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April 10th, 2007 Opinion, Politics, Vermont, economics, education, taxes

Vermont Tiger posted a salient commentary from one of its readers - Louis Constanzo of Winhall. He hits the nail squarely! Our tax woes are easy to understand. And a little more remedial reading at Vermont Tiger can do no harm. The facts and figures lend themselves to simple arithmetic. Our education funding is killing this state. First, as a service - it is of middling quality (per standardized testing - what ever that may really mean) at “top of the line cost”. Sort of like the problems Ford, Chrysler, and GM are having with their products. Sales are off against a better product (Toyota, Nissan, etc). So to stay in business they cut costs. And thus they cut jobs. Lots and lots of jobs.

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