[BickleTravis]

Originally Posted by RunawayJim

Funny. I would rather pay high taxes for small home and a great place to live with lots of places to visit and lots of recreation within driving distance than somewhere west of the Mississippi. It's a completely different place. Cities are spread out. Towns are full of sprawl. You don't get the small communities you get in the Northeast in the west or the south (with few exceptions).

Funny.
High taxes have absolutely nothing to do with sprawl or spread out cities.
High taxes are a result of giving state aid to parents with disabled children, while the parents are making $150,000 a year, for example.
If you think MT or WY are full of sprawl, well, you haven't been there.

[RunawayJim]

Originally Posted by BickleTravis

Funny.
High taxes have absolutely nothing to do with sprawl or spread out cities.
High taxes are a result of giving state aid to parents with disabled children, while the parents are making $150,000 a year, for example.
If you think MT or WY are full of sprawl, well, you haven't been there.

Maybe not not those places in particular, but western and southern cities tend to take up far more land than necessary and be sprawled out when compared to their densely populated northeastern counterparts.

Do we need welfare reform? Yes. Should we do away with the welfare system altogether? Absolutely not.

[BickleTravis]

Originally Posted by RunawayJim

Maybe not not those places in particular, but western and southern cities tend to take up far more land than necessary and be sprawled out when compared to their densely populated northeastern counterparts.

Do we need welfare reform? Yes. Should we do away with the welfare system altogether? Absolutely not.

I am not arguing for or against welfare reform.
My point is simply that the issues you mentioned have nothing to do with the tax situation in Vermont.

[RunawayJim]

Originally Posted by BickleTravis

I am not arguing for or against welfare reform.
My point is simply that the issues you mentioned have nothing to do with the tax situation in Vermont.

And my point was in response to people saying taxes are high because of gov't handouts (welfare).