Kudos to the Virginia House GOP

Kudos go out to the Virginai House Republicans for insisting that the transportation infrastructure in new developments be paid by local property taxes, as reported in yesterday's Washington Post. This proposal is in line with the proposal of this Center, which states that revenue sources and expenditure items should be more closely aligned at the state level. Their proposal on transportation does that, at least for new developments.

Let us hope that this is the start of an overhaul over who pays for what in Virginia. If the Commonwealth's state leaders can agree that local taxes pay for local roads, building inspection and public safety, fuel taxes and tolls pay for highways, the state police, major thoroughfares and public transit; sales and excise taxes pay for the regulation of commerce; and income taxes pay for education, income redistribution, corrections and mental hygene then it can buget each according to the taxes available and raise taxes when the need outstrips the available funds without getting into a big who-haw about the government wasting tax money.

Kudos on a good first step on the road to financial recovery.