Now that the the NH Democrat Party controls the Governor’s office and a big majority in the NH House? Supporting data after the jump
For all of the sturm und drang of the last session about cutting into the bone and “shafting the vulnerable”, all we see is reducing spending to that before the Democrats (when they controlled the NH House and NH Senate) injected spending that was unsustainble. What is not sustainable. Fortunately, former Bill O’Brien saw the political snare of having to raise a broadbased tax to keep that artificially heightened spending high and took the responsible road of “living within one’s means”.
Total Appropriations | General Fund | |||
Total Appropriations | General Fund | Increase (Decrease | Increase (Decrease | |
2005 | 8,914,799,078 | 2,732,014,547 | 1,116,051,232 | 291,743,082 |
2007 | 9,338,396,518 | 2,714,048,216 | 423,597,440 | (17,966,331) |
2009 | 10,347,177,822 | 3,189,586,031 | 1,008,781,304 | 475,537,815 |
2011 | 11,549,504,230 | 3,155,159,886 | 1,202,326,408 | (34,426,145) |
2013 | 10,487,658,488 | 2,687,541,005 | (1,061,845,742) | (467,618,881) |
General Fund | ||
General Fund | Increase (Decrease | |
2005 | 2,732,014,547 | 291,743,082 |
2007 | 2,714,048,216 | (17,966,331) |
2009 | 3,189,586,031 | 475,537,815 |
2011 | 3,155,159,886 | (34,426,145) |
2013 | 2,687,541,005 | (467,618,881) |
Total Appropriations | General Fund | |||
Total Appropriations | General Fund | Increase (Decrease | Increase (Decrease | |
2005 | 8,914,799,078 | 2,732,014,547 | 1,116,051,232 | 291,743,082 |
2007 | 9,338,396,518 | 2,714,048,216 | 423,597,440 | (17,966,331) |
2009 | 10,347,177,822 | 3,189,586,031 | 1,008,781,304 | 475,537,815 |
2011 | 11,549,504,230 | 3,155,159,886 | 1,202,326,408 | (34,426,145) |
2013 | 10,487,658,488 | 2,687,541,005 | (1,061,845,742) | (467,618,881) |