New Welfare Programs Proposed in Virginia (letter submitted to RTD)
Let the pandering begin!! It is an election year after all.
Sen. Walter A. Stosch ,R-Henrico, has proposed a new welfare program called college student grants, with no proposed cap in place for the future of this new entitlement program. I scoff at the underestimates of $10 million to $12 million annually. Since when has the projected costs of a new entitlement program ever approached reality? Open the gates and the money will flow.
At the other end of the educational spectrum, Governor Kaine has proposed a similar new entitlement welfare program for pre-schoolers, with under projected cost estimates and no absolute cap proposed.
My vote in November will go to those who look to cut discretionary state spending to the bone, rather than expanding it, before proposing increased taxation and the further unlimited expansion of the state budget.
Max Maizels
Richmond