I find myself in an unusual situation of disagreeing with you slightly. If there were a cap on property taxes I fear that there would ultimately be no catalyst for people to rethink policy. Bernie Sanders perpetrated the biggest fraud in the history of the state by telling people that every day Americans don’t need to pay much in taxes — we can just leave it to the millionaires and billionaires. But as Margaret Thatcher famously said — the problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other peoples money. I think having property taxes go up by an extraordinary percentage helps focus people on the idea that maybe the day of which MT spoke is upon us. And maybe we need to look at math for a change. I’m not in favor of anything that would be used as one more means of kicking the can down the road and eliminating accountability. Let the teachers unions be on the defensive for a change. Let the local media continue to burn all credibility by not reporting on the real reason any of this is happening. People will only put up with so much double speak and obfuscation. But I think we also need to establish a real GOP alternative and not this Prog-lite idiocy that we see from Scott/Dame. People need a strong contrast and a strong articulate voice. Maybe that’s something like Roper for Governor.
Of course the real problem is not Gov. Scott. He has very little bargaining power against a veto-proof Prog/Dem super majority in the Legislature. Until enough voters see it in their own best interest to elect enough Republicans in the Legislature to enable the Governor’s vetos to be upheld, absolutely nothing will change for the better in VT.
I find myself in an unusual situation of disagreeing with you slightly. If there were a cap on property taxes I fear that there would ultimately be no catalyst for people to rethink policy. Bernie Sanders perpetrated the biggest fraud in the history of the state by telling people that every day Americans don’t need to pay much in taxes — we can just leave it to the millionaires and billionaires. But as Margaret Thatcher famously said — the problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other peoples money. I think having property taxes go up by an extraordinary percentage helps focus people on the idea that maybe the day of which MT spoke is upon us. And maybe we need to look at math for a change. I’m not in favor of anything that would be used as one more means of kicking the can down the road and eliminating accountability. Let the teachers unions be on the defensive for a change. Let the local media continue to burn all credibility by not reporting on the real reason any of this is happening. People will only put up with so much double speak and obfuscation. But I think we also need to establish a real GOP alternative and not this Prog-lite idiocy that we see from Scott/Dame. People need a strong contrast and a strong articulate voice. Maybe that’s something like Roper for Governor.
Of course the real problem is not Gov. Scott. He has very little bargaining power against a veto-proof Prog/Dem super majority in the Legislature. Until enough voters see it in their own best interest to elect enough Republicans in the Legislature to enable the Governor’s vetos to be upheld, absolutely nothing will change for the better in VT.