There used to be a commenter here, whose name I forget but was a Bernie-Bro, that I used to ask one simple question when it came to taxes and Government spending:
Whose money was it FIRST?
He HATED the phrase of “Taxation is Theft” and NEVER would answer the above question. He knew that once he did (and do it honestly) the Democrat / Progressive / Socialist jig was up. They ACT like everyone else’s money IS Government’s as they are always finding more and more reasons as to why YOUR money IS theirs. There’s always the “It’s for the Children” and there is that underlying dogma that only Government can do “good” things (e.g., Bernie Sanders has said that if it was up to him, all charities would cease to exist – leaving only Government).
Steve found out about HB418 and NH State Rep Rebecca MacWilliams (D-Concord) via NH Journal. I’m on an email list that had quoted her: “It’s not the ratepayers” money.
The bill is here and is rather short (given how long some can go); MacWilliams is the Prime Sponsor (and, therefore, the Chief-taking-YOUR-money-away point person). When I looked up here NH State House Profile, it is clear that she is a Government-over-people person. A couple of things immediately caught my attention:
Representative Rebecca McWilliams is a mother of three and works as an attorney and architect. She is an advocate for children and the environment in New Hampshire. In 2019 Rebecca passed a bill and chaired a study committee to find solutions to barriers to childcare facility success, and filed legislation to address systemic issues in the business of child care. She was also the prime sponsor of legislation to update the state’s outdated building and energy codes, which when passed, updated the code standard from 2009 to 2015. Rebecca continues to advocate for childcare administrative reform, adopting the California Car Air Emissions Standard, and increasing renewable energy generation in NH. Rebecca and her husband live with their three children on a 130 acre vegetable farm in Concord, NH.
Great, just great – an “elected Representative” who wants New Hampshire to be beholden to a bunch of unelected, unaccountable, and unassailable group of bureaucrats who are appointed IN CALIFORNIA by Democrats (effectively the ONLY political Party in California) – the CARB (California Air Resource Board) that voted to eliminated all gas powered cars.
Really, MacWilliams – you’ve got the feelz to blithely give NH sovereignty away to one of the most socialist leaning states in the union? And I do have to do a bit more digging because if “childcare” is her “thing”, and I being a former childcare owner / operator knowing that there is too much regulation, I’m betting that any of her “barriers to childcare facility success” ALWAYS has had Government doing more.
Versus me who wanted Government to get out of my way to be more successful.
So I went looking for the video and finally found it here: (the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee)
It’s almost 7 hours long. I did want to download it and then create a video just about her and HB418. However, Youtube wants to charge me $12/month to do so. Thus, the important bits:
HB418 testimony starts at 1:33:10
- Congrats to NH State Rep Bernardi for asking THE question: 1:50:38
- Her response at 1:53:47 “the money doesn’t belong to the ratepayer”.
The typical Democrat answer – you’ll benefit as a ratepayer because we’ll make government less expensive by keeping more of your electricity bill payment to spend on government facilities (instead of one your house or on your needs).
Glorious, isn’t it, that she knows EXACTLY what you need and want.
