GOP Causing Shame Among Virginians
Posted: February 6, 2013
For the first time in my life, I’m ashamed to be from Virginia. The Republican senators’ shenanigans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day was disgraceful. Gov. Bob McDonnell’s attempt to take over the Virginia Rail Express from the local authorities is an unbelievable abuse of power, but his proposal to eliminate our gas tax will be our ruin.
Instead of asking the people who use our roads to pay for road improvements with taxes, he wants to increase our sales tax. This means that everyone will be forced to pay for road use, whether they drive or not. Should the elderly and retirees, who drive less, pay just as much as commuters who drive hundreds of miles daily? What about the folks who use public transportation, bicycles and buggies?
Taxing gas forces people to drive less. It’s as simple as that.
Instead of asking the people who use our roads to pay for road improvements with taxes, he wants to increase our sales tax. This means that everyone will be forced to pay for road use, whether they drive or not. Should the elderly and retirees, who drive less, pay just as much as commuters who drive hundreds of miles daily? What about the folks who use public transportation, bicycles and buggies?
Taxing gas forces people to drive less. It’s as simple as that.
F.L. McCollum
Fairfax
Fairfax