Last weekend I traveled through beautiful parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. These nearby beautiful states do all the things that New Hampshire Progressives/Liberals/Socialists complain that New Hampshire doesn’t do. It’s a shame that we have so many unhappy citizens when these Progressive paradises are so close.
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York have huge governments with many thousands of employees providing almost every imaginable service including helping the truly needy and pretty much anyone else with their hands out.
They spend lots of money on public education and their universities so all their young people must get great jobs after school.
Their gas taxes are higher than NH’s so they must have perfect roads and bridges.
These states all jumped on board with Obamacare and Medicaid expansion so all their citizens must get outstanding medical care at no or almost no cost.
These states have strict gun control laws. Recent laws make it even harder for law-abiding citizens to get guns, thus these states are probably crime free.
These states all have income and sales taxes so government revenues are raised fairly, i.e., mostly from other people.
Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York either have or soon will have casinos.
The death penalty has been eliminated for all offenses even for cop-killers and mass murderers (all offenses except for being inconveniently in the womb).
These states are on board with about every Progressive idea, e.g., climate change, Agenda 21, common core, affirmative action.
Perhaps most important, there are few Republicans, let alone Conservatives, to quibble about old ideas like freedom, faith, personal responsibility, school choice, self-defense, rule of law, equal treatment by government, small and efficient government, the Constitution, etc.
Paradise for Progressives/Liberals/Socialists does exist on this earth just a few short miles away. There are no barriers to relocation in Massachusetts, Connecticut, or New York where Progressives/Liberals/Socialists can find everything they complain is missing in New Hampshire. Why be unhappy and complain in New Hampshire when paradise is so close?
