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Virginia: Four years, four budget surpluses
Posted by:
Governor Bob McDonnell
()
Date: August 21, 2013 12:51AM
Bet you won't see this in tomorrow's news, and if you do it will be "balanced" with the non-scandal of gift returns.
Earlier today in the Governor's Annual Address to Virginia's Joint Money Committees, Bob McDonnell announced a $585 Million budget surplus for this fiscal year, the fourth surplus in four years for the McDonnell Administration. This made the cumulative surplus total for Virginia under Governor McDonnell's leadership at a staggering $2 Billion -- the highest four year stimulus total in the Commonwealth's history!
This concludes a remarkable turnaround for Virginia, as Bob McDonnell was facing a $6 Billion budget shortfall when he took office. Instead, Virginia finds itself on its strongest fiscal footing in decades.
This remarkable turnaround was not an accident, but rather the result of Governor McDonnell working with members of both political parties to solve Virginia's fiscal challenges. In his address, the Governor also noted that general fund spending in Virginia has increased only 0.3% over the last six years, far below the rate of population growth and inflation.
While our nation's capitol is plagued by a never-ending federal debt crisis, Governor McDonnell is again demonstrating the leadership, vision and commitment needed to solve Virginia's most pressing problems.
For a full copy of Governor McDonnell's remarks, please click here:
http://tinyurl.com/lak2c52
Earlier today in the Governor's Annual Address to Virginia's Joint Money Committees, Bob McDonnell announced a $585 Million budget surplus for this fiscal year, the fourth surplus in four years for the McDonnell Administration. This made the cumulative surplus total for Virginia under Governor McDonnell's leadership at a staggering $2 Billion -- the highest four year stimulus total in the Commonwealth's history!
This concludes a remarkable turnaround for Virginia, as Bob McDonnell was facing a $6 Billion budget shortfall when he took office. Instead, Virginia finds itself on its strongest fiscal footing in decades.
This remarkable turnaround was not an accident, but rather the result of Governor McDonnell working with members of both political parties to solve Virginia's fiscal challenges. In his address, the Governor also noted that general fund spending in Virginia has increased only 0.3% over the last six years, far below the rate of population growth and inflation.
While our nation's capitol is plagued by a never-ending federal debt crisis, Governor McDonnell is again demonstrating the leadership, vision and commitment needed to solve Virginia's most pressing problems.
For a full copy of Governor McDonnell's remarks, please click here:
http://tinyurl.com/lak2c52
Re: Virginia: Four years, four budget surpluses
Posted by:
Gerrymanderer2
()
Date: August 21, 2013 02:59AM
Passed with Democratic votes in the legislature. The transportation bill was criticized for not being conservative by Grover Norquist and even called unconstitutional by the current Attorney General and Republican nominee for Governor Ken Cuccinelli.
The only reason Bob McDonnell struck that compromise and used Democratic votes is because he had no legislative achievements whatsoever. He worked for Democrats for his own political future viability. Lets thank all the Democrats in the state legislature.
The only reason Bob McDonnell struck that compromise and used Democratic votes is because he had no legislative achievements whatsoever. He worked for Democrats for his own political future viability. Lets thank all the Democrats in the state legislature.
Re: Virginia: Four years, four budget surpluses
Posted by:
Sonny
()
Date: August 21, 2013 03:07AM
The fact that either party attempts to take credit for this is laughable.
Return that extra money to its rightful owner; the taxpayer.
r - e - f - u - n -d.
Return that extra money to its rightful owner; the taxpayer.
r - e - f - u - n -d.
Re: Virginia: Four years, four budget surpluses
Posted by:
Reality
()
Date: August 21, 2013 03:19AM
Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> Passed with Democratic votes in the legislature.
> The transportation bill was criticized for not
> being conservative by Grover Norquist and even
> called unconstitutional by the current Attorney
> General and Republican nominee for Governor Ken
> Cuccinelli.
>
> The only reason Bob McDonnell struck that
> compromise and used Democratic votes is because he
> had no legislative achievements whatsoever. He
> worked for Democrats for his own political future
> viability. Lets thank all the Democrats in the
> state legislature.
