Tray von Martin Wrote:
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> List of Shame Wrote:
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> > More VA Taxes!!! Wrote:
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> > > GOP lolz Wrote:
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> > > > For such a GOP dominated state, that sure
> is
> > a
> > > lot
> > > > of tax increases.
> > > >
> > > > So awesome that our sales tax is higher
> than
> > > the
> > > > rest of the state, other than Hampton
> Roads.
> > > Not
> > > > like it's already expensive as fuck to live
> > up
> > > > here.
> > >
> > > I guess the pledge of republicans lowering
> > taxes
> > > was all just one big lie. Thanks again
> > > GOP!!!!!!!
> > >
> > > The next time republicans tell us they are
> > going
> > > to lower our taxes we should all tell them to
> > > STICK IT you know where!
> >
> >
> > The majority of Republicans did not support
> most
> > of these taxes. The only way that they passed
> was
> > because of cross-overs. e.g., for the
> > transportation bill:
> >
> >
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> > Who voted for and against?
> >
> > The 25 to 15 vote in the Senate included 17
> > Democrats and 8 Republicans voting yes, and 3
> > Democrats and 12 Republicans voting no.
> Northern
> > Virginia yes votes were Senators George Barker,
> > Charles Colgan Sr., Barbara Favola, Mark
> Herring,
> > Janett Howell, Dave Marsden, Toddy Puller and
> > Richard Saslaw, all Democrats. No votes were
> > Democratic Senators Adam Ebbin and Chap
> Peterson,
> > and Republican Senators Richard Black and Jill
> > Holtzman Vogel.
> >
> > The 60 to 40 vote in the House included 25
> > Democrats and 35 Republicans voting yes, and 4
> > Democrats and 36 Republicans voting no.
> Northern
> > Virginia yes votes were Democratic Delegates
> > Robert Brink, David Bulova, Eileen Filler-Corn,
> > Charniele Herring, Patrick Hope, Mark Keam,
> Kaye
> > Kory, Robert Krupicka, Alfonso Lopez, Kenneth
> > Plum, James Scott, Mark Sickles, Luke Torian
> and
> > Vivian Watts; and Republican Delegates David
> Albo,
> > Mark Dudenhefer, Thomas Greason, James
> LeMunyon,
> > Joseph May, Randall Minchew, and Thomas Rust.
> >
> > Northern Virginia no votes came from Democratic
> > Delegate Scott Surovell and Republicans Richard
> > Anderson, Barbara Comstock, Timothy Hugo, Scott
> > Lingamfelter, Robert Marshall, Jackson Miller,
> and
> > David Ramadan.
> >
> >
> > So now you know who to blame.
>
>
> Facts are such pesky things.
>
>
> And besides, according to Big Mac's commercials,
> it was he who reached across the aisle and got
> state dems to work with the guv when republicans
> (read: teabagger bigots to use dem terms) would
> not.
>
> So really, I guess we should all thank Terry
> Macaullife for the taxes.
So let me try to understand your twisted logic.....
The republicans control the general assembly and the governor's office
Taxes go up
It's the democrats fault?