Three-Lane Highway

Steven Perlstein had a great article (that I missed from 3 months ago--sorry) in the Post about the constant struggle in Northern Virginia of getting out of what we're putting into Richmond. He had a great and sneaky proposal:

Here's how it would work: First, push through the 1 percent regional income tax. Then, dispatch the Northern Virginia delegation to Richmond with a revolutionary proposal to reduce the statewide income tax by one percentage point. Having preached for decades about the evils of taxation, Republican leaders would be hard-pressed to resist the idea. The net result would be that Northern Virginians would pay no more or no less in income taxes, but would get to keep $700 million of their own money rather than sharing it with those moochers downstate.

This goes pretty well to my point about what's missing from the NVTA: tax relief from Richmond.

And again, I'll ask: How many Governments does it take to screw in a light bulb?
washingtonpost.com