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JR Hoeft

Conservative to the core; liberal with his opinion! J.R. has been involved in politics for over a decade and has worked on several campaigns in Hampton Roads. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Chesapeake and the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. He is also the director of “Blogs United” in Virginia. E-mail J.R.. Follow J.R. on Twitter.

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5 Responses to "VPOD #49: Del. David Englin"

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   Brian Kirwin February 3, 2009 08:47 am

   Sounded to me like he said the Republicans want to cut spending and Democrats want to raise taxes.

   I’d love it if Democrats in Hampton Roads would say that before election day

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   Del. David Englin February 3, 2009 09:25 am

   So much for grown-up conversations, Brian. I guess you missed the part about my plan to provide $370 million per year in tax cuts to the middle class and small businesses . . .

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   Brian Kirwin February 3, 2009 11:45 am

   Delegate, I made no personal attack to you. I’m surprised you resorted to personally attacking me.

   It’s a very grown-up conversation, Delegate. Instead of your example of compromise, where the Republican agrees to raise taxes and the Democrat agrees to cut spending, how about the Republican offers to cut some things, and the Democrat offers to cut some things, and they compromise to do both.

   That way, you aren’t taking more money from citizens who already pay enough.

   As far as your tax cut idea, your middle class income tax cut will “provide $130 million in tax relief to more than 1.4 million Virginians”

   That’s a whole $1.78 per week! Gee, where am I gonna spend it all! I think I’ll save it all up and in about 2 months, I can buy a movie on DVD.

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   Del. David Englin February 5, 2009 00:33 am

   You apparently didn’t read the complete proposal, Brian. You missed the $230 million repeal of the state sales tax on food, and the $20 million repeal of the corporate income tax on businesses making less that $100K per year. If you consider these proposed cuts to be so paltry as to mock them, then presumably the 30-cents per pack proposed cigarette tax increase is similarly paltry, and therefore should be no big deal, right? (After all, what’s an additional $2.10 per week to somebody smoking a pack a day?)

5. 

   Brian Kirwin February 5, 2009 06:37 am

   So, only the middle class eats? Do those of higher incomes have intravenous nutrition supplements that somehow escape state taxation?

   I do think it’s funny how you’d raise cigarette taxes $2.10 per week and cut income taxes $1.78 per week and want to take credit for cutting taxes.

   If they owned their own small business and ate more, they might even break even.

   I wouldn’t oppose your tax cuts, Delegate. Hell, I’d vote for them. But I’d vote against your tax increases, too.