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Bernie, Heal Thyself
Bernie Sanders’ latest op-ed offers bold solutions like Medicare for All and price caps, but his focus on treating symptoms, not root causes, threatens to…
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Equal Pay, Unequal Costs: How Vermont Legislators Spent Your Money on H.861
Vermont’s H.861 mandates equal pay for in-person, telemedicine, and phone consultations, ignoring real cost differences and burdening taxpayers. While marketed as equitable, the law raises…
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Vermont Yankee’s Shutdown: A Decade Later, Did the State Plan for the Fallout?
A decade after Vermont Yankee’s closure, the state faces soaring electricity rates, job losses, and a $100M fiscal blow. Vermont’s failure to plan for predictable…
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VT’s Public Sector Workforce: Efficient or Overgrown?
Vermont’s public sector workforce size and education spending rank among the highest in the nation, raising questions about efficiency and fiscal responsibility. With a declining…
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Festivus Report 2024: Senator Rand Paul Exposes $1 Trillion in Government Waste
Nearly $420,000 was spent studying if isolated rats are more inclined to consume cocaine than socialized rats. Critics question the practicality of such research amid…
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PBMs: The Hidden Middlemen Driving Up Drug Prices
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) control drug pricing through opaque practices like rebates and spread pricing, driving up costs for patients, taxpayers, and insurers. Reform is…
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VT’s Spending Problem: Can the State Break Free from Federal Dependency?
Vermont spends more than any other state relative to its economy, with 29.4% of its output going to state and local government. Heavy federal dependency…
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VT’s Landlord-Tenant Report Misses the Mark: Ignoring Reality Comes at a Cost
Vermont’s housing crisis reveals a hard truth: you can ignore reality, but not the consequences of ignoring reality. Soaring property taxes and overspending have driven…
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House Republicans to Introduce Repeal of Costly Heat Law
Friday, December 13, 2024 The latest report from the independent Vermont Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is further evidence that Act 18, commonly referred to as…
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RECs Part 2 – My Headache Is Now Your Headache
Vermont’s REC practices inflate emissions while others benefit, and the global REC system, endorsed by the UN and IPCC, rewards manipulation over integrity. Meanwhile, China…
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