When people ask me "Why did you leave Vermont?", I tend to just send them a recent news story.
This is a good example. The Mayor of Burlington, the state's largest city, has a donation page to help her and her partner get free food.
Their combined income is $250,000 per year.
"“If you are able to support them to make the job of Mayor more manageable, please consider bringing them a meal,” says the pitch letter sent by Rachel Siegel of Toward Liberation. "
https://vermontbiz.com/news/2024/june/11/burlington-mayor-gets-free-meals
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