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Chuck Collins: Why some high-income Vermonters say 'raise my taxes'
April 9, 2024 | Brattleboro Reformer
By Chuck Collins. As the Vermont State Legislature debates how to pay for housing solutions – and Governor Scott laments "there just isn't any money" – a group of 35 high-income Vermonters have suggested a path forward: raise their taxes. In a public […]
LOCAL NEWS
House passes H.829, increasing taxes on Vermont’s wealthiest
April 2, 2024 | Vermont Biz
By Vermont Business Magazine. A measure that would increase taxes on Vermont’s wealthiest residents gained final approval from the Vermont House today in a vote of 97-42. The bill, H.829, now moves to the Senate. If enacted, the bill would […]
OPINION
Kris Bierfelt: Who will speak for the billionaires?
March 20, 2024 | VT Digger
By Kris Bierfelt. The super wealthy have lobbyists to speak for them. They have think tanks and policy analysts. They have legal teams and media outlets. Don Keelan’s latest op-ed on behalf of Vermont’s mega rich, “Please Don’t Leave Vermont,” says the […]
LOCAL NEWS
Ben and Jerry among 'wealthy' Vermonters calling for Legislature to raise their taxes
March 19, 2024 | Vermont Biz
By Vermont Business Magazine. A group of high-income and wealthy Vermont residents sent an open letter to the Vermont Legislature on Tuesday, asking legislators to increase their taxes in response to pressing needs across the state. The group, which […]
LOCAL NEWS
Wealthy Vermonters call on Legislature to raise their taxes
March 19, 2024 | WCAX
By WCAX News Team. Some wealthy Vermonters say they’re willing to pay more to the state to help with pressing issues and they want the Legislature to raise their taxes. Currently, Vermont lawmakers are considering legislation to enact a 3% surcharge […]
LOCAL NEWS
Some Affluent Vermonters Urge Legislators Again to Tax the Rich
March 19, 2024 | Seven Days
By Anne Wallace Allen. A group of wealthy Vermonters is asking lawmakers to raise taxes on people making more than $500,000 annually. A letter created by Fair Share for Vermont, a campaign that is seeking to create a 3 percent tax surcharge […]
LOCAL NEWS
Report: Wealth tax could fund anti-poverty programs in Vermont
February 26, 2024 | WCAX
By Calvin Cutler. A new report suggests Vermont can fund anti-poverty programs through a new tax on the state’s top earners. The “State of Working Vermont” measures the social and economic well-being of Vermonters through employment, wage […]
OPINION
Jared Duval: A fairer tax system can make Vermont more affordable for all
February 15, 2024 | VTDigger
By Jared Duval. Multiple bills have been introduced in the Legislature this year that could contribute to a fairer tax system in Vermont. I’d like to highlight two of them […]
LOCAL NEWS
Tax the Rich? Wealth Tax Proposals Floated in the Statehouse
January 30, 2024 | Seven Days
By Anne Wallace Allen. Two bills that would raise taxes for Vermont’s wealthiest residents are being discussed in Montpelier. H. 827 would add to the tax liability of people who have $10 million in assets. H. 828 would create a 3 percent personal income […]
NATIONAL NEWS
What to know about Vermont’s wealth tax
January 27, 2024 | abc News
By Max Zahn. In yellow-walled conference room at the Vermont statehouse this week, one attendee ate ice cream and another bounced a toddler on her lap— but all were focused on a bill that would tax personal wealth for the first time in U.S. history. […]
NATIONAL NEWS
Vermont wants to fix income inequality by raising taxes on the rich
January 24, 2024 | CBS News
By Aimee Picchi. Vermont, known for tackling progressive issues, has a new goal in sign: Adding new taxes that would target its wealthiest residents, aiming to tackle growing income inequality and to ensure that the rich are paying their fair share. […]
NATIONAL NEWS
Vermont Becomes Latest State to Propose Wealth Taxes
January 23, 2024 | New York Times
By David W. Chen. Lawmakers in Vermont are introducing legislation this week that would impose new taxes on the state’s wealthiest residents, joining a growing national campaign being pushed by Democrats who believe that the measures will […]
OPINION
Lyall: Economic Justice
January 10, 2024 | Rutland Herald
By James Lyall, ACLU of Vermont. The Fair Share for Vermont campaign is calling for Vermont’s wealthiest residents to pay their fair share in taxes so we can build a better state for all of us. As part of this campaign, the ACLU of Vermont and our partners […]
OPINION
Heilweil: It’s time for the wealthiest to pay their fair share in taxes
December 7, 2023 | Vermont Business Magazine
By Anika Heilweil, Public Assets Institute. We can build a Vermont that works for everyone who lives here. We can have thriving downtowns, safe roads and bridges, and housing that people can afford. Our children can learn in vibrant and supportive […]
OPINION
Don Tinney: Vermont can’t afford to shortchange our children
December 7, 2023 | VTDigger
By Don Tinney, Vermont-NEA. At a time when our state’s children need us more than ever, Gov. Phil Scott this week returned to his same, tired rhetoric about why we can’t give our public schools — and the people who learn and teach in them — the […]
LOCAL NEWS
Fund Vermont’s Future
November 22, 2023 | Vermont Viewpoint– WDEV’s Public Affairs Program
Kevin Ellis is joined by Anika Heilweil, the campaign manager of Fund Vermont’s Future, to talk about the legislative proposal to levy a 3% surcharge on Vermonters with incomes over 500k.
LOCAL NEWS
New coalition calls on Legislature to make Vermont’s wealthiest pay their ‘fair share’ in taxes
November 9, 2023 | VTDigger
By Sarah Mearhoff. It is high time, a coalition of state political interest groups said Thursday, that Vermont’s wealthiest residents pay their “fair share” in income taxes. Members of the newly formed coalition, which is dubbing itself Fund Vermont’s Future […]
LOCAL NEWS
Coalition launches push to raise taxes on Vermont's highest earners
November 9, 2023 | Vermont Public
by Peter Hirschfeld. A new coalition that wants to increase taxes on Vermont’s highest earners is calling on lawmakers to pass legislation next year that it says will generate close to $100 million in state revenue annually. Organizations including the […]
A coalition suggests a new tax on the wealthy to increase state revenue
LOCAL NEWS
November 9, 2023 | NBC5
Stephen Biddix. On Thursday morning in Montpelier, a coalition proposed a plan to raise taxes on the state’s most wealthy to build a better Vermont. It's called Fair Share for Vermont and supporters believe their plan could raise roughly $98 million in […]
LOCAL NEWS
Advocates want to raise taxes for the wealthiest Vermonters by 3%
November 9, 2023 | Seven Days
By Anne Wallace Allen. A large group of advocates will ask lawmakers in January to increase taxes for Vermont's highest wage earners, saying the money is needed to bolster housing, health care, and other needs that are increasingly out of reach for […]
LOCAL NEWS
Coalition proposes Vt. wealth tax
November 9, 2023 | WCAX
By WCAX News Team. There’s a new push to raise taxes on Vermont’s top earners. A coalition of organizations gathered at the Statehouse Thursday to launch what they are calling the Fair Share for Vermont initiative. They want to see a 3% personal […]