Here's a fun question, Gerry: Who is Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates?
Oh, that's right: Bill Howell (R-Stafford). Guess ole' Bob must have gotten the Speaker on-board then and not just "Democrats".
Question 2: How irrelevent are your Democrats in the House of Delegates. Oh that's right, down to 32 seats now. (ouch)
Your Democratic House members can't even pass gas. They are that useless. So enough with the "passed with Democratic votes". That some of you were on-board with finally doing something with transportation instead of just bitching about it doesn't qualify you as the bill's authors.
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> Passed with Democratic votes in the legislature.
> The transportation bill was criticized for not
> being conservative by Grover Norquist and even
> called unconstitutional by the current Attorney
> General and Republican nominee for Governor Ken
> Cuccinelli.
>
> The only reason Bob McDonnell struck that
> compromise and used Democratic votes is because he
> had no legislative achievements whatsoever. He
> worked for Democrats for his own political future
> viability. Lets thank all the Democrats in the
> state legislature.
Here's a fun question, Gerry: Who is Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates?
Oh, that's right: Bill Howell (R-Stafford). Guess ole' Bob must have gotten the Speaker on-board then and not just "Democrats".
Question 2: How irrelevent are your Democrats in the House of Delegates. Oh that's right, down to 32 seats now. (ouch)
Your Democratic House members can't even pass gas. They are that useless. So enough with the "passed with Democratic votes". That some of you were on-board with finally doing something with transportation instead of just bitching about it doesn't qualify you as the bill's authors.
Re: Virginia: Four years, four budget surpluses
Posted by:
noperz
()
Date: August 21, 2013 03:19AM
Good for him. I can think of a whole bunch of other states with Governors of different stripes that have surpluses.
Re: Virginia: Four years, four budget surpluses
Posted by:
Retort
()
Date: August 21, 2013 04:26AM
Governor Bob McDonnell Wrote:
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> Bet you won't see this in tomorrow's news, and if
> you do it will be "balanced" with the non-scandal
> of gift returns.
>
> Earlier today in the Governor's Annual Address to
> Virginia's Joint Money Committees, Bob McDonnell
> announced a $585 Million budget surplus for this
> fiscal year, the fourth surplus in four years for
> the McDonnell Administration. This made the
> cumulative surplus total for Virginia under
> Governor McDonnell's leadership at a staggering $2
> Billion -- the highest four year stimulus total in
> the Commonwealth's history!
>
> This concludes a remarkable turnaround for
> Virginia, as Bob McDonnell was facing a $6 Billion
> budget shortfall when he took office. Instead,
> Virginia finds itself on its strongest fiscal
> footing in decades.
>
> This remarkable turnaround was not an accident,
> but rather the result of Governor McDonnell
> working with members of both political parties to
> solve Virginia's fiscal challenges. In his
> address, the Governor also noted that general fund
> spending in Virginia has increased only 0.3% over
> the last six years, far below the rate of
> population growth and inflation.
>
> While our nation's capitol is plagued by a
> never-ending federal debt crisis, Governor
> McDonnell is again demonstrating the leadership,
> vision and commitment needed to solve Virginia's
> most pressing problems.
>
> For a full copy of Governor McDonnell's remarks,
> please click here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lak2c52
Outstanding, except that we have epic traffic congestion, a soaring crime rate, and a diminished police presence. Nice work Govenor.
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> Bet you won't see this in tomorrow's news, and if
> you do it will be "balanced" with the non-scandal
> of gift returns.
>
> Earlier today in the Governor's Annual Address to
> Virginia's Joint Money Committees, Bob McDonnell
> announced a $585 Million budget surplus for this
> fiscal year, the fourth surplus in four years for
> the McDonnell Administration. This made the
> cumulative surplus total for Virginia under
> Governor McDonnell's leadership at a staggering $2
> Billion -- the highest four year stimulus total in
> the Commonwealth's history!
>
> This concludes a remarkable turnaround for
> Virginia, as Bob McDonnell was facing a $6 Billion
> budget shortfall when he took office. Instead,
> Virginia finds itself on its strongest fiscal
> footing in decades.
