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Last Updated on Thursday, 3 January 2008 11:51 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 3 January 2008 11:21
Read this article and see if you can spot the Democrat doublespeak. Good for Tim Kaine – he’s not calling his grabs into taxpayers pockets tax hikes – he’s calling them fee increases. Brilliant!
The $78 billion budget rolled out in December calls for higher costs on everything from vehicle inspections to professional licenses for teachers to pay for more employees for state and local programs.”Due to our success in finding efficiencies and savings, I do not propose any tax increases to cover the cost of targeted service expansions,” Kaine told legislators last month.
“My proposed budget does include some minor fee increases, but where possible, I have tried to balance these with reductions elsewhere,” he said.