Bernie Madoff ran it…. Enron cooked it…..Charles Ponzi gave it a name.

Now the Virginia Senate is trying to put one over on you.

BUT YOU CAN HELP STOP THIS SHELL GAME!

Former Governor Tim Kaine proposed many hidden taxes and fees in his outgoing budget in December. The Virginia House of Delegates eliminated many of those in their version of the budget, but the Virginia Senate endorsed them all — meaning that Virginians are still at risk of paying lots of new taxes.

Among the millions in new taxes and fees in the Senate budget is a 24% tax hike on every home, business and cell phone. Yes, EVERY phone line, EVERY month. So this is a tax that will hit virtually every household in the Commonwealth and many of them multiple times.

Some claim this higher tax is critical to funding our E-911 system.  But, really, E-911 is already fully funded. In fact, the proposed use of this additional money has nothing at all to do with the E-911 system.  Instead, they want to use if for programs completely unrelated.

That’s called a shell game.

We hope you’ll use this Web site to tell your legislators and the Governor to ELIMINATE all the new taxes and fees, especially the E-911 tax increase.

Don’t be fooled by shell games designed to take your money.  TAKE ACTION now!

• This is a 24% tax hike every home phone, business phone and cell phone in the Commonwealth.
• This E-911 tax was established to fund the equipment and dedicated staff of the public safety answering points (PSAPs) where 911 calls are received.  But the proposed tax increase is being used for something completely unrelated.
• The tax is deceiving to consumers. They are led to believe they are funding 911-related services when they would really be funding an array of benefits for a wide variety of state and local government employees.
• This is simply a shell game to take more money from Virginians for unrelated programs.
• This bad idea has been rejected before. Nearly identical legislation to increase tax on insurance premiums and alarm monitoring services has been soundly defeated three years in a row.
• This tax increase should be rejected by the budget conferees.

Take Action Today!