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increases, the government is posed to unleash an inflation rate so high that you will get your wish — only I’m afraid with far less buying power! Betterpaying jobs come from individual effort to advance and limiting government intrusion on businesses so they can grow and thrive! The sad reality is that life itself provides many inequalities, and I, too, would like a bigger paycheck! We all need to look within ourselves and ask if the path we are now on politically will actually improve our lives, or continue to crush us through false promises with even greater government intrusion! robert Devost JerichO
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[Re Fair Game, March 12]: Alicia Freese’s recent coverage of the legislative debate SUN, Mmention ARCH of30 GHomitted over paid time ROUoff H T one business group’s support for a l e s d s t t i a ll the e r r mlegain! Many g Businesses for eSocial islation: Vermont Responsibility. Most VBSR members already offer this to their employees, recognizing that it’s good for business: no germs spread around the workplace because folks can’t afford to stay home; reduced turnover, meaning less training time needed for constantly churning new hires, etc. Hopefully, in the future, we’ll see more “fair and balanced” reportage from Freese. leslie Nulty JerichO
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I was dismayed to read John Aherns’ letter to the editor titled “Milk Myths” [Feedback, February 19]. I am an agricultural science teacher at the Cold Hollow Career Center. I have coached a dairy foods and milk quality team for over 30 years, taking many state winning teams on to regional and national competitions. I had my students read the letter. It was a great opportunity to teach students to read critically for facts, since they are well versed in milk quality and the dairy industry. They were very upset that someone would write erroneous information about milk, so they wrote letters to the editor. We did not wade into the raw-milk debate in these letters, since both sides use data to strengthen their side of the debate.
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that if kids are present in school they are learning, and if they are not present in school, they are not getting an education. Vermont law says that the state must provide equal educational opportunities for children. I believe it should be between a child and parent to decide how and where to take advantage of that opportunity. Some kids want to go to school; some don’t. I think that the truancy response project would be better served by getting in touch with absent-from-school kids (truant has such a negative connotation) and determine if they want to go to school, but can’t, then facilitate a solution to that issue. If a kid doesn’t want to attend school, then facilitate his/her education elsewhere by making sure the child has the tools to complete the assignments or the course work wherever they are at. Education should be judged by what is learned, not where it is learned.
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[“Truancy Enforcement is Difficult and Uneven Throughout Vermont,” March 12]: I think a better way to fight truancy is to eliminate mandatory school attendance! The first stereotypical, but certainly not always true, premise is
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