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sides of the aisle, said tax cuts at this point in the economy were not only fiscally prudent, but necessary.
If the economy is slowing, the solution is not to take even more money away from hard-working families, but to let them keep more of what they've earned so they can better provide for their children.
Governor Jim Gilmore ran and won his election largely on his promise to cut this tax. The tax cut was enacted and the budget calculated accordingly. The funds are there to continue the phaseout, and it's dishonest to back out on the promise now.
It’s just plain wrong.
Virginia has a surplus of $400 million over what was spent last year, even with the car tax cut already worked in. If anything, legislators should be figuring out how to cut taxes more, not eliminate the car tax phase-out and, in effect, raise our taxes.
Governor Gilmore has already shown how the promised car tax phase-out can be implemented, state services maintained, and still provide for new initiatives. The problem is, big spenders want more.
The car tax phase-out will, of course, benefit taxpayers all over the state but it will be of special benefit to our area, where we don't have taxpayer-supported public transit. Senior citizens who live on a fixed income but still need reliable transportation would benefit with this phase-out. And hard working Virginians . need this money to clothe and feed their families and save for the college education of their children and their own retirement — far more than the govern
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