Youngkin’s Budget Amendments: No Radical Changes
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32 responses to “Youngkin’s Budget Amendments: No Radical Changes”
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Former Lt Gov Bolling seems to see a more substantial change in Gov Youngkin’s budget …
https://bearingdrift.com/2022/12/19/bolling-gov-youngkins-budget-and-the-current-economy/
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As I said, he is building on what is already there by putting more money in existing programs and activities. In mental health, which I will describe in detail later, his emphasis is different, but he is not proposing anything new, just more emphasis in one area.
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Bolling seems to see the tax cuts are more important than you do.
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As I said in my article, I try to stay in my lane and leave tax policy to Steve to write about.
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Fair point. However, didn’t Youngkin’s proposed budget also include $500m for a new stadium for the Commanders? While this might not be an Earth-shaking amount in the grand scheme of things … it’s been a point of controversy for some time.
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You’d think conservatives would be as opposed to this subsidized boondoggle as much as they are opposed to offshore wind, eh?
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I think the entire economic development budget is excessive and often miss-spent.
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we sort of agree. I think there ARE some smart investments that exist but the way Virginia does it is inherently wasteful and often for bogus “schemes”.
We squandered the tobacco settlement and will the opioid one also if we do our “normal”.
This is an opportunity for a Conservative Governor to show how to do it right and win over some folks.
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“We squandered the tobacco settlement”
The landowners who made out big on the industrial parks built with that money don’t think so.
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Well, I always wondered why the tobacco settlement was not for the folks who had medical conditions due to cigarettes instead of “economic development”.
It’s sorta like the cigarette companies got zapped because of the damage done to smokers but then the money went for something else.
I’d predict similar with the opioid money unless things have changed.
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It’s because Virginia was far more concerned about protecting their tobacco farmers than they were about the health effects of that tobacco.
Since to the best of my knowledge there are no opioid pill factories in Virginia, we might get a different result with that one.
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but health care would provide clinics and jobs… economic development!
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Not for tobacco farmers, though.
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I think they should have used the tobacco money to widen I-81, but I suspect that some in Virginia would have a big problem with that because “It would make it easier to get to West Virginia and North Carolina!!!! How does that benefit Virginia????”
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Oh there was a quite a bit that went to localities that spent it on parks and ball fields.
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That’s economic development right there…for a hot dog stand operator, anyway!
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Conservatives were pretty opposed to Prince William County spending money for a new stadium to keep the Cannons or whatever they’re called these days in the county.
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I am totally opposed to giving subsidies to any sports team especially pro
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As I pointed out, it did include $500,000 for planning and evaluating economic incentives for relocating to Virginia.
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The article I read had a misprint. It claimed $500m rather than $500,000 for the Commanders stadium. Big difference.
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Well, between family visits and a recent swarm of white coats, haven’t been focused. Will try tomorrow. 🙂
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More liberal pap. All bills in Virginia that pertain to crime are required to include funds for law enforcement.
The Governor is asking the legislature for $50,000 which is a technical requirement for any new law that involves a crime. Youngkin has said nothing about imprisoning anyone who violates this new law.
Once again, the left is spewing misinformation.
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This is much ado about little. State statute requires an appropriation for legislation that will result in an increase in the number of people in prison. If that number cannot be projected, the default appropriation is $50,000. Youngkin is proposing several bills that could result in an increase in inmates. Unlike prior years, they are not itemized in the budget bill, but reportedly one of them has to do with abortion. If the bill does not pass, the appropriation will go away.
I was really hoping that a much more substantial effort would have been made to reverse the unfilled teacher position catastrophe. The selective bonuses may be a start, but I suspect they are a drop in the bucket compared to what is necessary to recruit new prospective teachers into the field.
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apparently teachers are not in THIS group:
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I don’t think they’re leaving the state, just the profession for more lucrative, less taxing opportunities in other fields.
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I’m of the view that Youngkin is not going to go along to get along and there will be some surprises that will come from his surrogates in the GA submitting bills that he will support with changes to make them “softer” and thus not seem like major changes but rather “compromises”.
anyone wanna bet?
and this:
I don’t think the Dems on the GA will go for it and when the Dems have the Govt, the GOP won’t but what would it take for a citizen-initiated referenda?
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Both parties have been opposed to letting a governor succeed himself. The rationale provided by legislators is that a Virginia governor has a lot of power and they don’t want to provide the position with more power.
There is no provision for amending the Virginia constitution via a citizen-initiated referendum.
I don’t know how anyone plans on fixing the Chesapeake Bay when the Blue Plains treatment plant dumps millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac every year.
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