Economy

Increase the cigarette tax to more than $2.75 a pack.

Increase taxes on all alcohol significantly.

Raising the Gasoline Tax, especially when we saw $4 gas this summer and the economy is bad, is admittedly a difficult sell to the populus.  But this is not because it doesn't make sense--it is because our politicians lack the fortitude to educate the general public on the necessity of this and to portray to the public that the funds can be trusted to be collected and used by the government efficiently.  However, raising the gas tax is the only straightforward method to raise the dollars needed for infrastructure projects--the same projects that the people who drive the most (and t

Christmas and New Year's Day are both on Thursday this year.  Those 2 days should be the only paid time off for the state's employees.  Do not give the 2 Fridays as paid time off.  If an employee wants to take Friday off, then they can use vacation time.

This is a fiscally responsible approach to use my tax dollars.

Establish an Annual Governor's Challenge encouraging Virginia colleges and universities, public and private, to submit solutions to a specific area of need that would benefit the Commonwealth.

Our first premise:  Virginia gave birth to the Internet.  Why shouldn't Virginia give birth to how the Internet is protected?  
 

Our second premise:  Since half the world is training their young people on how to tear down or destroy America's critical infrastructures - why shouldn't we be teaching our young people how to protect our critical infrastructures?