Nine inches of new powder at A-Basin in Colorado on Tuesday and my computer problems are fixed. A software glitch destroyed the cable modems of me and 11,000 other Cox customers. And I’m back in the Commonwealth, so life is good again.
First thing I see is that a compromise tax bill passed the House Finance Committee, but some House Republicans aren’t happy with the Governor’s statement of support. I’m not sure what they’re complaining about. It seems, unfortunately, he’s signed onto it and the Senate has indicated its willingness to drop the higher income taxes. If this is a compromise, the Senate got the short end of the stick. HB5018 raises less than $1 billion bi-annually, whereas the Senate’s original proposal raised $4 billion. So we’re hardly halfway. Which means we may end up without true tax reform or enough money to solve the long-term problems.
More later…