New ‘Medicare for All’ bill would kick 181 million off private insurance
Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described “socialist,” is doubling down on his efforts to give federal officials total control over Americans’ health care.
Eileen Haupt: Proposal 5 red herrings
Benning already has the right to a vasectomy. He has the right to a reversal, as well. Nothing is threatening his right to make these personal decisions.
Keelan: Stop using our children as pawns
At what point does the far left stop using our children in elementary and high schools to promote its agenda? The foremost user is the Vermont Public Interest Research Group.
Moore: Take it outdoors this spring in Vermont
There are hundreds of venues and places to explore throughout Central Vermont. The Central Vermont Chamber has recently published an updated Visitors’ Guide that can help you map out activities for your family and guests.
Roper: Should Vermont ban the internal combustion engine?
If we really want to save the planet from climate change, the real solution is to ban the internal combustion engine. I bring this up because I am told by two legislators in a position to know, that this was a serious topic of debate last week in the House Energy and Technology Committee.
John Klar: We have no clue
I am not without sympathy for federal workers whose pay was delayed by the partial government shutdown. But that sympathy withers when these workers’ plight is compared to Vermont’s dairy farmers.
McClaughry: The latest big idea — taxing heating fuels
Let’s agree that weatherizing drafty homes is a sensible thing to do. The question is who should pay for it. All taxpayers? All heating fuel users? Or the people who benefit, paying over time out of their ongoing fuel savings?
Sen. Joe Benning: Self evident in the Vermont tradition
I decided to vote for Proposition 5 for three reasons. In the case of abortion, it preserves a balancing test between a woman’s right to privacy and a state’s interest in protecting a viable fetus.
Flemming: America’s poor are right to reject socialism
At its worst, capitalism fosters consumerism. At its best, capitalism brings millions out of extreme poverty. At its best, socialism means lower qualities of living. At its worst, socialism creates the conditions for dictators to come to power.
Statehouse Headliners: Former Statehouse security guard says small ‘banners’ were OK
Judging by the flood of emails and Facebook comments, Pat Finnie is not the only reader who responded emphatically to the chair’s efforts to prohibit flag waving.
Letters to legislators: We are dying the death of a thousand cuts
“Freedom and Unity” is the Vermont motto. Limiting one’s freedoms for the sake of another, even though well intentioned, is not right, nor does it foster unity.
Roper: The ‘kick ‘em when they’re down’ carbon tax
More disturbing than this semantic jujitsu used to justify a broken campaign promise to not support a carbon tax is the twisted logic that it’s OK to double the tax because fuel prices fluctuate and, therefore, consumers won’t notice.