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Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin announced new policy proposals Monday that he says would be funded with Virginia’s surplus and revenue over the next year. Democrats responded to the announcement from Youngkin in their own press conference Tuesday.
With plans to both spend more and cut taxes, his campaign stressed that local funding for things like public safety and education would not decrease. The initial cuts would total $1.8 billion with a recurring total of $1.4 billion a year. Virginia saw a $2.6 billion surplus this previous fiscal — approximately half of that is required by law to go into Virginia’s rainy-day fund.
Campaign aides for Youngkin provided several specific policy proposals in a press call Monday morning. Suspending the gas tax hike for one year, providing tax rebates of $300 for individuals and $600 for couples, eliminating taxes for veterans on the first $40,000 of their retirement pay, and cutting income taxes by doubling the standard deductions — $259 for individuals and $518 for couples, are some of the key ideas from Youngkin’s new proposal.
“It is absolutely too darn expensive to live in Virginia,” Youngkin said at a campaign rally in Northern Virginia Monday afternoon. “The liberal left keeps piling on costs.”
Democratic leaders from the General Assembly held a press conference Tuesday to respond to the plan from Youngkin.
“Youngkin’s day 1 plan that he threw out yesterday, from my perspective, it’s a carnival of bad ideas from the last two decades led by this guy who was one of Donald Trump’s lead ring masters," said Senate Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair Scott Surovell. "Glenn Youngkin has said that Donald Trump represents so much of why he is running and nowhere, nowhere is that more clear than in this Trump-inspired plan to eliminate the Virginia income tax.”
State Del. Jay Jones (D) also responded to the plan from Youngkin. “It's truly shocking to really think about and contemplate how much damage Glenn Youngkin's failed tax plan could do in just one community. [...] When Glenn talks about keeping our communities safe, it's very, very clear to me and so many others that he has absolutely no clue what he's talking about.”
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By Brandon Jarvis and Marques JonesRepublican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin announced new policy proposals Monday that he says would be funded with Virginia’s surplus and revenue over the next year. Democrats responded to the announcement from Youngkin in their own press conference Tuesday.
With plans to both spend more and cut taxes, his campaign stressed that local funding for things like public safety and education would not decrease. The initial cuts would total $1.8 billion with a recurring total of $1.4 billion a year. Virginia saw a $2.6 billion surplus this previous fiscal — approximately half of that is required by law to go into Virginia’s rainy-day fund.
Campaign aides for Youngkin provided several specific policy proposals in a press call Monday morning. Suspending the gas tax hike for one year, providing tax rebates of $300 for individuals and $600 for couples, eliminating taxes for veterans on the first $40,000 of their retirement pay, and cutting income taxes by doubling the standard deductions — $259 for individuals and $518 for couples, are some of the key ideas from Youngkin’s new proposal.
“It is absolutely too darn expensive to live in Virginia,” Youngkin said at a campaign rally in Northern Virginia Monday afternoon. “The liberal left keeps piling on costs.”
Democratic leaders from the General Assembly held a press conference Tuesday to respond to the plan from Youngkin.
“Youngkin’s day 1 plan that he threw out yesterday, from my perspective, it’s a carnival of bad ideas from the last two decades led by this guy who was one of Donald Trump’s lead ring masters," said Senate Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair Scott Surovell. "Glenn Youngkin has said that Donald Trump represents so much of why he is running and nowhere, nowhere is that more clear than in this Trump-inspired plan to eliminate the Virginia income tax.”
State Del. Jay Jones (D) also responded to the plan from Youngkin. “It's truly shocking to really think about and contemplate how much damage Glenn Youngkin's failed tax plan could do in just one community. [...] When Glenn talks about keeping our communities safe, it's very, very clear to me and so many others that he has absolutely no clue what he's talking about.”