The Boston Herald has a piece lamenting the poor performance of Massachusetts’ leaders. New Hampshire continues to dominate the region economically and strategically while the Bay State looks for ways to do worse.
Mass politicians have been sitting on the idea of legalized online sports betting for close to a year while the Granite State’s legal betting arrangements begin Monday.
Sure, Mass got Casinos, but those dogs don’t hunt the way they say, and future generations are leaning heavily toward online everything. In the cloud-based future where human interaction is frowned-upon, brick-and-mortar might be a dead-end.
Massachusetts is also eager to pull the trigger on the TCI gas tax boondoggle. It is a move that could push gas prices south of our border up another 0.17 cents per gallon (just for starters). New Hampshire Democrats are pushing to saddle us with a similar anchor, but Gov. Sununu has said no, and the legislature needs to change the law even to consider entering the program.
The Herald goes on to remind readers of New Hampshire’s significant tax advantages, improved business-friendly climate, and the net influx of residents south to north because “raising revenue doesn’t have to mean raising taxes.“
Tell that to New Hampshire Democrats. And while we’re at it to the border jumpers who come to the Granite State for the advantages and then elect the same Democrats, we assume they left Massachusetts to escape.
Our Democrats are just as bad as theirs. They want costly regulations, broad-based taxes, revenue robbing mass transit, TCI, and any other carbon-based money laundering scheme to separate you from your earnings.
Much like Massachusetts, “raising revenue also means raising taxes” because there is no such thing as too much revenue. And that is because there is no such thing as too much spending.
If Massachusetts wants to be competitive, it has to stop blindly pumping budget increases into failed or failing agencies, mission creep, and ridiculous payroll and benefit promises. That’s not going to happen which means more refugees swarming north bringing their spending sickness with them. A disease that will quickly kill any advantage New Hampshire has managed to retain.
You are welcome to join us, but you have to stop voting for Democrats, or the day will quickly come when the only distinction between the two states is a line on a map. At that point, you’ll need to head south and west for days to find someplace more interested in your right to property than their right to take it.
