Comments on: State budget shortfall passes $3 billion http://rightwingliberal.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/state-budget-shortfall-passes-3-billion/ Where it hasn't been 1971 for a long time Mon, 13 May 2013 13:08:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Robyn http://rightwingliberal.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/state-budget-shortfall-passes-3-billion/#comment-4381 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:25:47 +0000 http://rightwingliberal.wordpress.com/?p=2142#comment-4381 Don’t forget Jody Wagner’s role in all this. With her running for Lt. Gov., it’s a great opportunity for us to point out the ineptitude while Bolling was calling for more revised and more realistic revenue projections.

]]> By: Timothy Watson http://rightwingliberal.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/state-budget-shortfall-passes-3-billion/#comment-4370 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:05:22 +0000 http://rightwingliberal.wordpress.com/?p=2142#comment-4370 How much did that “bipartisan retreat” cost?

]]> By: J Beck http://rightwingliberal.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/state-budget-shortfall-passes-3-billion/#comment-4366 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:28:50 +0000 http://rightwingliberal.wordpress.com/?p=2142#comment-4366 DJ–

Oh my friend, you do not realize that there is an instantaneous tax that can be passed…probably with broad bipartisan support and, unfortunately without much public angst. With gasoline prices tanking, the opportunity for increasing VA’s 17.5 cent gasoline excise tax to over 20 cents and indexing it to inflation is greatly increased…After all, who will notice a 5-cent increase in gasoline taxes as prices fall? Heck, a 10-cent increase is not out of the question. The political cover? It will put us in line with our neighbors…

NC-29.9 cents
TN-20.0 cents
KY-21.1 cents
WV-20.5 cents
MD-23.5 cents
DE-23.0 cents
DC-20.0 cents

Just watch…it will happen soon! (Along with an increase in the federal excise tax from 18.4 cents to around 25 cents).

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