RLCVA Chairman to General Assembly: Do Not Raise Taxes to “Fix” Transportation

The chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Virginia strongly cautioned legislators in Richmond against using tax increase to replace the funds lost when the Supreme Court ruled that the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority’s taxes and fees were unconstitutional. 

“I held out hope that . . . the Republicans in the General Assembly would take this second chance to craft a transportation solution without raising taxes,” said McGuire on his right-wing liberal blog.  “Alas, they seem determined to repeat their initial mistake, and put the proverbial gun to the heads of local officials.”

Not that the RLCVA head was happy with the Democrats: “the G.A. Democrats wanted a gas-tax hike then, and  sadly, they still want one now. . . There are ways to deal with transportation without shoveling piles of taxpayer money at the problem and hoping it goes away.”

McGuire noted that Republicans in particular had best be wary: “the idea that Northern Virginians and Hampton Roads residents will sit still for HB3202 II - The Sequel is insane.  Meanwhile, tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of Virginia voters will wonder why the supposed party of limited government and low taxes will have helped to enact three tax increases in five years.”

 The Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) is a grassroots, nationwide organization affiliated with the Republican Party (GOP). The goal of the RLC is to elect pro-liberty individuals to public office.  The RLC was founded in 1990, and now has members in every state. 

“Voters in northern Virginia and Hampton Roads made abundantly clear what they thought of these taxes and fees on November 6,” said McGuire.  “Republicans who supported them lost support (and in many cases, their jobs), while Republicans who opposed them gained support.  They won’t take kindly to the GOP bringing those old taxes back under new labels or less dubious constitutional authority.”

For more information, e-mail D. J. McGuire at djmcguire_1999@yahoo.com or visit the RLC’s national web site at http://www.rlc.org.