Vermont’s Education Property Tax System Is Not Broken

Squeezing the taxpayer dry is what it’s designed to do, and it’s working.

Vermonters head into town meeting week with a massive property tax increase looming over our heads, as much as 40 percent in some communities. There is a collective wail on Front Porch Forum and on social media, at least in my town of Stowe, that “the system is broken!” No, it’s not. I understand why folks would think it is if you’re looking at an educa…