Virginia's tax and spend socialist governor, Mark Warner, is pushing for a big tax increase in this year's budget. Thus far he has convinced both houses of the Republican Virginia legislature to comply with his wishes. But the prospect of raising taxes almost $4 Billion doesn't sit well with some Virginians, including two former governors. That former Virginia Governor and Republican Senator George Allen has denounced the plan to hike taxes is not surprising. But former Governor L. Douglas Wilder, a Democrat and the first elected Black Governor in the United States, is also displeased with Warner.

Wilder, who endorsed Warner in his 2001 campaign for governor, said he would not have done so if he believed the Democrat would support raising billions of dollars in higher taxes for state government.

"Had I had any idea that he would be embarking on raising taxes on Virginians," Wilder said, "I would not have been there with him."

Not many people in conservative Virginia would have supported Warner, had he not promised 'no new taxes'. Of course huge tax increases on Virginians wouldn't have stopped the Washington Post from supporting Warner. On the front page of Sunday's metro section, the Post ran a bleeding heart do it for the children hit piece about a Virginia family that has been waiting more than 2 years for a government handout. Of course, unless a large tax increase is passed they'll just have to wait another 2 years.