Virginia Lawmakers Pass Tax Credit

(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner)

Virginia joins the parental choice party with a $25m scholarship tax credit for low and moderate income students. The Mid-Atlantic is shaping up nicely after North Carolina came on board last year.

Who will be next?

4 Responses to Virginia Lawmakers Pass Tax Credit

  1. Adam Schaeffer says:

    We need to insist on better policy, and not pretend a crippled pig is a Thoroughbred . . . is there any concievable bill that people wouldn’t praise?
    http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/a-soft-surrender-to-low-expectations/

  2. allen says:

    Uh Adam? Politics is called “the art of the possible” because it’s better to get a crippled pig enacted into law then to swoon over a thoroughbred that never gets to the legislature’s floor for debate. Bird in the hand and all that.

    And if it’s any consolation Michigan just passed a law that removes the cap on charters starting in 2015. I know, I know. Why in three years? Why not in fifteen minutes?

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