McDonnell Vows To Not Raise Taxes

Bob McDonnell came out unequivocally against any sort of tax increases this year, telling a Richmond forum this:

“The worst thing you can do during a recession is try to tax yourself to prosperity."

This is a great first sign in the coming General Assembly session where Tim Kaine and the Democrats will looking to do just that, raise taxes.  Just listen to Creigh Deeds and Brian Moran, who use the usual "nothing should be off the table" broad lines to somehow justify bad policy.  McDonnell sees through it, and ironically so does Terry McAuliffe.  

This is an important first step for McDonnell.  Admittedly, not every conservative is wild about him at this point, but this is a strong sign that McDonnell won't wilt in the face of the Democrat tide he is up against.  Ensuring that Virginians don't have to pay where when they have less is an important bedrock principle moving forward for the party.  For McDonnell to embrace this principle so early is a good sign that his campaign will be focused on conservative answers to questions that, to this point, Democrats have failed to answer despite a near eight-year grip on power in the state.  

Comments

[Loudoun Insider]

The sympolism of the two tables is great! There's the realists to the left, and the other two conferring about how in the world to not sound too kooky when saying they will need to raise taxes.