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The Aggressive Progressive Democratic Agenda

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Posted By: FleetUSA, 1/31/2024 9:34:18 AM

The Democrats now running Virginia’s General Assembly are not just more progressive, but far more ambitious than their predecessors. To fully understand how ambitious you must compile the entire list of progressive bills advancing in the 2024 session and consider their total impact on the cost of living and cost of doing business in the commonwealth. Individual news stories miss the big picture.

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As the article says, they are trying to import expensive ideas from CA, NY, and more liberal states.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: formerNYer 1/31/2024 12:02:35 PM (No. 1648233)
Enjoy the suck Viginians its about to start!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: mc squared 1/31/2024 12:25:58 PM (No. 1648254)
Author repeats a common fallacy. Like Social Security taxes, the total tax isn't shared between the employer and employee. The worker bears the total cost because it's included in the 'loaded' cost to the employer and serves to keep wages down. FTA: The initial payroll tax discussed in the fiscal impact statement is about 1%, up to $5 per week on both employer and employee.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: planetgeo 1/31/2024 12:26:53 PM (No. 1648256)
It's not just the Democrat-run states. Government entities at ALL levels regardless of whether they are D or R administrations are out of control in spending and taxation creep! And government employee wages and benefits are out of control too. Non-government workers are now the slaves supporting the "government class". It's way past time not just to stop this but also to drastically reverse this.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: MickTurn 2/1/2024 12:29:06 PM (No. 1648894)
Correction: The COMMUNIST Democrat Agenda!
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