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was introduced in the legislature. By law the Commonwealth must balance it's budget every year. Because of this, the legislature must consider the downstream costs of its actions and if they are unsuccessful, they can be voted out of office when the public is unhappy with the loss of services, poor highways and low teacher salaries.
In contrast, Virginia limits its Governors to one term, thereby minimizing many of effects of budgetary decisions which aren't paid for until they are out of office.
Demagoguery of an issue is never productive. Not everyone who is concerned about the costs of the current rate of the phase out of the car tax is a tax and spend liberal as demonstrated by Senator Chichester.
I also doubt that Alan Greenspan would support the repeal of tax in Virginia because, unlike the federal government, the Commonwealth does not have a large surplus this year. Remember this is the same Chairman of the Federal Reserve who supported the deficit reduction plan in 1993 which cut spending and raised taxes because the government couldn't afford to pay its obligations.
It is important to note that all three of the current candidates (2 Republicans and 1 Democrat) for Governor support the repeal of the car tax. Most assuredly it will ultimately be repealed, the problem is we first need to find a rational and responsible way to pay for it.
James Dennis
1985 RCHS graduate
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