Tax Increase

How About A “Little” Tax Increase Scarecrow?

March 6, 2013

The motion to suspend rules and introduce an amendment that would require funds raised for highways and bridges to be spent on Highways and bridges failed, with 51 Republicans voting with the Democrats against the motion. The following vote to raise New Hampshire’s gas tax 83% which includes funding things other than roads and bridges, passed 207-163, [ Read more ]

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It’s Only a 25% Increase, Who Cares?

February 6, 2013

By  vote of 186 to 165 the Democrat controlled New Hampshire House passed a 25% increase in New Hampshire’s fuel oil tax.  As numbers go the tax itself is not a large number, but the sum it extracts from the state economy–on the backs of families and business owners who will end up paying it–is.  [ Read more ]

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How The Deal Went Down, And Some Charts From Heritage

January 2, 2013

Official photos can be funny – this was snapped shortly after the deal went down… My colleagues have already covered some of the numbers, but Heritage has a nice digest, and some charts showing the pain caused by Obamacare taxes starting today – Happy New Year! Unless you slept through the entire day, you probably [ Read more ]

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Ask A NH Democrat: About Having “A Conversation About Taxes”

October 4, 2012

Back in 2010 Barack Obama’s excuse for not allowing taxes to rise (by letting inherited tax cuts expire) was that despite Democrats four year grip on congress and their parties complete control of government for two years, it wasn’t time to let that happen.   But not to worry.  He’d let taxes go back up at [ Read more ]

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