by Gregory Thayer
Open letter to every single Vermonter:
Where do I start? The Vermont Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader–both Democrat Socialist Leaders under the Golden Dome–are destroying our State, and my opponent in the General Election for Lieutenant Governor is on the same stormy road.
These “leaders” are taxing working Vermonters into oblivion. For the past three years, I have been sounding the alarm to their increasing taxes, over regulation, and out-of-control spending and the fact that they do not care what “We The People” say. The Senate President Pro Tempore is caught on video to his Conference, telling them Republicans in this building do not have a say, and that we will continue forward without the people weighing in. He does not respect what the People of Vermont think. They are pushing forward with their destructive agenda. With their “super-duper-majority” they can, but this November 5th, 2024, You, the People can change their ways.
This and many other actions by this leadership team should be a wake-up call, friends! We all are being educated on their agenda; now let us all get motivated to stop it and activate “We The People” to vote them all out! We must STOP electing these BIG government people, including your own Representative and/or Senator who are voting for this far-left agenda that is destroying Vermont.
If you cannot afford groceries, gas for your car, heat for your home, trips to the hardwood store or to a restaurant for a simple dinner, buying a vehicle, paying for insurance, buying a home etc…. If you vote for any of these people, you are voting for their agenda of destructive and total government control. Their agenda is destroying our State, and your life and your children’s future is on the line! They are eradicating the middle class. They want all possible power and control over your life and your children! When you vote for them, you are voting against your freedom, liberty, independence innovation, transparency, and personal responsibility. The Democrat-Socialist leaders policies equal BIG government control.
I strongly encourage you all to do some research to see what is truly going on in Montpelier, and the Marxist policies they are enacting. They are working for their own Special Interest friends, not us Vermonters! VPIRG and the NEA are controlling the Legislature’s leadership.
Vermonter and small businesses across our State are hurting, and yet the House and Senate leadership keep advocating and pushing tax increases, high spending and regulations that are devastating and hurting investment in building housing.
The House and Senate leadership coupled with their Special Interest friends have a spending problem and do not care that you cannot afford it. How are you going to pay for it? Ask yourself, how are you going to pay for their 13.8% property tax increase?
They have been running our State for the last 12-15 years with their Progressive Special Interest groups, and they are taxing everything they can, leading to revenue increases of 50-55% in three/four different revenue sources coming into State coffers and they keep spending it all and more. Regulatory burdens on housing, fuel, home heating fuels or energy, schools, etc. have mandated controls over good people and investments in our communities. These “leaders” have mandated our destruction.
Affordability to live or own a business here is vanishing. What they have done to the housing industry is wrong and their passed laws which include aiming to get all Vermonters living in PUDs (Planned Urban Developments) and the Global Warming Solutions Act (G.W.S.A.) must be REPEALED immediately. The Home Heating Act is so flawed and expensive that they cannot even define the credits and how to calculate them, let alone how they will work. They claim that the fuel companies will be paying for them: WRONG AGAIN. These are small businesses that inevitably pass those added cost on to you, their customers. Now we know their Home Heat Standards Act will cost Vermonters $17 Billion and that the additional tax will be $2.52 to $3.20 per gallon, passed on to consumers. Where does it stop? How are you going to pay for it? I will work to repeal this law!
The Global Warming Solutions Act (G.W.S.A.) is starting to rear its ugly head. We knew this was coming; now the Conservation Law Foundation already has put Vermont on warning that they will be suing Vermont, which is “We the People,” friends: that’s us! I will work to repeal this law!
Their next assault is on transportation. Their goal is to have all citizens get rid of their private vehicles and ride on bikes or public transport. They want us all living in PUDs (Planned Urban Developments) inside a city center where no one will need a vehicle because everything will be right there (paid with our taxes, of course). They want combustion-engine vehicles gone by 2035. That is eleven short years away. Can you afford a $60,000 electric vehicle? How are you going to pay for it? And a battery for an EV costs $12,000 to $18,000, besides having a heavy environmental impact. And don’t forget that it’s China’s economy that benefits, not America’s!
We have some good House and Senate Republican members in Montpelier, but their hands are tied because there are only 37 in the House and 7 in the Senate. The rest are Democrat-Socialist, with a ‘”super-duper” majority. We the citizens across Vermont MUST change this make-up on November 5, 2024. But we need you to reach out to family, friends, neighbors, co-workers to VOTE: for me, a common-sense thinker for Lieutenant Governor, and for other common-sense thinkers running for the Legislature. Also, it’s okay to have the hard conversations with your family and friends. Working Vermonters needs common-sense Republicans elected on November 5, 2024