mercoledì 3 marzo 2004

Tutto il mondo e' paese


La cittadina di Killington, Vermont, ha deciso di mettere in atto una mini-secessione e di passare armi e bagagli al New Hampshire.



Motivo? Troppe tasse, tanto per cambiare:
The main source of discontent is Vermont's new system of financing education, adopted in 1997 on orders from the state Supreme Court. It dramatically increased property taxes in wealthy communities like Killington.



Secession activists say Killington's restaurants, inns and other businesses send $20 million a year to Montpelier in sales, room and meal taxes, while the state returns just $1 million in municipal and education aid to the town of roughly 1,000 residents.



"The state is treating us like a cash-cow," said David Lewis, town manager.
Mi pare di averle già sentite, lamentele simili.



Fonte: CNN.



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