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Community forum: Job incentive effort has been a success

Posted on July 1, 2016 |
By Fred Kenney



The Vermont Economic Progress Council (VEPC) is a citizen board including two legislators. When it authorizes incentives to businesses through the Vermont Employment Growth Incentive program (VEGI), no taxpayer dollars go to the company. VEPC determines whether the company and project meet statutory criteria and, if approved, the company is authorized to earn incentives. Incentives are paid only if and when performance requirements are met and maintained. The state receives incremental tax revenues from the project before any incentive is paid.

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Opinion: Needed programs paid for by all, not 'other people'

Posted on July 1, 2016 |
By Lee Russ



Other People’s Money, Other People’s Misery

There’s a vocal segment of Vermonters who consistently decry what they see as “the liberal” tendency to spend “other people’s money” on social programs. I ran across this most recently in comments supporting gubernatorial candidate Phil Scott’s public statement that he’s pretty sure that $50 million can be cut from Medicaid.

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Guest editorial: Sanders tells media to focus on fair trade, not agreements

Posted on June 30, 2016 |
By Bernie Sanders



Surprise, surprise. Workers in Britain, many of whom have seen a decline in their standard of living while the very rich in their country have become much richer, have turned their backs on the European Union and a globalized economy that is failing them and their children.

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Jessie Raymond: Teleportation? Beam me up, Scotty

Posted on June 30, 2016 |
By Jessie Raymond



You heard the news, right? Last week the Russians announced that they would like to get serious about teleportation. That’s right: They want to make that old sci-fi standby a reality by 2025.

Finally.

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Clippings: Don't buy what politicians are selling

Posted on June 30, 2016 |
By Sam Hartley



Some politicians want you to think that immigrants and refugees are to blame for America’s problems. Don’t believe them. The presence of immigrants and refugees are only symptoms of larger social ills, not problems themselves.

I learned this lesson in my youth. When I was younger, my father, Brad Hartley, worked for landscaping companies in Florida and Tennessee. Though these jobs he grew to know and to respect people who didn’t look like us or talk like us.

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Community Foum: What is Addiction?

Posted on June 30, 2016 |
By Jessi de Boer



This week’s writer is Jessi de Boer, who wrote this in coordination with the Addison County Committee on Opiate Addiction. DeBoer, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor and a licensed clinical mental health counselor, is coordinator of Adult Recovery Services at Counseling Service of Addison County.

What Is Addiction?

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Gregorgy Dennis: Advice for newlyweds

Posted on June 30, 2016 |
By Gregory Dennis



There once was a time in life when everyone was getting married. Then there were a few, inevitable divorces.

Now it’s time for everyone’s kids to get married.

This year for me is full of those weddings — the 20- and 30-somethings launching into full adulthood by tying the knot. Two weddings of that kind this month alone — one in Mt. Hood, Ore., and the other last weekend in the Berkshires. Another one coming up this fall.

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Opinion: Charbonneau, Sheldon are touted

Posted on June 30, 2016 |
By Ellen Oxfeld



On August 9, I plan to support Jill Charbonneau and Amy Sheldon in the Democratic primary for Vermont House in Middlebury. Jill Charbonneau is running for her first term. Jill, who has been enthusiastically endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders, will be a strong advocate for Vermont workers, as well as for moving forward on the goal of health care as a public good for all Vermonters and making higher education more affordable.

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Opinion: Minter's higher ed plan is praised

Posted on June 30, 2016 |
By Dave Sharpe



As the chair of the House Education Committee, I have long been disturbed that nearly all Vermonters graduate high school, but only about half continue their education beyond high school.

This trend spells disaster: By 2020, two-thirds of jobs in Vermont will require some post-secondary education. We are setting ourselves up for a situation in which many young Vermonters will only be qualified for low-wage jobs.

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Ways of Seeing: A new awareness of Angels

Posted on June 30, 2016 |
By Cheryl Mitchell



As I grow older, my mind sometimes goes places faster than my typing fingers can keep up or ideas get conflated with one another when I am trying to express them. Concepts that at one time seemed “too far out there” are starting to seem possible as I am learning to see things in different ways.

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