The Lords in Virginia's Senate Still Pushing Tax Increases
Today's Virginian-Pilot reports that "State senators plan to propose a statewide half-percent sales tax increase today in what many lawmakers are viewsing as a final push to break the logjam over transportation spending. The proposal is partly a response to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's concerns that an increase in the gas tax would not pass the House of Delegates at a time when prices at the pump are soaring . . . The timing of (Gov. Kaine's) "latest warning irritated senators who had been backing a 6-cents-per-gallon tax increase on fuel." We've growled recently that the House of Delegates' transportation plan can be largely paid for with existing taxes. What alternative universe are the Senate's tax-and-spenders living in?