Taxes

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

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.

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.

Cut Expenditures and Return the Budget Surplus  - Virginia has seen surpluses of over 5 billion dollars in the last two years. Yet our legislature rather than take a look at cutting our massive spending budget or returning all of that surplus to the taxpayers who paid it and trusted them, instead use a majority of it for pet projects and to increase expenditures and the burden on our people.

It is time to send someone to Richmond who won't pretend to care about our youth, elderly, disadvantaged, and veterans but will take clear and decisive action to make it affordable for them to live in our community and state. It is a disgrace the way these issues have been treated. In addition to fighting for us, this is where we need someone to call out and hold the entire legislature accountable.

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 stood still as the state enacted an overnight curfew on us all over a virus. We need a Representative who will fight for our businesses and workers at all times vs. defaulting to national party politics and positions. While this was never more clear than during the pandemic it matters to this day as legislation or resistance to it is critical to our business 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 duopoly works to divide us as neighbors, as families, 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 4, 5, even 6 or more terms, often accomplishing little for us, 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 the constituents.

We absolutely need a Representative 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.

Now more than ever we need a Representative in Richmond who will protect our local institutions and rights above all else. Neither the Governor nor Legislature should be dictating to our local school boards what our children can and can’t read, wear, learn – this is why we have local school boards. We need someone in Richmond who will keep the executive office and the legislature out of our Bedrooms, out of our Healthcare Decisions, out of Women’s reproductive health, and most importantly out of our wallets at all times.