Vermont has chosen economic policy that is so unattractive to business and the younger demographic that wants to participate in a vibrant economy, that its government is now paying people to move there.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/610887/you-can-now-get-paid-7500-move-vermont
It's hardly worth saying that such interventions are not sustainable and not a long term solution.
Vermont's median age us up 10 years from 1990 when its median age was the same as the country. (The rest of the country is up 5 years from 1990.) Vermont has seen population decline of 0.3% from 2010. The working age population is in decline.
If each state functions a sort of laboratory experiment to demonstrate the results of government policy, Vermont is playing its role as a cautionary lesson to the other states.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/610887/you-can-now-get-paid-7500-move-vermont
It's hardly worth saying that such interventions are not sustainable and not a long term solution.
Vermont's median age us up 10 years from 1990 when its median age was the same as the country. (The rest of the country is up 5 years from 1990.) Vermont has seen population decline of 0.3% from 2010. The working age population is in decline.
If each state functions a sort of laboratory experiment to demonstrate the results of government policy, Vermont is playing its role as a cautionary lesson to the other states.
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