Review of S.137
To: Steve Klein, Legislative Joint Fiscal Office From: Tom Kavet CC: Senate Finance Committee Date: April 8, 2009 Re: Requested Review of Proposed “Vermont Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,”...
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Editorial, Burlington Free Press May 5, 2009 There’s little point in opening government records to the public if the information is too difficult to find, sort through or taxes the everyday...
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Editorial, Rutland Herald July 31, 2009 Vermont finished eighth among the states in the latest ranking by the Annie E. Casey Foundation of children’s health and welfare. The study looked at data from...
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Rutland Herald Published: January 6, 2010 As legislators gather on Thursday to hear the eighth and final State of the State address from Gov. James Douglas, they ought to be alert to signs that Douglas...
View ArticlePrioritizing Approaches to Economic Development in New England: Skills,...
August 11, 2010 Download the report; the findings in brief The recession has put many Vermonters out of work. So policymakers are looking for an economic boost that will get Vermonters working again...
View ArticleTax Studies
Tax Rates and Tax Burdens in the District of Columbia – A Nationwide Comparison. 2008 by Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, Government of the District of Columbia September 2009 Vermont Tax...
View ArticleShow Us the Subsidies: An Evaluation of State Government Online Disclosure of...
by Philip Mattera, Thomas Cafcas, Leigh McIlvaine, Caitlin Lacy, Elizabeth Williams and Sarah Gutschow Good Jobs First, December 2010 http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/showusthesubsidies Good Jobs First...
View ArticleThe Impact of Taxes on Migration in New England
By Jeffrey Thompson Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst April 2011 Download the report; the findings in brief (Vermont) Evidence from surveys of...
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Rutland Herald – Editorial September 07, 2016 Does Vermont state government need to retrench or do more? This is the perennial question defining state politics and the roles of the two parties. A new...
View ArticleIn all fairness
Rutland Herald/Times Argus Editorial October 18, 2018 There are two certainties in life: We all want to debate taxes, and we all know we’re going to die debating how we should be taxed. A report issued...
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