Sen. Mark MacDonald suggests reimposing a 55 mph speed limit on all highways and a gas guzzler tax on pickup trucks and large SUVs. Confronted with the regressive impact of these proposals, MacDonald said: “We don’t do things based on helping poor people. We do things to save the world.”
Eleven organic dairy farms in Vermont closed in 2021. The next year, 18 more followed. And this year the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont expects to lose another 28 farms. That data is why the association wants to see $9.2 million sent to organic dairy farmers in this year’s budget.
Remember the famous seven fat years and seven lean years in Genesis? Crops may well have been “average” over the whole fourteen-year period. Trouble is that none of those years individually was average. Fortunately dream-reader Joseph knew what was coming. Granaries were built and stocked during the fat years.
It is time that “We the People” speak up for our constitutional republic, which gives our government power from the people, and whose job it is to protect them.
A House bill H.113 introduced by two southern Vermont legislators would ban tax exemptions for any church or charitable organization engaged in lobbying. Also, S.41 would eliminate a life without parole as a sentencing option.
Issues high on the Democratic policy agenda include the Affordable Heating Act, paid family and medical leave, child care, ending school choice, repeal of the Sportsmen’s Bill of Rights, and more.
Several witnesses (and basic math) are on record that Vermont is not on track to achieve those reductions by the first milestone in 2025, nor the second milestone in 2030, so the anticipated lawsuit now appears inevitable.
The Democrats and their far-left Progressives allies have moved from my basement to my kitchen. This home invasion comes on the heels of the party-in-power looking forward to removing my gasoline-fired cars from my garage in the not-too-distant future.
So why this constant and relentless push to past the Affordable Heat Act and more? It’s really not about saving our planet because it’s obvious Vermont will have no impact on reducing global carbon loading even if we achieve zero emissions.
A young NYC woman and activist for pro-life causes, Savannah Craven, is making rounds across New England to speak about the topic of abortion. On Saturday she attended the Right to Life March, and on Monday evening she will speak at UVM.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont is backing House Bill 88, an act relating to reducing the imposition of cash bail in the state’s judicial system. The legislation is sponsored by Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun, D-Windham, who serves on the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions.
As it relates to the child care crisis in Vermont, representatives in my district have decided to champion this to the tune of $179 to $279 million, overseen by the House Human Services Committee.