Trump’s rollback of CAFE mandates big win for consumer choice
If consumers value saving money on gasoline, they will simply choose to purchase more fuel-efficient cars, and automakers will meet that demand without a federal mandate.
Flemming: Canada’s carbon tax failure, eh?
Let us work to make sure our neighbors are aware of how devastating a carbon tax has been for Canada, so that Vermonters do not have the expend so much energy in repealing our own carbon tax.
Opinion: Phil Scott in an age of identity politics
As things stand now, the GOP is stuck between betraying its principles for a larger share of the state’s more left-leaning votes, or giving up control of the executive branch.
Keelan: The patient is no longer the focal point
Not too many years ago, when you went to see your medical provider, you were the focal point. In the ensuing years, that has changed.
Moore: With election in sight, vote for a free-market economy
A thriving market economy results in job creation, higher wages, better benefits and better opportunities for employees. A thriving market economy results in more profits for the small businesses that are the backbone of our community.
Roper: Look for the GMO label, they’re a selling point
The objective of mandating that GMO food products be labeled, despite plenty of scientific research showing GMOs to be perfectly safe, was to scare people into buying organic alternatives. Proponents of the labels thought they would be perceived as warnings. Turns out, they’re a selling point.
Hansen: Individual mandate forces the poor to subsidize the rich
In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate functions as a tax, which means that Scott approved a new health tax despite pledging no new taxes. How should Vermonters make sense of this discrepancy?
Orleck: Marijuana is a threat to gun freedom
High potency marijuana is the real killer and the gun is an innocent accomplice. Until we get it, more gun laws will be passed and the violence, and even the mass killings, will also increase.
McClaughry: The fuel economy mandate battle
What does it mean to ordinary Vermonters for the federal government to freeze the CAFÉ standard for new passenger cars at 37 mpg in 2020, rather than pushing it up to 54.5 mpg in 2025?
Democratic gubernatorial debate reveals support for carbon tax
During a debate on VPR between the four Democratic candidates who will appear on that party’s Aug. 14th primary ballot, all stated support for placing a new carbon tax on Vermonters.
Why Democratic Socialists can’t legitimately claim Sweden, Denmark as success stories
Democratic socialists claim countries such as Venezuela and Cuba implemented socialism “incorrectly” or that other factors are to blame. They prefer to cite Norway, Sweden and Denmark as examples of socialist success. There are, however, several key problems with that.
Censorship of Infowars exposes larger problem of Silicon Valley bias
Given the vague and increasingly expanding use of the term “hate speech,” it’s not unreasonable to think that purging Infowars is the tip of the iceberg.