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Escape From Vermont [WSJ on Dean and Killington]
Wall Street Journal ^
| Jan 13, 2004
| editorial
Posted on 01/13/2004 2:51:30 AM PST by The Raven
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:50:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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We've all heard of individuals and companies fleeing high-tax jurisdictions. But entire towns or cities? That is the idea du jour in the famous Vermont ski hamlet of Killington, where local leaders say they'd rather be living free in neighboring New Hampshire. They may schedule the issue of secession for discussion at their town meeting this March.
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TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: howarddean; killington
Worth repeating ...
".....they send roughly $20 million per year to Montpelier while getting only $1 million worth of state aid in return"
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posted on
01/13/2004 2:51:31 AM PST
by
The Raven
To: The Raven
Well, naturally all those transplanted New Yorkers in Burlington need that tax money to "fix" Vermont, just like they have New York City. Of course unanswered is that the schools and government in New Hampshire run just fine with zero income and zero sales tax.
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posted on
01/13/2004 4:12:30 AM PST
by
Leisler
(Bored? Short of cash? Go to a Dean "Meetin". It is free, freaky and you'll laugh your butt off.)
To: The Raven
Why do these idiots vote for government that is crap and then complain they want no part of it?
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posted on
01/13/2004 5:26:02 AM PST
by
TheGeezer
To: TheGeezer
The voters and the complainers are two different groups - one outnumbers the other.
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posted on
01/13/2004 7:16:13 AM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
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