Shumlin tried and found it wasn't feasible. Vermont already has some of the highest taxes in the nation. They can't raise them by this much and expect to have a functioning economy.
Yeah, in fairness it seems really hard to implement such a big program at the State level, because when taxes get high it's ridiculously easy for the wealthy to register in another State. Can't say I'm not disappointed, but I can't entirely fault Shumlin either.
These. I mean, Christ. I support single payer as much as anyone, but believe it or not, not everyone in Vermont has the money to pay higher taxes than we already have. I come from a poor town, where free health care, or not, the tax would be crippling. And like Antonio said, wealthy people will register in New Hampshire or something, leaving the tax burden to the working class. Overhauling a deeply entrenched private healthcare system doesn't just come overnight, and at least Shumlin had the balls to try to change this godawful system, unlike Maggie prohibitionist Hassan.
