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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on February 12, 2013, 02:40:46 PM

Title: Bill to allow NoVa counties to impose one percent income tax without public vote
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 12, 2013, 02:40:46 PM: Bill to allow NoVa counties to impose one percent income tax without public vote passes Va. Senate
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-state-of-nova/post/bill-to-allow-nova-counties-to-impose-one-percent-income-tax-without-public-vote-passes-va-senate/2013/02/12/282dcf04-74a1-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_blog.html
Title: Re: Bill to allow NoVa counties to impose one percent income tax without public vote
Post by: docstew on February 12, 2013, 03:38:02 PM: I'm of two minds on this. On the one hand, I'm against gov't at any level imposing income taxes, especially without a public vote. On the other hand, many of the bureaucrats that **** up our lives out here in the real America live there, so any bad thing that happens to them at the hands of gov't I'm almost ok with.

I'm so confused.
Title: Re: Bill to allow NoVa counties to impose one percent income tax without public vote
Post by: thundley4 on February 12, 2013, 03:52:30 PM: Quote from: docstew on February 12, 2013, 03:38:02 PM
I'm of two minds on this. On the one hand, I'm against gov't at any level imposing income taxes, especially without a public vote. On the other hand, many of the bureaucrats that **** up our lives out here in the real America live there, so any bad thing that happens to them at the hands of gov't I'm almost ok with.

I'm so confused.

I'm the same way. If this applied only to the counties and cities surrounding DC, then I'd say why limit it to 1%, and why can't they make it a "progressive tax" and make it higher for the DC elite. I don't see why they included Norfolk, and Va. Beach in the bill.
Title: Re: Bill to allow NoVa counties to impose one percent income tax without public vote
Post by: NHSparky on February 13, 2013, 07:49:40 AM: IIRC, the border counties in Maine get an extra 1 percent tacked on because Augusta probably knows they're all heading over to NH for their shit.