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.
May 212010
 
Vermont is a Lifeboat

Last week, author Michael Ruppert of Confronting Collapse and Crossing the Rubicon toured Vermont, sponsored by Chelsea Green Publishing, Radio Free Vermont, The Candidates for Vermont Independence and Transition Towns. As your candidate I pledge to work without stopping toward the survival of our people and our communities. Here’s what Ruppert had to say in [...]

May 112010
 
Dennis Steele Officially on Ballot for Vermont Governor

This opens a new era in Vermont politics. Today Dennis Steele, Independent from Kirby, army helicopter crew chief, fifth-generation Vermonter and Northeast Kingdom businessman is officially on the ballot for Vermont Governor. This opens a new era in Vermont politics. Today, the old political machine that passes the governorship back & forth between Republicans and [...]

May 032010
 
The Black Swan

Vermonters Confronting Collapse This is a blow to Vermont liberals, lefties and democrats who have buried their heads in the sand to keep pretending that their Obama walks on water, folks who have buried any and all opposition to the ongoing wars, torture and domestic loss of liberties… in exchange for a smile and promises [...]