Virginia's Governor Mark Warner is working hard to sell his "screw your neighbor" tax "reform", whereby he plans to shift taxes from 65% of the population to 35% of the population, and rake in an additional $1 Billion in new taxes to boot. Warner has even set up a Screw Your Neighbor Tax Hike Calculator, whereby I should actually SAVE a whopping $160 in 2006, assuming I don't get a raise or take up smoking between now and then. But, since it takes more than a paltry $160 to buy my vote, Warner had better come up with something more substantial. A $500 tax credit for every gun I own should do the trick. (Call it the Earned Income Gun Credit.)

According to Governor Warner, 65% of Virginian's will pay less taxes under his plan for "reform". So, 65% of the taxpayers can use the calculator to see just how much they are screwing their neighbors, while the other 35% can use it to see just how much they are getting screwed. Warner hopes that by kowtowing to a 65% majority, they won't realize that he's breaking his "no new taxes" campaign promise.