Cuba, Venezuela, and Bolívia are all socialist countries. Last I checked they were miserable places to eke out an existence.

Self checkouts are high theft risk registers. Extra auditing is part of the business controls practice.

If there were lots of high, paying jobs, housing was inexpensive and the weather delightful there would be hordes of people here. The lack of these three factors has kept things largely the way they are with people here willing to make the financial and lifestyle sacrifices that living here requires.

And it has kept Vermont from looking like New Jersey. Mission accomplished.

The ones that rented it?

What is your argument for a 4 day work week? I couldn't figure that out. Was it intended to make the state even more attractive? Right now there is a influx of out of staters coming here.

Rama is the chief shit stirrer here.

They're high.

Everybody here seems to have been demanding better training for police and now are condemning a new police training facility. Morons.

Third for Kennon.

Yes. Discussed recently. https://www.reddit.com/r/vermont/comments/111j6fk/have_you_made_the_transition_to_heating_your_home/

Does everyone still want us to build more housing here in Vermont?

Didn't think so.

The company you keep.

The Vermont Housing Finance Agency estimates that the state needs to make 40,000 new housing units available by 2030 if it wants to return to a healthy market. And Maura Collins, its executive director, said achieving that goal will be “all but impossible” unless Vermont invests more money and overhauls its regulatory environment.

We are going to ruin the State.

That's why I labeled this as "opinion". Having lived and worked in dozens of out of state areas, and traveled to hundreds of others, I'd call it an informed opinion. There are plenty of crowded, noisy, dirty communities in the U.S. One Vermont.

I'd say it's working as designed, to slow growth and preserve the state environment. Unpopular opinion but adding thousands of units of housing would ruin the place.

Check the expiration date on your meds.

You’re suggesting to raise the taxes until the owners surrender and sell. Don’t tell me what to do with my money. Don’t tell me what I can do with my property. Don’t tell me how to heat my house.

Or maybe people still care about property rights, even in this Progressive utopia.

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

Who cares? This happened in Vermount.

Okay. I’ll watch it.

The person with the most votes can lose.

Ranked choice is a mistake. The candidate that comes in last affects the outcome.

No storage issues whatsoever. I keep spare barbecue tanks in the shed at all times. That’s a great plan. It might also be worthwhile to chain the generator to something solid nearby while in use. During extended power outages generators are desirable acquisitions and they’re outside running unattended.