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The Stealth Tax Increase that Remains in the Virginia Budget
While there has been much celebration at the passage of a new $188 billion biennial budget for Virginia, this deal would not have been possible had there not been close to $1.06 billion in higher-than-expected tax revenue ($1.2 billion by the end of the … Continue reading
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Convenience Stores Will Continue to Flourish Without Skill Games
In today’s Roanoke Times, Thomas Jefferson Institute President Derrick Max rebutted the false claim that convenience stores will have to close if Governor Youngkin doesn’t approve the expansion of skill games into convenience stores across the Commonwealth. Max wrote (links added … Continue reading
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Virginia’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Deserves a Veto
Sitting on Governor Youngkin’s desk is a paid family and medical leave bill that would provide eight weeks of paid leave per year for most employees in the Commonwealth. The program would pay employees 80 percent of their weekly salary up … Continue reading
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Governor Youngkin uses his veto pen to protect farmers and lower-skilled workers
There is a near-universal consensus among economists that increases in the minimum wage harm low-skilled workers the most. Originally designed to mimic racially discriminatory laws elsewhere, the minimum wage continues to be a means of picking certain classes and geographic locations over others. For … Continue reading
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Governor Youngkin Joins the “No Car Tax” Movement
During Governor Glenn Youngkin’s budget submission to the General Assembly, he called for the elimination of the single most hated tax in the Commonwealth — the car tax. He is right, the car tax is very unpopular. Back in 1997, Jim … Continue reading
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