h year, while also bringing tourists into the state who have to pay Vermont state sales tax, and a rooms and meals tax. All this money would never flow into Vermont if it were not for the towns who have given up their land for development. Now that the state has added this new "school tax" towns in the future will have to think twice about letting businesses reside in their town. The towns that have already allowed these businesses to build are being robbed by a legislature that has turned to a new way of thinking for our little state. It is something that all of us know about, but never associate with our country. Socialism. Marxism. Communism. You probably can not believe your eyes. These are harsh words to be used when talking about your own states government. When we hear these words, many images come to our mind. We see Germany, Russia, Cuba and China. All places we know of, but few of us have ever been to. We do not see the snow covered mountaintops, or the foliage that we all flock to see each fall. These are the images we see when we see when we think of Vermont, but there is one thing in common between these far away lands, and our state. Socialistic government control over all. This is the path the state government has started to take. Take the power away from the people, and make everyone an equal. A drone controlled by the government. This is what Act 60 is going to do. It will take the power away from the towns over how they want to educate their students, and give the responsibility to the state. At first Act 60 may look like a good idea. More money for education. Help the state's children receive a better education. Each person needs to share the wealth. Robb from the rich to give to the poor, as Robin Hood would say. In response to these ideas, two quotes have summed up Act 60 perfectly. In a letter to the editor from state Sen. Julius Canns (R) Caledonia County he said, "power b...
