Canterbury Budget 2026-2027 - Spending Analysis
The Canterbury Budget: Spending Analysis Posted by the Canterbury Democratic Town Committee How does our spending stack up? Are we over-spending? Should we be spending less? It's easy to say we should, but if you look at the numbers, the truth can be seen — our budgets are reasonable and we get extremely good value from our spending . First, let's see where things currently stand, these are the budgets after the June 1st cuts: Town is up 4.51%, CIP is down 0.12% and EDU is up 2.62% — overall a 2.93% increase. This is pretty remarkable, given the wild inflation we've had, starting with the COVID years (and yes, " Biden inflation ") and now with Trumps Tariffs , War of Choice and his own bouts of inflation (including fuel costs ) that are costing average American households thousands of dollars extra each year . Let's take a look at the evidence. Here's what the last few years of our budgets have looked like. ...