Budget & Revenue
Turning a Profit from ‘Charity’
Lawmakers want to have sufficient state revenue to build up reserve funds and invest in ongoing commitments to education and healthcare. Cleaning up costly tax credits needs to be part of the equation.
Average Virginian Families Provided a Pittance from GOP-Trump Tax Plan, Top 1% Would See Windfall
What we need is tax reform that ensures everyone contributes their fair share to build the thriving communities that we all want to live in. To get there though, we can’t afford to provide lucrative tax giveaways to those who need it least while providing a relative pittance to average Virginians.
We Need More than Wishful Thinking: A Closer Look at the Candidates’ Tax Plans
Issue platforms by the current candidates for Virginia Governor, including Republican candidate Ed Gillespie, Libertarian candidate Cliff Hyra, and Democratic candidate Ralph Northam, include proposals to modify or eliminate Virginia’s local business taxes, modify Virginia’s individual income tax, and eliminate the state portion of Virginia’s sales tax on groceries.
Building Opportunity: A Toolkit for Virginia’s Future
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More Tax Cuts for the Rich: A Familiar, Failed Recipe
When it comes to tax cuts for the rich, the promised economic growth often fails to materialize. This time around, we should ask lawmakers to choose a different path.
Let’s Take a Look at Where Government Aid is Really Going
As we move forward to proposed tax reform and budgets – both state and federal – an equal level of scrutiny ought to be applied both to tax breaks and to how we choose to invest in communities.
Building Opportunity: A Toolkit for Virginia’s Future
We all want to believe that if we meet our obligations and if we work hard at the things we choose to do that we’ll be rewarded with opportunities to get ahead.
How to Address Rural Areas’ Economic Woes? Smart Investments, Not Tax Cuts
How can Virginia spur rural economic development? That’s the question on a lot of minds these days – and with good reason.
Will Wittman and Comstock Stand Up for the Federal Employees in their Districts?
The proposed House budget could mean trouble for federal employees and their families. And that’s particularly bad news for Virginia, as it has the second highest number of federal civilian employees of any state, behind California.