16-02-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org

Moshe Braner: Tax proposal harms middle class

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Moshe Braner, of Essex, a political independent who works as a statistical analyst.
The proposal for a new education tax formula is being described by Reps. Mitzi Johnson and Janet Ancel as making the education tax “simple and transparent.” But we’re only told totals and averages, not who will win and who will lose.
They say the statewide property tax base rate will decrease. But the education tax bill as a whole, including the local a
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