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Five facts about the minimum wage

By the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy The odds that legislators will vote to raise New Hampshire’s minimum wage this year are significantly better than the odds that sitting through next year’s Super Bowl halftime show will be more entertaining than going to the kitchen for more nachos. Why? Ideas like this, as expressed … Read more

Budgets

Belknap County Budgeting – financial hijinks?

By NH State Rep Mike Sylvia Did you ever wonder how politicians use statistics to sell their budgetary schemes?  It’s the same old song and dance; lies, damn lies, and statistics.  Perhaps your daily paper is reporting that the Belknap County Delegation has reduced your tax rate. Yay! Whatever you do, you should ignore the 2018 tax rate … Read more

Blogline of the Day – I know this is right!

Liberty is not possible for an unarmed society. Since lawmakers believe they must be seen to be doing something and bureaucrats must justify their existance, they always do more than they should and, thus, cross over at some point from Governance to Ruling (and yes, there’s a yuge difference between the two). Comments? (H/T: Instapundit)

SDGANH: Achieving Transparency: How the Best Districts Do It – Parts 3 & 4

The School District Governance Association of NH (“SDGANH”) held a seminar this past Saturday on some best practices in how to make your School District more transparent in all of its procedures.  This morning long session was a self-directed panel discussion consisting of Rich Girard from the Manchester School District, Tom Murray formerly of the … Read more

Data Point – So much for Obama’s “we can’t drill our way out of this”: US now largest oil producer

“U.S. crude oil production hit 12 million barrels per day in mid-February, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest report. EIA’s weekly petroleum report, for the week ending Feb. 15, showed crude output jump more than 1.7 million barrels per day compared to the same time in 2018 — from roughly 10.3 million barrels per day … Read more

Eco-Socialism

DISQUS Doodlings Part 2: “If we want to make better decisions or do things in our society’s self-interest, we need to be tricked into doing them”

“If we want to make better decisions or do things in our society’s self-interest, we need to be tricked into doing them,” explained Steve Valk from the Citizens Climate Lobby. Yeah, these folks think just SO highly of their fellow citizens.  Yet another Jonathan Gruber type; just outright lie to folks in order to fulfill your political … Read more

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SDGANH: Achieving Transparency: How the Best Districts Do It

The School District Governance Association of NH (SDGANH) held a seminar this past Saturday on best practices to make your School District more transparent in its procedures.  The morning long session was a self-directed panel discussion. It consisted of Rich Girard from the Manchester School District, Tom Murray formerly of the Windham School Board, and … Read more

Bernie to the Leftist Candidates Trying to Out-Left Each Other: ‘ Hold my Latte’

Bernie Sanders is a real communist. A rich bastard who never worked a real day in his life. He is profiting off the graft of government and promoting more of the same. He’s been at it longer. He’s even been to the motherland and he likes what he sees. Want’s it for US. And now that he’s joined the clown-car of Democrat-Socialists vying for the opportunity to lose to Donald Trump, the Left has taken on a whole new meaning.

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