Surplus Smurplus: Staunton Residents Ask “Where’s the Surplus?”
Parents and teachers will gather Thursday in Staunton to collect school supplies for local schools and to call attention to previous cuts to education funding. Cuts in excess of 1 ...
Read More »Cantor Intent on Downgrading Virginia
Virginia is one of five states that could lose its AAA bond rating thanks to the to the politcal theatrics of Rep. Eric Cantor and his refusal to raise the debt ceiling without dr ...
Read More »Money down the toilet: tens years of the Bush tax cuts
As debt ceiling debate continues, we are marking the tenth anniversary of the policy that created most of the federal budget gap: the Bush tax cuts. On July 7, 2001, George W. Bus ...
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The Bush Tax Cuts After Ten Years: Bad for Virginia, Bad for America
The Bush Tax Cuts After Ten Years: Bad for Virginia, Bad for America(National figures and more information available at www.ctj.org/bushtaxcuts10yrs.php)Ten years ago, on June 7, ...
Read More »VIDEO: Of pancakes and tax reform, we must flip it!
Severe budget cuts in Virginia represent significant hardship and political challenges, but immediate solutions are feasible and readily available. In this video Virginia Organizi ...
Read More »Fixing Virginia’s inverted tax structure would mean $6.9 billion more for schools, roads & police.
Richmond– A new study has found that inverting state tax structures—whereby the highest income earners would be taxed at the current percentage of income for the lowes ...
Read More »Norfolk “Make Them Pay” Tax Day Event
More than thirty people from MoveON , Virginia Organizing and other local allies came out for a “Tax Day- Make Them Pay” action in front of Bank of America in Norfolk on April 18t ...
Read More »What do your taxes go for? March with us on Tax Day and find out!
On Tax Day, we held a march in Charlottesville, beginning at City Hall and ending at the Central Library to highlight where our taxes go and the need to rebalance our state and fe ...
Read More »VA Tax Day Message: Be Fair
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - While many will be talking about the burden of high taxes today, as the tax deadline looms, a group of Virginia residents will be celebrating the good that ...
Read More »VIDEO: Spotsy Residents Call on GA to “Bake a Bigger Pie”
On March 24, the Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors held a public hearing to learn about the budget priorities of area residents. Virginia Organizing and partner groups in the area ...
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