Abigail Spanberger

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these taxes are going to be the most devastating for lower income people. They already don’t make a lot and now it will be more expensive for them to get almost any service. Also, for the folks that work in these jobs, fewer people will want to spend money in getting them. How is any of this more affordable? These taxes affect people directly in making life more expensive and reducing the need/desire to spend money in these service jobs that already don’t pay a lot. What is she thinking?

Right? How is this not obvious? Wealthy people are able to either handle the increased taxes or move if they so desire. Lower income working class people can’t and some of the industries they work in are vulnerable to seeing reduced activity because people can choose not to eat out, or get delivery or avoid various other things she’s increasing taxes on.

Also, why is she doing so many things she campaigned against and what is happening to the surplus she was left with.

What has she done that is against her campaign platform?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these taxes are going to be the most devastating for lower income people. They already don’t make a lot and now it will be more expensive for them to get almost any service. Also, for the folks that work in these jobs, fewer people will want to spend money in getting them. How is any of this more affordable? These taxes affect people directly in making life more expensive and reducing the need/desire to spend money in these service jobs that already don’t pay a lot. What is she thinking?

Right? How is this not obvious? Wealthy people are able to either handle the increased taxes or move if they so desire. Lower income working class people can’t and some of the industries they work in are vulnerable to seeing reduced activity because people can choose not to eat out, or get delivery or avoid various other things she’s increasing taxes on.

Also, why is she doing so many things she campaigned against and what is happening to the surplus she was left with.

What has she done that is against her campaign platform?

For one thing, she campaigned on lowering costs for Virginians yet is proposing many tax increases, which will make things much more expensive in the daily lives of Virginians.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin was the worst governor in Virginia's post-confederate history.

It's going to take Spanberger a few years to correct course. Thankfully she's off to a wonderful start.

Virginia is behind her!

Ha ha. Sure.

As taxes increase thus increasing the cost of living and crime increases across the commonwealth, we will see just how many are still behind her.

She will be used A LOT by Republicans cautioning others not to believe the Democrat candidates when they claim to be moderates.

I'm willing to pay more taxes. Why aren't you? Why are you such a selfish twat? Why do you hate the Commonwealth, America and everything they stand for?

In some states, personal income tax can exceed 50%. That doesn't include the other taxes like property tax, sales tax etc. Income tax was only instituted around 100 years ago, and even then it was only a few percent. America did just fine the first couple hundred years without it. If you want to pay more taxes, you are always welcome to write a check to the US Treasury.

Exactly which states have personal income taxes exceeding 50%? That's laughably untrue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One look at how the school systems spend their funds, would discourage you from wanting to pay more taxes.

Looking at Fairfax--the leadership organization is huge and well paid. Student facing staff not so much.
The School Board gave themselves a raise and added additional and very well-paid assistants for themselves. Funny how most of their assistants are political activists. A quick google search will show you that.

Just a few short years ago. Board members shared assistants. Now they each have two assistants--and one of those two is extremely well paid.

This is just one example. There are many if you look.

So, do I want more taxes? No.

If the money was used wisely, I'd feel differently. They always scream that they need more money for the teachers, but then they spend it on different things.

the southern states have had an amazing improvements in education recently from incentivizing competition through vouchers and school choice, democrats are just communists who want to create a giant bureaucracy to buy votes

[Anonymous]

Can we write these taxes off now

[Anonymous]

I think that she doesn’t understand basic economics. Raising taxes doesn’t work - it just causes wealthy people to move to a lower tax state. See California population outflows…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that she doesn’t understand basic economics. Raising taxes doesn’t work - it just causes wealthy people to move to a lower tax state. See California population outflows…

I guess a move out tax is in order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these taxes are going to be the most devastating for lower income people. They already don’t make a lot and now it will be more expensive for them to get almost any service. Also, for the folks that work in these jobs, fewer people will want to spend money in getting them. How is any of this more affordable? These taxes affect people directly in making life more expensive and reducing the need/desire to spend money in these service jobs that already don’t pay a lot. What is she thinking?

Right? How is this not obvious? Wealthy people are able to either handle the increased taxes or move if they so desire. Lower income working class people can’t and some of the industries they work in are vulnerable to seeing reduced activity because people can choose not to eat out, or get delivery or avoid various other things she’s increasing taxes on.

Also, why is she doing so many things she campaigned against and what is happening to the surplus she was left with.

What has she done that is against her campaign platform?

For one thing, she campaigned on lowering costs for Virginians yet is proposing many tax increases, which will make things much more expensive in the daily lives of Virginians.

Why do you think she is proposing these tax?

