Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) hinted that she was open to the possibility of taxes for streaming services or gym memberships, noting that if an idea is “reasonable and makes some amount of sense,” it “should be entertained.” During an interview with Tyler Englander, a Virginia State Capitol reporter with ABC8 News, Spanberger was asked if she would sign a bill creating “a new tax on streaming services, dry cleaning,” and other things if it ended up on her “desk in future years as governor.”
“You’ve been a target of the president on social media over some tax proposals that were introduced in the General Assembly,” Englander said. “I want to be clear — they did not get through the General Assembly. They never got to your desk, specifically, a bill that would’ve created a new tax on streaming services, dry cleaning, and some other things. Just to be clear, if that bill does get to your desk in future years as governor, is that something you would veto or would you sign it into law?” “I appreciate you clarifying that those bills never even got through the General Assembly, and the array of taxes that the president asserts move forward in Virginia is sort of ludicrous,” Spanberger responded. “But, I also want to recognize that many of the patrons who brought forth different ideas about how to bring out revenue that’s necessary — I think every idea, as long as it’s reasonable and makes some amount of sense, should be entertained and should be discussed.”
