Many farms are forced to fold when they are passed from one generation to the next. In order to strengthen our agrarian traditions we must lift this burden from the small farms. Revenue lost due to these reforms could be made up for by taxes on corporate farms. Recognizing that some may find this idea distasteful, we must nonetheless end our irrational prohibition against our state s most important moneymaker. More authority to the towns.
Town meeting is our most hallowed custom.
The modern trend of centralizing authority must stop if Vermont is to survive. The Vermont Papers would work best, perhaps another.