To the Editor,
Beware the “Rich States, Poor States” propaganda. When does “rich” not mean rich, and “poor” not mean poor?  When somebody’s trying to sell you a bill of goods.  So beware Vermont, especially Vermont media: another edition of “Rich States, Poor States” (RSPS for brevity) bloomed in April. Co-authored by supply-sider Arthur Laffer, it’s the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual piece of anti-government, anti-regulation, anti-tax propaganda dressed up as an objective analysis of—what else?—which states are “rich” and which states are “poor.”