The Massachusetts Legislature isn’t waiting for Gov. Baker to pull the trigger on TCI. The House just passed a gas tax increase as part of a transportation bill whose costs won’t affect them because they get a taxpayer-funded travel allowance.
Anyone who tells you that this or that tax will be dedicated to some specific purpose is lying to you. They know, as well as anyone that the legislature that proposes the taking or some future cabal of elected highway robbers, will use the money for whatever pleases them.
Transportation costs have a direct downstream impact on everything, from the money that comes out of your wallet at the pump to the cost of goods and services. So, as the Left plays word games to support a new regional Transportation Initiative, understand that it isn’t just a gas tax.
Is a 27% increase enough? You voted for them. Now we are going to have to live with them “helping” us in the legislature. Our very own New Hampshire Democrats are proposing that we increase the gas tax by 27+%. That will reduce your spendable income. How much it eats into your budget depends on … Read more
New Hampshire Democrats are proposing a tax that would hike the price you pay for gasoline, heating oil, propane, and electricity produced by coal, oil, gas, or wood. All of that. And, everything else. The bill calls for a fee based on the per-ton emission of carbon dioxide, starting at $20 per ton in 2020 … Read more
I have said for years that the primary reason why the NH Highway Fund is in such a stupid financial position is that Politicians refuse to do the right thing – let that fund do what it is supposed to fund and stop raiding it. And, instead of constantly using taxpayers to pay for the … Read more
The New Hampshire Senate voted to pass SB367 (with 4 Republicans–Boutin, Odell, Stiles, and Rausch). SB 367 is a hike in the gas tax that is estimated to extract an additional 31 million dollars per year from New Hampshire Families and small business owners. Business owners will have to eat the increase or pass it … Read more
Grafton County District 5 Republican Ed Gionet, who voted for the Democrats massive gas tax increase in committee –when he thought it was for roads and bridges–has announced that he will not vote for the bill when it hits the house floor. Why? Read it for yourself. PRESS RELEASE – REP. EDMUND GIONET ANNOUNCES HE INTENDS TO … Read more
For good reason, there has been a lot of focus on the supermajority’s intention to implement a carbon tax on home heating fuels (oil, propane, kerosene, natural gas) in order to meet the greenhouse gas reduction mandates of their Global Warming Solutions Act. The big vote on the Unaffordable Heat Act is coming up right … Read more
Note: These are long and information-rich posts, presented as a “buffet” – so pick and choose what interests you, skim through to see what other things might pique your interests, and then share this post with others so they can do the same. Don’t forget to support The Grok! >>>>>=====<<<<< Above the Fold: Dems Think … Read more
Note: These are long and information-rich posts, presented as a “buffet” – so pick and choose what interests you, skim through to see what other things might pique your interests, and then share this post with others so they can do the same. Don’t forget to support The Grok! >>>>>=====<<<<< Above the Fold: KAMALA’S AMERICA: … Read more
Well, maybe more than a “smattering”… >>>>>=====<<<<< >>>>>=====<<<<< Link of the Post: Boiling Over – by T.L. Davis – T.L.’s Posts and Podcasts (substack.com) If we cannot take one single thing and recognize the horror of it with the completeness of corruption that extends throughout every level of society as child sex trafficking, I’m not … Read more
Migration / Invasion: CONTENT WARNING on this next link. Video of cat abuse. Vile. Disgusting. Absolutely not for the faint of heart. BE. WARNED. Disgusting savage But don’t worry, our intellectual and moral superiors have assured us that such things are just a myth, and that importing them will instantly make them fine citizens once … Read more
The last one: Link Smorgasbord (And a Smattering of Memes) – Granite Grok >>>>>=====<<<<< FEATURED LINKS: Leftists Live In A Mental Prison Of Their Own Making – American Thinker Related: You Hate Trump? So What? – HotAir To vote for the Democrats because one hates Trump is not merely childish. When how one feels about … Read more
This has a lot of info; all I hope for in gathering these is to widen peoples’ information flow with my comments maybe adding a little twist/perspective. Last one here: Standalone Links (with some memes) – Granite Grok And the latest meme post: Meme Overflow – Granite Grok >>>>>=====<<<<< WW3 Watch: Russia Updating Nuclear Weapon … Read more
Human dreams of predicting the future have a special playground in forecasts of market prices. Whether the market is tulips, pork bellies, stocks, real estate, or cryptocurrency, the urge to know the future direction of the economy is as ancient as bartering. A question facing Americans in 2024 is whether that desire to influence the … Read more
For going on half a decade, beginning with the lead-up to the passage of the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) in 2020, the Democrat/Progressive majority’s Voldemort number – that which shall not be named – is what these greenhouse gas reduction policies will cost Vermonters. They have already spent millions of our taxpayer dollars on … Read more
The shift in focus from Biden to Harris is nothing short of epic, and there’s no reason not to keep the brightest possible light shining on that dim bulb. But I heard something the other day, and I apologize for failing to recall the source. No one cares about the past. I’m paraphrasing. Yes, history … Read more
If you thought the biggest, most brazen political lie from this past week was “Joe Biden is sharp as a tack,” you would be wrong. That prize has to go to Vermont state Representative Mike Mrowicki (D-Putney), who said in an op-ed that he and the Democrat/Progressive supermajority “…lowered property tax rates — with a yield … Read more
Literally, and I quote, on the floor of the House following a vote to make Vermont the state with the highest corporate taxes in the nation, Progressive Democrat Brian Cina of Burlington took up the microphone and told Vermonters, “Read my lips: Yes! New taxes!” Cina’s — what should we call it?