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I'll see you on that and raise ya several thousands of $$$. The UVM Medical-Industrial complex hbas been swallowing up healthcare facilities around the state and threatening independent providers to our detriment. Meanwhile, as this state-sanctioned monopoly blossoms it becomes harder and harder to get the simplest of procedures without going through a UVM facility - which costs a fortune. https://vtdigger.org/2017/07/3...

It is no coincidence that Vermont is among the top ten most expensive places to buy health insurance: http://www.npr.org/sections/he...

It is still going on. Kind of a joke repose if it were not so sad. http://vtdigger.org/2016/02/18...

Vermont Yankee could not outbid Seabrook and HydroQuebec, in fact. Natural gas is playing a role though. http://vtdigger.org/2013/08/28...

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Have you been in Vermont recently? I'd love to live there, if there were any jobs.

It's actually not a new tax, it's the old tax which was supposed to last until the expiration of the license. Then the license was extended, and the tax was extended accordingly:

Supporters of the new taxes said they were designed to replace money the plant paid the state under agreements in 2003 and 2005 that saw the state drop its opposition to the plant boosting its power output by 20 percent and to the plant's plan for storage of more highly radioactive nuclear waste on its grounds. Those agreements lasted until March 21, the end of the plant's initial 40-year operating license. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a 20-year license extension last year.

"If they are continuing to operate then they ought to operate under the same conditions that they operated under before," Klein said Tuesday.

Not to mention that it's not a particularly high tax, at least according to this article:

“I firmly believe the tax is reasonable. It is less than the tax rate on wind projects, and it is comparable to the generating tax on nuclear plants in Connecticut.

http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/publications/data/2010-04-03Charyulu.pdf

"The DEA efficiency analysis conducted on different crops indicated that the efficiency levels are lower in organic farming when compared to conventional farming, relative to their production frontiers."

Organic does not mean local! Less than 30% of organic foods in Vermont co-ops comes from regional sources, at the height of the local growing season. If you want to support local farms(at least around here) you should be buying conventional foods.

http://vtdigger.org/2009/12/02/your-organic-food-made-in-china-part-2/