>
> This remarkable turnaround was not an accident,
> but rather the result of Governor McDonnell
> working with members of both political parties to
> solve Virginia's fiscal challenges. In his
> address, the Governor also noted that general fund
> spending in Virginia has increased only 0.3% over
> the last six years, far below the rate of
> population growth and inflation.
>
> While our nation's capitol is plagued by a
> never-ending federal debt crisis, Governor
> McDonnell is again demonstrating the leadership,
> vision and commitment needed to solve Virginia's
> most pressing problems.
>
> For a full copy of Governor McDonnell's remarks,
> please click here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lak2c52
Outstanding, except that we have epic traffic congestion, a soaring crime rate, and a diminished police presence. Nice work Govenor.
Re: Virginia: Four years, four budget surpluses
Posted by:
Whining Gerrymander is an idiot
()
Date: August 21, 2013 06:52AM
Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> Passed with Democratic votes in the legislature.
Compromise is an essential element of political leadership.
> The transportation bill was criticized for not
> being conservative by Grover Norquist
Exactly.
> and even
> called unconstitutional by the current Attorney
> General and Republican nominee for Governor Ken
> Cuccinelli.
And the wording was then fixed by the legislature so it would be more difficult to challenge in court by its opponents. Good job, Cuccinelli.
>
> The only reason Bob McDonnell struck that
> compromise and used Democratic votes is because he
> had no legislative achievements whatsoever.
Budget surpluses without legislation achievement. Explain that. No, don't bother.
> He
> worked for Democrats for his own political future
> viability. Lets thank all the Democrats in the
> state legislature.
And made Virginia a financially stronger state in the process.
Nice job, Governor.
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> Passed with Democratic votes in the legislature.
Compromise is an essential element of political leadership.
> The transportation bill was criticized for not
> being conservative by Grover Norquist
Exactly.
> and even
> called unconstitutional by the current Attorney
> General and Republican nominee for Governor Ken
> Cuccinelli.
And the wording was then fixed by the legislature so it would be more difficult to challenge in court by its opponents. Good job, Cuccinelli.
>
> The only reason Bob McDonnell struck that
> compromise and used Democratic votes is because he
> had no legislative achievements whatsoever.
Budget surpluses without legislation achievement. Explain that. No, don't bother.
> He
> worked for Democrats for his own political future
> viability. Lets thank all the Democrats in the
> state legislature.
And made Virginia a financially stronger state in the process.
Nice job, Governor.
Re: Virginia: Four years, four budget surpluses
Posted by:
Borrowing Borrower
()
Date: August 21, 2013 07:06AM
Borrowing from pension funds doesn't create an honest surplus. This is why Bob will be best known for his trans-vaginal social agenda and well-documented ethics lapses.
Re: Virginia: Four years, four budget surpluses
Posted by:
rightiesarefunny
()
Date: August 21, 2013 07:23AM
You must think bill Clinton was a great president. Budget surpluses are great and who cares about ethical lapses anyway?
Re: Virginia: Four years, four budget surpluses
Posted by:
just make up some shit
()
Date: August 21, 2013 12:11PM
Retort Wrote:
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>
> Outstanding, except that we have epic traffic
> congestion, a soaring crime rate, and a diminished
> police presence. Nice work Govenor.
Actually, none of that is true beyond maybe traffic congestion. Which is down from what it was and is subject to planning/development/funding along 10+ year time frames so McDonnell would have little to do with anything happening now as far as that goes. And he (finally) was the one who worked out a compromise to deal with revenue shortfalls for transportation funding. Surely you can find something better to criticize about the guy without just making up some shit that sounds good.
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>
> Outstanding, except that we have epic traffic
> congestion, a soaring crime rate, and a diminished
> police presence. Nice work Govenor.
Actually, none of that is true beyond maybe traffic congestion. Which is down from what it was and is subject to planning/development/funding along 10+ year time frames so McDonnell would have little to do with anything happening now as far as that goes. And he (finally) was the one who worked out a compromise to deal with revenue shortfalls for transportation funding. Surely you can find something better to criticize about the guy without just making up some shit that sounds good.