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saying, “When George Bush cuts a tax, I want to be there.”
Wilder said in May that under his leadership the state had already cut taxes by “eliminating the regressive sales tax on non-prescription drugs.”
In an era in which Democratic presidential candidates are thought to have fared poorly in large part because of their reputations as taxers and spenders, Wilder’s position has attracted considerable attention. He has been touted by several national columnist and political consultants as perhaps the Democrats’ best hope of capturing the White House.
But even some of those who praise Wilder’s tax stand say it is a calculated ploy to attract national attention and position himself to the right politically of other contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992 or 1996.
In an interview with Arundel Newspapers in Leesburg Dec. 14, Wilder denied considering his national political future in making budget decisions.
“The future doesn’t even enter my mind with reference to what I must do,” he said.
Wilder added that the budget situation does present him “with an opportunity to streamline government in Virginia,” an opportunity he might not otherwise have had.
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