about the problems in Montpelier with money and taxes and stuff like that, you might want to consult the editorial page of today's Freeps where the clouds are parted and the smoke is cleared and we learn that:
It seems like money has always been tight around the Statehouse, and any cuts will mean choices. After all, government generally spends money providing services either for the benefit of the many, or offering assistance to those who need help in one way or another.
Freeps
"Each of these cutbacks came as projections for state revenues headed further south due to the economic slowdown. There's no sign yet that things have turned around. That leaves the state with the choice of cutting spending or raising taxes."
Apparently the Freeps has exhausted its tiny store of brainpower, because tax *cuts* are not on the board here. That is also an option, and one that has been shown to increase tax revenues, but we'll ignore facts for right now. Is it impossible to put someone in front of the Freeps editorial staff who has some kind of background in business, accounting, or economics? Or is it too much to ask that the local paper break a sweat in writing its hotly-anticipated editorials?
Posted by: Chris Campion | August 27, 2008 at 11:43 AM