Vermont Economy at a Glance

  • FY12 Budget Shortfall: $176 million, or 14%
    • One Family's Share: $1,132
  • Population: 621,760   Unemployment Rate: 6.2%   Poverty Rate: 9.4%
  • Median Household Income: $50,619
  • Potential Public Revenue from tax on natural resource extraction: $1,2 Billion / year
    • One Family's Share: $7,720 yearly
    • Currently collected by corporations tax-free
  • Cumulative Afghan & Iraq War Cost to Vermont:
    • $1,724,493,495 ...Not counting the cost of the illegal war in Libya!
    • One Family's Share: $11,904
Full Documentation on the Cost of War to Vermont families courtesy of CostOfWar.com.
Mar 152010
 

‘Berny’ Sanders supports military appropriation bills, always has. However. he’s upped the ante by trying to get the Sandia Corporation to set up shop in Vermont. Sandia develops nuclear weapons systems. ‘Berny’ doesn’t return my letters or phone calls, but his handlers are watching what I do, closely. This announcement comes shortly after I declared [...]

Mar 142010
 
Future Governor Dennis Steele Asks Key Question in UVM Debate

03-07-10 Democratic candidate gubernatorial forum and debate Listen for yourself. When the moderator goes to the floor for questions, Dennis stood up immediately and was able to confront the candidates about bringing home the Vermont National Guard. One candidate cited the official Tax Foundation statistic… of $1.08 in federal money returned to Vermont for every [...]