Episode 45

Funding Vermont's Future with 3%

December 22, 2023 (prerecorded 12/19): The Fund Vermont's Futute Coalition is advocating a proposal to raise $98 million in new tax revenue. The money could fund new infrastructure, schools, and be used to meet more Vermonters' economic needs. If passed, the proposal would levy a 3 percent personal income surcharge on annual incomes of $500,000 or more. Anika Heilweil, the Fair Share Campaign Manager joins the show. 

More information about Fair Share Vermont and the coalition: https://fairsharevt.org/

Read economic reports from The Public Assets Institute: https://publicassets.org/

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

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Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.