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Maggie Hassan is Against Women's Rights

Maggie Hassan Admits She’s AGAINST Women Making Their Own Healthcare Decisions

A few days ago, I wrote about the ‘Deafening Silence’ from the #MyBodyMyChoice crowd in New Hampshire when it came to Biden’s vaccine mandate.   All three women from our federal NH delegation weren’t muttering a word against the mandate even though they consistently claim women have the right to make their own personal healthcare …

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Democratic Socialism

If Socialism is the Cure are Prosperity and Freedom the Disease?

The Fraser Institute recently released its annual study “Economic Freedom of the World.” The report is prepared by professors James Gwartney of Florida State University; Robert A. Lawson and Ryan Murphy of Southern Methodist University; and Joshua Hall of West Virginia University.

Fraser Economic Freedom Index

Fraser Institute: New Hampshire Rated#1 for Economic Freedom in North America

The Fraser Institute’s 2018 Report on Economic Freedom of North America is out. It measures the extent to which the policies of individual provinces and states were supportive of economic freedom, the ability of individuals to act in the economic sphere free of undue restrictions. America is ahead of Canada once again. And for all indices, New …

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Defending the Dream

AFP- NH State Director Greg Moore joined us from the Defending the Dream Summit in Ohio. The topic is economic freedom in America, the New Hampshire State budget (the lack there of), and the need to make the economic freedom of small business owners a priority.  

This is so wasteful and stupid: Using police resources to benefit taxi cab companies.

The Manchester police dept. proudly announced a “sting operation” conducted last Friday to “nab 5 criminals.” The crimes? A few people gave rides to other people and got a few bucks in return. You can read the entire crime-busting story in the Union Leader HERE. Wow. Why is this waste of thousands of dollars of …

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“Mostly Free” and “Here to shut you down”: Scott & Mike have an economic point to make….but it really isn’t about economics!

It’s about Freedom, plain and simple. Scott has the simple example – a childhood lemonade stand; Mike has the ramifications – do we have Economic Freedom anymore?  If a child can’t even open a side-walk-side homemade drink stand that almost ALL of us have tried at one time or another (or if not personally, someone …

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Oh yeah, let’s not forget about “They don’t need it” argument – the foundation for Redistribution

That’s another tenet of Liberalism / Regressivism Progressivism to go along with “You don’t do the right things with it” meme.  They look at the well to-do, the rich, and the uber-rich and think “we can take it because they won’t miss it and they don’t need it”.  Really?  You can take it because YOU …

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