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Hardy Machia goes on the offensive by pointing out the incumbents ads of wanting to work for lower taxes are just not true. This PDF of Can’t Afford These Taxes postcard shows how much new spending the incumbents approved last session, and highlights how the Vermont state budget has doubled in the last eight years, but what we are getting in services hasn’t.

Andrew Thomas sent out a similar mailing for his race, but the incumbent in his race voted for budgets in excess of 15 billion dollars in new spending since she took office….Andrew’s mailing.

The cover story of Livin – The Vermont Way was “Vermont’s Tax Nightmare — What it means to the working people.”

They highlighted a quote from me…”Vermont’s spending has doubled in the last eight years from $2.2 billion to $4.4 billion. Vermont’s population hasn’t. Vermont is the third highest taxes state in the nation. New Hampshire doesn’t have a sales or income tax, and is the lowest taxed state in the nation. When Vermonters can’t afford to stay, the folks in Montpelier have to go.” — Hardy Machia, Chairman, Vermont Libertarian Party.

At our state committee meeting we nominated our first round of candidates. Their campaign are already off and running.

• David Atkinson: State Representative, Orange-Addison-1
• Bob Wolffe: State Representative, Orange-Addison-1
• Ben Todd: State Representative, Orleans-Calendonia-1
• Thomas Carpenter Jr: State Representative, Rutland-5-3
• Kevin Volz: State Representative, Rutland-5-4
• Jeff Manney: State Representative, Rutland-5-1
• Hardy Machia: State Representative, Grand Isle-Chittenden-1-1
• Milton C. DeGeorge Jr.: Probate Judge, Essex County
• Milton C. DeGeorge Jr.: High Bailiff, Essex County

We will be nominating additional candidates at our September meeting.

Grand Isle – Vermont Libertarian Party State Chair Hardy Machia was elected last weekend as the regional representative to the Libertarian National Committee. Machia was elected at the national convention held in Portland, Oregon, and is representing New England, New York, and New Jersey. Eric Sundwall from Niverville, NY was elected as the alternate regional representative.

At the Libertarian National Committee’s first meeting of its new term on July 3, Machia was also elected to its executive committee, which meets to make decisions between meetings of the entire board.

Machia stated, “I’m honored that my peers elected me. I’m looking forward to serving on the Libertarian National Committee for the next two years.”

Machia added, “I hope to use my local, statewide, and national political experience, as well as my business experience to position the Libertarian Party to take advantage of the growing dissatisfaction with the entrenched parties.”

Machia joins Howard Dean on the list of Vermonters serving on national political parties’ executive committees.

The National Libertarian Party was founded in 1971 and is the third largest political party in the United States. Millions of Americans have voted for Libertarian Party candidates in past elections throughout the country. Libertarians believe the answer to America’s political problems is the same commitment to freedom that earned America its greatness: a free-market economy and the abundance and prosperity it brings, a dedication to individual liberties and personal freedom, and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and
free trade.

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND: “In one century we went from teaching Latin and Greek in high school to offering remedial English in college.” — Joseph Sobran, syndicated columnist.

Hmmm, any suggestion on how we can fix our educational system in Vermont and America….