Deb Billado: Zuckerman is the problem, not the solution
What Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman and his colleagues don’t understand, or don’t care about, is the fact that government cannot give to anyone without taking away from someone else first.
Deb Billado: The state of the Union is strong, and about to be even stronger
The president’s proposed fiscal year 2021 budget achieves common-sense savings throughout the federal government, while investing in areas crucial to our nation’s future.
Govs. Scott and Douglas ask conservatives to step up and run for office in 2020
Top GOP leaders, appearing Wednesday night at the 2020 Lincoln-Reagan Dinner at the Canadian Club, gave impassioned pleas for conservatives to step up and run for office to counter liberal supermajorities at the Statehouse.
Deb Billado: The power of one
One vote. That’s what separated Vermonters from a $30 million new payroll tax this week. One single, vote. Every single Republican stood together with the governor to protect Vermonters and provide a united front that stood up to an out-of-control supermajority.
Deb Billado: America needs to go fly a kite
Religious liberty is under assault in many ways. People of faith are mocked for their religious conscience and government sees religious values as obstacles to overcome rather than a value to cherish and protect.
Vermont conservatives push back against apathy, gun control, school performance, perceived media bias
Faced with powerful political opposition, a strong gun control lobby, politically correct public schools that do not always prepare students, and a sometimes hostile media, it’s tempting sometimes to hunker down or even give up. But there are signs that conservative Vermonters are pushing back.
Deb Billado: Democratic lawmakers seek big pay raise
Even though we’re facing a more than $70 million budget gap, Vermont’s Democrat legislators want their own pay raised, and for you to foot the bill.
A dozen 2020 ‘Agripublican’ candidates announce campaigns for Vermont seats
A dozen candidates for political offices including lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, three Senate seats and six House seats announced their candidacies Monday morning at a joint news conference at the Statehouse.
Deb Billado: Vermont Republicans are resolute to reverse Democrat control
Vermont is controlled by a Democrat/Progressive supermajority, but we must not accept that it will always be that way. We must undo this domination, and a new year is the perfect time to begin.
Deb Billado: What the Democrats want for Christmas
Some of the things the Vermont Democrats want for Christmas, with delivery in January and beyond, are not only naughty but dreadful, even ghastly.
Deb Billado: The decommissioning of Democrat-created big government commissions
The Legislature has created a new board to be known as the Sunset Advisory Board to evaluate the other boards and to make recommendations regarding their continuation. We can always hope that they will do the right thing for Vermonters and will recommend decommissioning the unneeded boards.
Deb Billado: Democrats have taken taxing authority to a new and ridiculous level
T.J. Donovan believes that even if you take a photo of a public record with your own cell phone, you’re breaking the law — unless you fork over some money to the state coffers.