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Letter: More expensive, less safe

Editor, Gazette-Journal:Democrats now control the legislature and Governor’s office in Virginia. Here are just a few of the proposals they’ve introduced. The bill is called Virginia House Bill No. 863 if you want to confirm any of this.

New 4.3 percent sales tax on Uber Eats, Amazon, etc., deliveries. 3.8 percent investment tax on top of state income taxes. Raise the hotel tax. New personal property tax on landscaping equipment. Ban gas powered leaf blowers. Guarantee illegal aliens’ free education. Extend the time absentee ballots can be received after election day to three days Allow people to cast their votes electronically through the internet. Expand ranked-choice voting. Extend the deadline for ballot curing to one week after election day. Make it illegal to hand count ballots. “Assault weapons” and large capacity magazine ban. 11 percent sales tax on all firearms and ammunition. Lower the criminal penalties for robbery. Ban the arrest of illegal aliens in courthouses. Remove ma...

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