Do you understand how our government works?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that she doesn’t understand basic economics. Raising taxes doesn’t work - it just causes wealthy people to move to a lower tax state. See California population outflows…

False
https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2025/12/29/do-wealth-taxes-really-make-billionaires-leave/

“Cristobal Young and Charles Varner’s work using New Jersey and California tax data finds near-zero long-run migration elasticities among millionaires. Even after sizable tax increases, the number who leave is small, and the revenue gained from those who stay exceeds the revenue lost from movers.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that she doesn’t understand basic economics. Raising taxes doesn’t work - it just causes wealthy people to move to a lower tax state. See California population outflows…

False
https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2025/12/29/do-wealth-taxes-really-make-billionaires-leave/

“Cristobal Young and Charles Varner’s work using New Jersey and California tax data finds near-zero long-run migration elasticities among millionaires. Even after sizable tax increases, the number who leave is small, and the revenue gained from those who stay exceeds the revenue lost from movers.”

VA raising taxes could cause folks to move to DC or Maryland (if that’s where they’d rather be), as VA would no longer be the low-tax option in the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin was the worst governor in Virginia's post-confederate history.

It's going to take Spanberger a few years to correct course. Thankfully she's off to a wonderful start.

Virginia is behind her!

Ha ha. Sure.

As taxes increase thus increasing the cost of living and crime increases across the commonwealth, we will see just how many are still behind her.

She will be used A LOT by Republicans cautioning others not to believe the Democrat candidates when they claim to be moderates.

I'm willing to pay more taxes. Why aren't you? Why are you such a selfish twat? Why do you hate the Commonwealth, America and everything they stand for?

In some states, personal income tax can exceed 50%. That doesn't include the other taxes like property tax, sales tax etc. Income tax was only instituted around 100 years ago, and even then it was only a few percent. America did just fine the first couple hundred years without it. If you want to pay more taxes, you are always welcome to write a check to the US Treasury.

Exactly which states have personal income taxes exceeding 50%? That's laughably untrue.

Federal + state dummy. California is over 50% and several others are close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin was the worst governor in Virginia's post-confederate history.

It's going to take Spanberger a few years to correct course. Thankfully she's off to a wonderful start.

Virginia is behind her!

Ha ha. Sure.

As taxes increase thus increasing the cost of living and crime increases across the commonwealth, we will see just how many are still behind her.

She will be used A LOT by Republicans cautioning others not to believe the Democrat candidates when they claim to be moderates.

I'm willing to pay more taxes. Why aren't you? Why are you such a selfish twat? Why do you hate the Commonwealth, America and everything they stand for?

In some states, personal income tax can exceed 50%. That doesn't include the other taxes like property tax, sales tax etc. Income tax was only instituted around 100 years ago, and even then it was only a few percent. America did just fine the first couple hundred years without it. If you want to pay more taxes, you are always welcome to write a check to the US Treasury.

Exactly which states have personal income taxes exceeding 50%? That's laughably untrue.

Federal + state dummy. California is over 50% and several others are close.

The max one can pay in California, if making over 700k a year, is 12.3%. The corresponding max federal at that same level of income is 37%. Which combined is high but is less than 50%. But you just parrot what you hear elsewhere and can’t think for yourself.

[Anonymous]

Also, marginal tax rate is not the same as effective tax rate. You're taking home more than 50%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that she doesn’t understand basic economics. Raising taxes doesn’t work - it just causes wealthy people to move to a lower tax state. See California population outflows…

False
https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2025/12/29/do-wealth-taxes-really-make-billionaires-leave/

“Cristobal Young and Charles Varner’s work using New Jersey and California tax data finds near-zero long-run migration elasticities among millionaires. Even after sizable tax increases, the number who leave is small, and the revenue gained from those who stay exceeds the revenue lost from movers.”

VA raising taxes could cause folks to move to DC or Maryland (if that’s where they’d rather be), as VA would no longer be the low-tax option in the DMV.

Why? You’re going to have to show the math on that one.

Traffic sucks. Most people choose their location based on their work location, not minor variations in tax rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that she doesn’t understand basic economics. Raising taxes doesn’t work - it just causes wealthy people to move to a lower tax state. See California population outflows…

False
https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2025/12/29/do-wealth-taxes-really-make-billionaires-leave/

“Cristobal Young and Charles Varner’s work using New Jersey and California tax data finds near-zero long-run migration elasticities among millionaires. Even after sizable tax increases, the number who leave is small, and the revenue gained from those who stay exceeds the revenue lost from movers.”

We are talking about the billionaire class.