Your Taxes, Game Theory and the Shutdown
June 12, 2018 By David Flemming Will your taxes increase or won’t they? As EAI has written on previously, there aren’t any mainstream proposals from the Governor or...
Commentary: The School Property Tax Deadlock
by John McClaughry Gov. Phil Scott and the Democratic-controlled legislature are well into crunch time over the FY2019 state general fund budget and the related education finance bill....
Commentary: Vetoing the $15 Minimum Wage Was a Good Thing
By Rob Roper After watching the debate in the State House over the $15 minimum wage it is hard to see how any rational or compassionate person could...
Commentary: Vermont’s Electric Vehicle Future
by John McClaughry For the past 20 years Vermont state government has aggressively worked to get Vermonters to abandon internal combustion vehicles (ICVs) in favor of electric vehicles...
Commentary: Rolling Blackouts for New England?
By Meredith Angwin Rolling blackouts are probably coming to New England sooner than expected. When there’s not enough supply of electricity to meet demand, an electric grid...
New Tax Could Make Vermonters- and Our Government- Poorer
By David Flemming All Vermont taxpayers, especially those using Airbnb to travel or host, should be concerned about a new tax bill that passed the Senate and is...
The ESSEX Plan: Symbolic Environmentalism That Will Impose Economic Harm on Vermonters
by Jonathan A. Lesser, PhD I was asked by Vermont’s Ethan Allen Institute to prepare an economic analysis of The ESSEX Plan, the most recent carbon tax proposal...
VT Legislator Roll Call Profiles
Are Your Representatives Representing YOU? See How They Voted on Key Issues. INTRODUCTION The following collection of Legislator Roll Call Vote Profiles is brought to you as...
