The two-day graduation celebration offered a continuing and inspiring story and a visual representation of service to the nation — and the true melting pot of America. It’s something unconsciously ignored or forgotten by many Americans.
In its Feb. 6 legislative update, Campaign for Vermont offers an in-depth look at what lawmakers and the governor are doing for fiscal responsibility, workforce and economic development, housing, good government and education.
Our federal government has a predilection to spend like there’s no tomorrow, with little provocation. This makes inflation itself a pseudo-tax. Who is to say the government won’t dole out more money just because everything is more expensive? Which would create more inflation.
“While the program was sold as a voluntary private insurance program, it is 100% taxpayer funded for the 11,000 state employees covered by it,” Rep. Andrew Prout, R-Hudson said. “This cost is not guaranteed to stay within the rosy forecasts predicted by its proponents and the taxpayers will be on the hook.”
The Small Business Administration-administered Paycheck Protection Program paid out millions of dollars to ineligible unions, according to a new report released by the Freedom Foundation.
“In several states across the country, union officials, specifically teachers’ union officials, have been granted a really unique privilege called exclusive monopoly bargaining,” Mix said, adding that FDR opposed granting such privileges to public-sector unions while in office.
As the attorney general reminds Vermonters that they won’t be literally left out in the cold by their propane fuel delivery company, the Legislature is making moves to eradicate those companies and all fossil heating fuels from our landscape.
If you were to conjure an archnemesis for leftists, you probably wouldn’t think of Joe Rogan. After all, Rogan is hardly some Ronald Reagan or Rush Limbaugh clone. He endorsed Bernie Sanders for president in 2020. He openly talks about using marijuana.
Bernie Sanders is not, nor has he ever been, a member any Democratic Party. Why is he telling Democrats what to do in a party that he resolutely refuses to belong to?
“Vermont is one of a just a handful of states remaining that fully tax military retirement pay. For the last five years, I’ve proposed it be fully eliminated in Vermont. I am encouraged by the growing bipartisan support for this cause,” Gov. Scott said.
S.30, an act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings, passed in the state Senate on February 3 2022, by a vote of 21-9.
The Treasury Department announced Tuesday that the total national debt had surpassed $30 trillion for the first time. Just two years ago, the Congressional Budget Office projected that the nation would not reach this mark until the end of 2025.