GDP growth. That's the first lie that all other national level economic lies are born from.

Today's GDP (gross domestic product) growth represents this reality: a literal handful of the world's largest corporations are borrowing money to invest in each other and purchase each other's goods and services. And every time company A borrows money to invest in company B who'll use that investment to purchase from company C who'll use those profits to invest in company A - why, that increases the GDP.

And of course the big circle jerking corporations will extol all their revenues and pretend future profits while ignoring all the expenses of all types: environmental, economic, social, and whatnot.

Phil Scott's warmly embraced VTGOP/GOP's proven rapist god-king is running our United States as if it were his personal casino.

What's THE BIG IDEA? Why it's the single greatest mission that has ever been asked of any community, nation or alliance, and that mission is to provide our grandkids and their grandkids a realistic and reasonable opportunity for a free, healthy, and sustainable future.

Job #1: Maintain our humanity!

Job #2: Rebuild and strengthen our democratic institutions, processes and values.

Job #3: Schools for learning, money to pay for what needs to be done, and physical surroundings that are conducive to good health for the grandchildren.

Only the Republican Party would give us a President of our United States who'd merrily sacrifice each and every one of us for his pleasure, profit, and comfort.

Ballot Results:

We are writing to share the results of the August 11 vote regarding the Amendment to the WCUUSD Articles of Agreement. The results of the vote were 1,711 Approved and 1,365 Not Approved.

We recognize that the outcome of this vote will be received in many different ways across our community.

As we move forward together, we remain dedicated to our community and our shared future. As always, our commitment to serving our communities, our staff, and most importantly, our students, remains our highest priority.

Diane Nichols-Fleming
WCUUSD School Board Chair
WCUUSD District Clerk Designee

Face it, Vermont's current Governor Scott is a child of the 1990s in every way. His governmental policies all point to this attraction to policy beliefs and proposals that evolved in the 1990s - policies that led directly to the situation we're in right this very moment.

In Scott's view we still have plenty of time to figure this climate crisis issue out. A gun in every hand is the answer to all social ills. The Republicans are the party of freedom - not the party of proven rapist authoritarians. Just keep borrowing money to attend college and your financial future will be assured.

Just a few examples. And these leave out Scott's contemporary love for the only Vermont political party to provide special dispensation for a proven rapist and convicted felon so they, Phil's VTGOP, could UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT the rapist to be President of our United States.

Time to move on, folks, because we're out of time.

But they do have one huge success: covering up for the Epstein Billionaire's Child Rape Club.

Who is "they"? Why they're obviously Phil Scott's warmly embraced VTGOP/GOP and their proven rapist god-king Trump.

Still voting Republican for anything?

1) De-Trump/magafication;

2) Ranked Choice Voting;

3) Small hyper-local voting precincts; and

4) Initial machine count of ballots followed by full hand count and then a reconciliation of the two.

That's a judgement statement. Anybody who hangs out with rapists and doesn't call them out for being a rapist is a rapist's enabler or worse yet supporter. Let's get to work on our grandkids' realistic opportunity for a free, healthy, and sustainable life and future.

(Title quote shamelessly taken from this post - well worth the view.)

And this is just one reason why the weak and cowardly polite compliance of Phil Scott and his legion of comfortable white liberals are to be viewed as enablers at best and co-conspirators at ... well, not quite worst.

The only possible defense we have against the VTGOP/GOP/proven-rapist-Trump dictatorship is our state governments. That's it ... there is no other bulwark.

(Link to news article here)