Chances are, if you get all of your news from NewsNine WMUR TV, you wouldn’t know that there was a sizeable and noisy anti-spending rally taking place on the front steps of the State House in Concord as lawmakers from both Houses considered a new state budget for New Hampshire.
Featuring a roster of speakers hitting a common theme that government at all levels is spending too much instead of tightening their belts, the call for LOWER taxes, not higher ones, was the order of the day. As House members and Senators sat within the building and passed a budget laden with new taxes and fees, a crowd that grew to nearly 300 people shouted and waved handmade signs expressing their scorn and derision outside.
This video captures some of the louder moments, and clearly shows the size and energy of the crowd that gathered despite the rain and dampness. Sadly, it meant no nevermind to the Democratic-led legislature, as they went on to approve the budget which now heads off to the Governor who is expected to sign it. The gathered Tea Partiers vowed that those politicians that acted so irresponsibly with our money will pay come 2010…