What the hell is going on in Vermont?

[camac.livejournal.com]

Ok I was driving back from the animal shelter today when I heard something incredible on NPR. I haven't seen any cartoons about it but this shit is important so I'll just post a video with the wonderfully animated and sometimes funny Rachel Maddow talking about it:

This is kind of amazing. I hope other New England states pick up on this idea and find the courage to come up with similar plans. I'm looking at you RI.

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[telemann.livejournal.com]

The US has lost business to Canada over it (e.g. several automotive plants that originally were going to be built here in the states went to Canada due to high health care costs in the U.S.)