http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/ The Competitive Enterprise Institute Blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:46:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-56063 Tax Increases Rejected as Virginia Transportation Standoff Continues | OpenMarket.org Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:06:50 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-56063 [...] Senate (a small gas tax increase) had been removed.  (Many of the taxes contained in the plan, like a grantor’s tax, were worse for the economy than a gas-tax [...] [...] Senate (a small gas tax increase) had been removed.  (Many of the taxes contained in the plan, like a grantor’s tax, were worse for the economy than a gas-tax [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-55987 Virginia Legislators Throw Principles Away in Transportation Deal | OpenMarket.org Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:52:56 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-55987 [...] grantor’s tax is economically destructive to a state that levies it, unlike a gas tax.  Unlike a gas tax, which is paid by out-of-state motorists who use state roads and buy gas in the st....  That reduces their purchasing power more, and thus cuts the state government’s sales [...] [...] grantor’s tax is economically destructive to a state that levies it, unlike a gas tax.  Unlike a gas tax, which is paid by out-of-state motorists who use state roads and buy gas in the st….  That reduces their purchasing power more, and thus cuts the state government’s sales [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-47539 Virginia Lawmakers Should Reject Grantor’s Tax, and Focus on Metro | OpenMarket.org Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:51:06 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-47539 [...] First, they should not revive the regional grantor’s tax, which was widely criticized as economically irrational and unreliable, unfair, and unduly burdensome.  Second, if they levy any replacement taxes, they should use the [...] [...] First, they should not revive the regional grantor’s tax, which was widely criticized as economically irrational and unreliable, unfair, and unduly burdensome.  Second, if they levy any replacement taxes, they should use the [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-47540 Virginia Lawmakers Should Reject Grantor’s Tax, and Focus on Metro | OpenMarket.org Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:51:05 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-47540 [...] First, they should not revive the regional grantor’s tax, which was widely criticized as economically irrational and unreliable, unfair, and unduly burdensome.  Second, if they levy any replacement taxes, they should use the [...] [...] First, they should not revive the regional grantor’s tax, which was widely criticized as economically irrational and unreliable, unfair, and unduly burdensome.  Second, if they levy any replacement taxes, they should use the [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-45120 Pointless Nativism in Virginia | OpenMarket.org Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:05:51 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-45120 [...] budget deficit and unanticipated shortfalls in transportation funding, despite mushrooming taxes in recent years. So what does Virginia’s House of Delegates [...] [...] budget deficit and unanticipated shortfalls in transportation funding, despite mushrooming taxes in recent years. So what does Virginia’s House of Delegates [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-44877 Veronica Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:49:39 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/02/15/virginias-abusive-grantors-tax-causes-yet-more-problems/#comment-44877 instead of taxing more why don't they come up with alternative methods of gaining revenue. instead of taxing more why don’t they come up with alternative methods of gaining revenue.

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