Posts Tagged ‘libertarian’

Chairman, Hardy Machia was a guest on Paul Beaudry’s Comment Show on 1420 AM in St. Albans. They had a lively discussion about marijuana reform in Vermont.

Chairman, Hardy Machia was a guest on Paul Beaudry’s radio show True North on WDEV (96.1FM). They talked about free speech and particularly how the campaign finance laws and other laws affect the freedom of speech of political parties, candidates, and activists.

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.

Here is Channel 7 TV News interview of Ben Todd. The interview starts eight minutes into the RealVideo stream.

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.