! What's the eyebrow going to do now!
. . .of course, I'm moving into Blue Territory, West Virginia. . .
West Virginia is red, voted for Bush twice. Anyway, you'll be moving there just in time to help vote Byrd-brain out of office.
Any broad that did that wouldn't be my wife!
This will raise some eyebrows.
NOVA wants the whole state to pay to ease their transportation needs.
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