John Freitag: Money matters, budgets matter

Editor’s note: This commentary is by John Freitag, of Strafford, who is chair of the Strafford Selectboard, which is currently working on its 2018 town budget.
Politics in its essence is said to be about who gets what and who pays it. In this regard, the most important issue facing us at right now is the tax bill before Congress. There is no question that reforming the tax code is needed But as currently proposed, and being attempted to be rammed through Congress without the traditional pr