It was about expanding government taxation to fund equity-based redistribution in Virginia schools.

Loudoun County resident Scott Mineo is doing great work as a citizen journalist. You can read his X posts under the name of “A Guy on X Striving to Be the Virginia Change Agent” @VaChangeAgent. He’s not a journalist, but he does love to dig into documents. And there’s a lot to probe in the avalanche of bills submitted to the General Assembly each year. Not all pass — those he profiles below didn’t — but they do reveal how the rising generation of leftist legislators hopes to advance the “equity” agenda. — JAB

Most Virginians heard the headlines. “Democrats want to tax gym memberships.” But after digging through HB978, HB900, SB730, committee records, fiscal language, and revenue allocation formulas, something much larger begins to emerge:

The proposed “fitness tax” was not an isolated policy idea.

It was part of a sweeping attempt to permanently expand Virginia’s taxation system into the modern service economy — and redirect a massive portion of the new revenue toward equity-based education funding structures across the Commonwealth.

The gym tax was simply the politically visible tip of the spear. The real story was buried much deeper in the legislation. And most Virginians never saw it.

Continue reading Scott’s post.