Issue Position: Taxes

Issue Position

The Bureau of Labor Statics reports that unemployment in this economic zone is hovering around 8%, with a 10% high as recent as February. With a Massachusetts average of 6.5%, this numbers are extremely disheartening. Coupling that fact the per capita income is staggering low of about 18,000 dollars, and that nearly 10% the population falls below the poverty line, scaling back sales tax to 5% in is vital to promoting business. We don't want to squeeze the budgets of constituents who wish to buy food or clothes, and to subsequently cause a constriction of the flow of money in the area. We want residents buying locally, and we want others to come to the area to buy as well, and this can only be done by incentivizing new business, as well as incentivizing spending through a lower sales tax. Also, our geographic proximity to the New Hampshire border should not be viewed as hindrance but a challenge, one that can be accepted and ultimately won by ensuring that have both new and exciting businesses but also a sales that is conducive to spending.

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