EducationFinding
Vermont should pay for more school costs with income taxes instead of property taxes.
Vermont funds schools mainly through a statewide education property tax, with an income-based adjustment for many homeowners. This would shift more school funding to income taxes.
Phil Scott
Yet there are advocates who say, 'All we need to do is shift the cost to the income tax, or ask more of second homeowners.' But that money already pays for something else.
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