Taxes

We need someone that will truly work to reduce taxes and expenditures and hold our government accountable. It is time to quit listening to politicians who claim to care about our us, our elderly, differently abled, financially disadvantaged, and military populations but do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING when it comes to taxing our neighbors out of our state.

Cut Expenditures and Return the Budget Surplus - Virginia has seen surpluses of Billions of Dollars (YES BILLIONS) over the last several years and Legislative Sessions. Yet our legislature rather than take a look at cutting our massive spending budget and lowering our taxes, instead uses the majority of it for pet projects and to increase expenditures and the burden on our people. At a time when fellow Virginians are struggling and can use every dollar our state and local governments demand more and more of our income. When will we finally say no more? Let’s make a stand and end this cycle come November.

Bracket Creep – Virginia’s income tax brackets have not been changed since the last century! Currently individuals earning under 20K a year are taxed at the highest rate along with individuals earning 150K or more. We are for all intents a flat tax state……. poor or wealthy.

End the taxation of Military Pensions – Virginia is one of only seven states that fully tax military pensions. 33 states do not tax military retirement benefits at all. The others all offer varying levels of discounts while Virginia taxes in full. It’s time to review how we tax and take care of our First Responders and Military members and their families. Our government should put an emphasis on serving those who serve us.

It is time to send someone to Richmond who won't pretend to care about our cost of living, our youth, our elderly, our disadvantaged, and our veterans but will take clear and decisive action to make it affordable for all Virginians to live in our communities and state. It is disgraceful the way these issues have been treated over the years while we listen to empty talk and flowery speeches. In addition to fighting for us, this is where we need someone to call out and hold the entire legislature accountable. That accountability is why I’m asking for your Vote.

Business

We saw the damage allowing Richmond unfettered power can cause during the Pandemic. We watched as businesses were closed and employees found themselves out of work facing their families and children with little or no notice. We watched as what was a serious health crisis got used long term for political purposes and positioning while our people suffered both the loss of family and the loss of their employment and self-dependence.

Our Politicians many of whom are still in office stood still as the state enacted this overreach even to the extent of an overnight curfew on us all over a virus and accepted it??? We need a Representative who will fight for our rights, our businesses, and our workers at all times vs. defaulting to national party politics and positions as dictated to them. While this was never clearer than during the pandemic it matters to this day as legislation or resistance to it is critical to our business and personal success.

Term Limits & Ballot access

One of the biggest challenges facing our communities today is tribal politics being pushed by our current two party system. The current system works to divide us as neighbors, as families, and as friends by pushing this “either you are with us or against us” nonsense.

The time of common discourse amongst neighbors is sadly becoming a thing of the past. Meanwhile Politicians remain in the same office for multiple terms and decades, often accomplishing little for us and focusing on what their party wants. The voters don’t truly get a say in the process – let's be honest, realistically your options are to pick between the two candidates the parties will allow you to. That’s just a choice often between the lesser of two evils as the saying goes. In many instances in state offices, you are not even given a choice – you either get to vote for a Red or Blue rubber stamp in uncontested races that will simply push their national party interests over the needs of their constituents.

We absolutely need Representatives in Richmond who will call for reasonable term limits to end these districts that are handed down like a grant to royalty after decades long runs. One who will also work to ensure ease of ballot access for all third parties and independent candidates so that we can truly have a choice.

Dave Crance on the Issues

Libertarian Democracy

One of the few things all libertarians agree on is that in a perfect world there would be no need for Government at all, but as such a world doesn’t exist, Government should remain as limited and localized as possible belonging to the people. At all times Individual Liberties and Freedoms should be protected within a government that answers to its people, not special interest, corporations, and national political parties. This was the America that our founders envisioned, and that those same national corporate and political entities have stripped away from us.

Now more than ever we need a Representative in Richmond who will protect our local institutions and rights above all else. We need someone in Richmond who will keep the executive office and the legislature out of our Bedrooms, out of our Healthcare Decisions, and most importantly out of our Wallets at all times.