In the words of Town Selectman Butch Findeisen, "There is a point where sharing turns to looting.

Supporters claim the expense of dealing with this has led Killington Ski Resort to have the highest lift ticket prices in the country.

In 1997, the Vermont Supreme Court, in the case of Brigham v. State, decided that the disparity was such as to unconstitutionally deprive children in poorer towns of equal opportunity to an education.

It is as a result of these pieces of legislation that Killington pays more property tax to the state than it receives in the form of block grants.

The extent to which a town such as Killington may receive benefits in addition to the block grant, such as possibly lower social welfare costs and higher worker productivity as a result of a better educated population in the state, as well as from general state services (such as highway maintenance, tourism promotion, etc.

The Vermont legislature is generally expected to reject the idea of ceding Killington to New Hampshire.