Jun

21

2011

Terie ‘Billion Dollar Deficit’ Norelli Does Not Like The NH Budget

by Tim Condon

ITerie "Billion Dollar Deficit" Norelli can’t imagine why disgraced former NH house Speaker Terie "Billion Dollar Deficit" Norelli would like the latest State Budget.  It lacks all the qualities she advanced as the most math challenged speaker in State history. 

It was written based on revenue we figured we’d actually have a shot at making, not money we imagined we had to make to cover excessive spending we could never hope to afford.  There is no laundry list of increased taxes and fees in it during a recession.  It does not rely on one time federal money.  No one is using last minute debt to pay for spending we cannot afford, so we can pretend the budget is balanced.  There is a concerted effort live within our means.     No future land sales estimates based on property no one has identified, at prices we could only guess at, are being documented as a "done deal" to hide a 60 million dollar hole in the "balanced budget."

And most heinous of all?  No new post-midnight, last minute taxes; passed on the last day of the session; under the cover of darkness; in violation of the state constitution; that the governor and most of the democrat party would later have to back-off of but whose repeal-under-duress they would actually have the balls to try and run on as proof that they do cut taxes.

All that crap was a staple of the Norelli tenure and the State Government under democrat control.  If we left them to their own devices we’d have a sales and an income tax.  We’d have a soda tax, even higher tobacco taxes, an LLC tax, and taxes on everything else.  This would all be on top of the current pile of taxes because remember–they needed the taxes to pay for more spending, not to replace old taxes.

We don’t have any of that with the current legislature or in the current budget, which explains why Terie "Billion Dollar Deficit" Norelli really doesn’t like the budget that much.  She actually said it was bad for the people of New Hampshire.

You know what is bad for the people of New Hampshire?  Terie Norelli and the New Hampshire Democrat Party, and don’t you forget it.

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by Tim Condon

I’ve been political my entire life, starting out with Barry Goldwater and The Conscience of a Conservative in the1960's. In 1972 I was a Florida presidential elector for Prof. John Hospers, the first Presidential candidate of the national Libertarian Party which was founded that same year. During the late 1970's and into the 1980's I was a contributing editor and monthly columnist for Reason magazine, and I’ve authored numerous articles in the print and online media about various subjects relating to individual rights and personal freedom. Today I'm a lawyer by profession; I divide my time between New Hampshire and Florida all year long, spending much of my time practicing law in Florida. As an early supporter and past member of the board of directors of the Free State Project, I was drawn to the Live Free or Die state of New Hampshire in late 2003 when it was chosen by a vote of the first 5,000 FSP participants. In 2004 I founded the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and continue today to work within the state political system to advance the traditional NH values of frugal small government, low taxes, small business, free enterprise, and self-responsibility. To all, I say "Come and see what we are building in the beautiful, healthy, livable Free State of New Hampshire!"

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  • Robert Johnspn

    You left out their “gambling Tax” Steve, which is one of the most arbitrary,capricious,unreasonable levies I have ever seen, and was still in effect for the tax year ending 2010. The truth is they think in cliches and talk nonsense about going after so-called “fat cats” and all that, but, in reality, target ordinary people with no organized representation. I told my wife “look out” when these people were first elected to run the state, and was correct in my assessment of the character of these people.

  • http://www.nhinsider.com/richard-olson-jr/ Richard Olson Jr.

    Terri Norelli was bad for the people of New Hampshire…I am finding that if they are saying it about Republicans or the opposition, it is generally true of themselves.

  • Steve

    Gosh Robert I left out scores of democrat fees and taxes but that was a tax worthy of specific mention. Thanks for the reminder!

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