September 30, 2007

Town Watched Wallet, but Maybe Too Well - New York Times

Fiscal Fun in a Vermont Town!



What a great story!

Only in Vermont do people want to turn a silk purse into a sow's ear. For Fair Haven taxpayers to complain about a town surplus of a million dollars, apparently created by sound fiscal discipline, is hilarious. If I get this right, past and current taxpayers are upset because future taxpayers will get a break as this surplus is spent on the town budget. Frugality is derided...this must be the American way... because consumers routinely overspend their personal resources, they find their town's frugality troubling. What a laugh!

Every Vermont town should be so lucky. Fair Haven had better watch out because maybe the State of Vermont will find a way to get their hands on some of this surplus.

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