Conservatives everywhere are scratching their heads as the results of the latest JLARC study give an utterly damning condemnation of state overspending during the previous ten years:
How could this be? I thought Virginia had been chronically under-funded its obligations thanks to the obstructions of the anti-tax Neanderthals!
Adjusting for population growth and inflation, the state budget grew roughly by 3.7% a year in a 10-year span.
Anyone else notice a comparable improvement per annum in the quality of our schools? Test scores? Transportation network? Lower college tuition? Responsiveness in state government? Revised property tax codes?