Jim's got it right. I wish he and his team could fashion a coherent policy and legislative strategy. Vermont is headed down a road to much higher taxes with little expectation that the economy can sustain them.
We risk Vermont becoming a 'museum' for tourists and the well-to-do.
"There is an unrealistic atmosphere here in Montpelier. Every day I am out and about in our state, listening to hundreds if not thousands of Vermonters. They cannot afford more taxes; they are taxed to death. They face higher utility bills and insurance premiums, business faces a huge regulatory burden and high workman’s compensation costs. We need to build a more cooperative environment. The payroll tax could make the difference in companies’ investing or not, relocating or not, coming to Vermont or not."The legislature acts like and thinks that they are just playing a parlor game. They are playing with Vermonters lives and livelihoods. Like physicians we have a duty to, first do no harm.’"
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