NEW Gas-Powered Car TAX Just For You!
The House Transportation Committee is about to take up H.552 – An act relating to transportation initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, which would, among other things, impose new taxes (or fines, depending upon how you look at it) on vehicles that get less than 24 miles per gallon of gasoline or diesel. These “efficiency fees”, that’s Read More…
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Two Branches of Government Try to Exempt Themselves From Code of Ethics
Over the past several years, Campaign for Vermont has worked with the legislature and the Ethics Commission to develop a Code of Ethics that would apply to all three branches of Government. As such, S.171 is currently being discussed in Senate Government Operations and is the product of several years of research and debate. But, lately the bill has Read More…
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How Dumb Is the Plastic Bag Ban?
by Rob Roper Even dumber than you probably think. Forget the arguments we’ve made regarding the constitutional appropriateness of legislators deciding “paper or plastic” for us citizens in what is ostensibly a free society, and let’s pretend for a moment this is a legitimate exercise of government force. Is it a smart idea? Is it Read More…
