Vermont

Vermont keeps electing Bernie Sanders: that tells you enough of their stupid ideology. Vermont keeps electing Bernie Sanders: that tells you enough of their stupid ideology. They started a program to pay people $10,000 to come there, so they can be taxed that in 2 years (not counting moving fees). Few rubes were gullible enough to fall for that. I'd pay $10,000 for people dumb enough to want Sanders their senator to move there. ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2019-02-05

A few highlights (borrowed from friends):

• Vermont has the 11th highest state and local tax burden in the country; average income taxes are $1,100 a year.
• Property taxes are the 5th highest in the nation, averaging $2,500 per capita.
• Sales taxes take in $600 a person.
• Vermont's business tax climate is ranked 47th out of 50 by the Tax Foundation

So we're up to $4,200 a year on average.

By comparison, their next door neighbor (New Hampshire) has no income tax or sales tax: and it's state and local tax burden ranks 44th. Its business tax climate ranks 7th.

Maybe Vermont should focus on un-fucking its tax system, rather than gimmicky handouts for "up to 100" remote employees who are moving to the state anyway?

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🔗 Links

• https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/31/vermont-will-pay-you-10000-to-move-there-and-work-from-home.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont
• https://taxfoundation.org/publications/state-local-tax-burden-rankings/

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