As a result of the historic vote this past weekend in the Virginia General Assembly, the solution to fund the state’s transportation budget is unfortunately on a fast track to be one of the highest tax increases in state history.

Make no mistake, an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program carries with it a price tag, a very large price tag. Our country is slowly drowning in a sea of red ink. Expanding the Medicaid program in Virginia on a promise from the federal government to continually subsidize the program would certainly be foolhardy.