A tumult over taxes.

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Townspeople of Killington, Vt., are so mad about the taxes they have to pay that they want to leave. They think the grass is greener over in New Hampshire, which has no income tax or sales tax. Last year they voted to secede. The main source of discontent is Vermont's new system of financing education, adopted in 1997 on orders from the state Supreme court. It dramatically increased property taxes in wealthy communities like Killington. According...