D.J. McGuire hits hard against the tax-hiking Republicans for voting for the five-cent gas tax hike.
For those who need a reminder, this was a variant of the theoretical gas tax hike I took to task in December 2007 (when it was just a 4% gas tax hike). True to form, some Democrats as well the more editorialist flavors of the MSM criticized my reaction for being — and I quote — “attack language”.
Heh.
Not only is the gasoline tax regressive, as fuel economies continue to improve it will become highly unreliable as a method of generating new revenues for roads.
Add this to the fact that long promised improvements to both VDOT’s efficiency and the Commonwealth’s approach to transportation funding remain ignored, and you have the very definition of reactionary policy.
That our Democratic Senate wasted no time in raising taxes isn’t shocking. It’s the colluding Republicans that continue to mystify the rank-and-file.