Before the final version of the latest New Hampshire budget was voted on and signed, I noted that one of the best things about it might be that Democrats hated it.
No, we didn’t get everything we wanted, but they lost a lot more. It at least looks that way from their caterwauling.
They were miserable and, as proof of this fact, continue to be unhappy; the media gladly reporting on their malaise.
Democrats not getting their way is by far one of the best things about it. An otherwise mixed bag of goodness that favors life, liberty, and property.
Sure, as Ed pointed out after “the signing,” Sun King Sununu got most of what he wanted, but a lot of that were things we wanted, and some were things with which he wanted nothing to do.
The budget lowers taxes while sending more money back to cities and towns, which could be used for property tax relief – but that’s up to the towns.
Even the Democrat’s narratives- but Democrats hate this. Why? Because when they said property tax relief, they meant centralize education spending in Concord so you can’t meddle with it. They want to take away local control and centralize it to create a state-wide broad-based tax infrastructure that would never go away once in place.
Democrats never lower the tax burden, but they will try to hide tax increases.
So they hate the budget.
It also protects life after 24 weeks of pregnancy, an idea that at least 80% of Americans, including many Democrats, approve. Opponents favor conception to post-birth “abortion,” which is nothing more than an indoctrination into systematic dehumanization. If you can kill a baby at or after birth ‘cuz reasons, you can also justify killing anyone else. Hitler ran the Reich that way.
So it’s in there, and our planned-parenthood funding Governor signed it and that’s troubling think of it this way. If reverse racism isn’t racism then not aborting babies can still be called abortion.
There’s more, but you know that, and I should get to the point as if I have one. The Left’s approved narrative is demonstrated below in a tweet by @MichelleResists.
Not that I'm untrusting but can I see the exact language from the legislation that confirms these statements? https://t.co/64hXJDvTzl
— Steve Mac Donald (@TheRealNHSteve) June 24, 2021
In case you had not guessed, I never received a response to my request. The exact language was never provided. Michelle appears to have resisted any urge to read the budget she hates, exemplified by the first claim of the tweet. HB2 not only does not BAN discussions on Racism or Sexism, it literally says the opposite. PAge 148.
II. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit discussing, as part of a larger course of academic instruction, the historical existence of ideas and subjects identified in this section.
Then there are “very expensive school vouchers.” Translation. You can have a pittance of the local school taxes back (your money) to offset the cost of placing YOUR child in a school YOU think is better suited to THEIR learning and YOUR goals for them.
The school keeps more than it losses minus one student. You’d think the smaller classroom crowd would be ecstatic. A net fiscal win and a more intimate teaching environment. Nope. Because it’s not about that much like the whining about the budget or anything else.
HB2 shifts power and resources away from central planners. It returns power and resources to local governments and residents. It acknowledges the value of life (a small start, but at least it’s a start). And while we did not get emergency power reforms, we got a promise to look at changes.
That’s not good for much but overall it was a win. Remember, the Democrats hate this budget and that makes it a great budget even if it’s not perfect.
