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ists have a stranglehold on the current debate.
“The effort to exclude the everyday citizens from the current tax debate has been so successful that the voice of the ordinary’, hardworking Virginia taxpayer is hardly being heard in Richmond today,” the joint statement said.
“Instead, government insiders and lobbyists for various interests are dominating the discussion," Allen and Wilder said. “Right now, average Virginians have not only been locked out of the process; they are being scared into believing there are only two choices: huge new taxes or government shutdown come July 1."
The two former governors
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