Anonymous
02/26/2026 14:17
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
The Rs are welcome to run some non-crazy people and dump their insane orange god-king. Until that time, there’s no other choice.
I vote with my wallet, not based on social progressivism. High taxes are anathema. One party is the tax-and-spend party. I vote the other way, because other issues are mere background noise.
As reflected in the last election, overwhelming majority of Virginians don’t want insane people running their government. Feel free to ignore that and keep losing.
The shutdown was convenient. Amazing how they ended up compromising right after the VA and NJ elections.
Amazing the Rs still haven’t figured out why they lost
They lost so bad that Trump won the popular vote
Trump won the VA gubernatorial election?
Anonymous
02/26/2026 13:54
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
The Rs are welcome to run some non-crazy people and dump their insane orange god-king. Until that time, there’s no other choice.
I vote with my wallet, not based on social progressivism. High taxes are anathema. One party is the tax-and-spend party. I vote the other way, because other issues are mere background noise.
As reflected in the last election, overwhelming majority of Virginians don’t want insane people running their government. Feel free to ignore that and keep losing.
The shutdown was convenient. Amazing how they ended up compromising right after the VA and NJ elections.
Amazing the Rs still haven’t figured out why they lost
They lost so bad that Trump won the popular vote
No, he didn't. Musk rigged the computers. This is pretty common knowledge.
You live in an alternate reality.
Anonymous
02/26/2026 13:34
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
The Rs are welcome to run some non-crazy people and dump their insane orange god-king. Until that time, there’s no other choice.
I vote with my wallet, not based on social progressivism. High taxes are anathema. One party is the tax-and-spend party. I vote the other way, because other issues are mere background noise.
As reflected in the last election, overwhelming majority of Virginians don’t want insane people running their government. Feel free to ignore that and keep losing.
The shutdown was convenient. Amazing how they ended up compromising right after the VA and NJ elections.
Amazing the Rs still haven’t figured out why they lost
They lost so bad that Trump won the popular vote
No, he didn't. Musk rigged the computers. This is pretty common knowledge.
Anonymous
02/26/2026 13:31
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
The Rs are welcome to run some non-crazy people and dump their insane orange god-king. Until that time, there’s no other choice.
I vote with my wallet, not based on social progressivism. High taxes are anathema. One party is the tax-and-spend party. I vote the other way, because other issues are mere background noise.
As reflected in the last election, overwhelming majority of Virginians don’t want insane people running their government. Feel free to ignore that and keep losing.
The shutdown was convenient. Amazing how they ended up compromising right after the VA and NJ elections.
Amazing the Rs still haven’t figured out why they lost
They lost so bad that Trump won the popular vote
Anonymous
02/26/2026 13:15
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
The Rs are welcome to run some non-crazy people and dump their insane orange god-king. Until that time, there’s no other choice.
I vote with my wallet, not based on social progressivism. High taxes are anathema. One party is the tax-and-spend party. I vote the other way, because other issues are mere background noise.
As reflected in the last election, overwhelming majority of Virginians don’t want insane people running their government. Feel free to ignore that and keep losing.
The shutdown was convenient. Amazing how they ended up compromising right after the VA and NJ elections.
Amazing the Rs still haven’t figured out why they lost
Anonymous
02/26/2026 12:15
Subject: Taxes
I am an Independent usually vote Blue since the Reds have gone nuts.
But Arlington really shows me the Dems love to tax and spend even in this uncertain time. When taxpayers are pressed, increasing the social safety net isn't equitable imo. I vote for non Dems for the Board as protest.
But Arlington really shows me the Dems love to tax and spend even in this uncertain time. When taxpayers are pressed, increasing the social safety net isn't equitable imo. I vote for non Dems for the Board as protest.
Anonymous
02/26/2026 11:59
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
The Rs are welcome to run some non-crazy people and dump their insane orange god-king. Until that time, there’s no other choice.
You mean their tariffs-obsessed insane orange god-king.
Trump imposed the biggest tax increase on Americans in US history and these yokels love it but whine about a meals tax?
Quislings, the lot of them.
Anonymous
02/26/2026 11:57
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
The Rs are welcome to run some non-crazy people and dump their insane orange god-king. Until that time, there’s no other choice.
I vote with my wallet, not based on social progressivism. High taxes are anathema. One party is the tax-and-spend party. I vote the other way, because other issues are mere background noise.
As reflected in the last election, overwhelming majority of Virginians don’t want insane people running their government. Feel free to ignore that and keep losing.
The shutdown was convenient. Amazing how they ended up compromising right after the VA and NJ elections.
Anonymous
02/26/2026 11:45
Subject: Taxes
[twitter]
As reflected in the last election, overwhelming majority of Virginians don’t want insane people running their government. Feel free to ignore that and keep losing.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
The Rs are welcome to run some non-crazy people and dump their insane orange god-king. Until that time, there’s no other choice.
I vote with my wallet, not based on social progressivism. High taxes are anathema. One party is the tax-and-spend party. I vote the other way, because other issues are mere background noise.
As reflected in the last election, overwhelming majority of Virginians don’t want insane people running their government. Feel free to ignore that and keep losing.
Anonymous
02/26/2026 11:38
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
The Rs are welcome to run some non-crazy people and dump their insane orange god-king. Until that time, there’s no other choice.
I vote with my wallet, not based on social progressivism. High taxes are anathema. One party is the tax-and-spend party. I vote the other way, because other issues are mere background noise.
Anonymous
02/26/2026 10:27
Subject: Re:Taxes
Its just not worth going out to eat. My income only grew this year by 3%. Our family of 4 looks like we have it together but these potential tax increases (I am in VA) stress me out. I've stopped donating money, giving to church and schools.
Anonymous
02/26/2026 08:57
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
The Rs are welcome to run some non-crazy people and dump their insane orange god-king. Until that time, there’s no other choice.
Anonymous
02/26/2026 05:07
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:A $50 meal for 4. Where do you eat for under $13 pp including tax and tip?
Chuys. There's two entrees, one kid's meal. I don't want the rice/beans so my order is a la carte and saves like $5.
Anonymous
02/25/2026 18:43
Subject: Taxes
A $50 meal for 4. Where do you eat for under $13 pp including tax and tip?
Anonymous
02/25/2026 18:19
Subject: Taxes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks Fairfax County for the meals tax, the real estate assessment increase, and VA Dems for proposing more taxes. Keep voting blue. Tax and spend, tax and spend.
Vote
I'm good with it. What's your problem?
DP
+1
The real estate tax rate remained flat and I voted in favor of the meals tax when it was on the ballot.
Great, because people will be subtracting this "meals tax" out of the tips. People don't like to suddenly pay more. And this also can result in people reducing spending on prepared meals, since unlike RE tax, it's not mandatory.
It's 1%. Does it really make a difference in your life?
DP. Meals tax is not 1%, it is 4%. Total sales tax on meals is now 10%. Then you are supposed to tip another 20%. Then many of the restaurants we go to raised prices at the start of the year. A $40 meal a year ago is now $55 for a family of 4 at our favorite place. It's all compounded together. Instead of going every weekend like we used to, we're now skipping some weeks.
I think that at this point, they are just trying to skim as much as they can from every simple aspect of life, and it's likely not going to get better. And in addition, we aren't having any serious conversations on reducing income tax burdens of people working for a living, raising standard deduction to allow people to earn to live first before paying taxes.