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The State of Massachusetts is considering a tax on sugary drinks. OK. Go for it.
Every jurisdiction that has imposed their progressive will in this manner has seen a drop in sales and jobs, which migrate just beyond the reach of said tax. I’m no geographer and I don’t play one on the internet, but I can read a map and if people go “outside the reach” of the Massachusetts soda tax, well, that’s New Hampshire.
Heh! (H/T: Linkiest)
This piece from Pravda on the Merrimack is about SB8 – the “Croydon” bill has a very pointed example of what I have been saying for years and years about Democrats. I am still amazed that the PotM editor actually let it stay in place especially since all the Democrats save two, brought it up as a HUGE reason why NOT to allow local School Boards to actually control how education is handled in their towns / districts.
Progressives / [il]Liberals / Progressives / Socialists ALWAYS are working to transfer political Power to the next higher level of government and delight in removing that Power from accountability at the closest level where policies, laws, and regulations are applied. I lauded former Speaker of the NH House Bill O’Brian when he agreed that part of his process was to devolve power from Concord back to the local towns and to the people. MUCH of the anger and ire of the DC based Political Class (Dems and Republicans alike in that turd UniParty) towards Trump as he said as much the same thing during his Inauguration Address.
So on NH SB8, we see the Dems (emphasis mine, reformatted):
Still, a majority of Democrats on the committee objected to the amended bill, saying it ceded responsibilities previously held by state officials to local boards and didn’t do anything to protect against private schools’ discriminating against children with disabilities while receiving public money.
Yep – they publicly let the cat outta the bag. They
Yeah, Concord Monitor again, this time on SB3 that proposes to tighten up NH’s election law on the word “domicile” and cut out the nonsense that has basically allowed drive-by-voting for decades (and yes, we’ve been writing about this for years here at the ‘Grok). I applaud the Rs for trying to do something about this. BUT this shouldn’t happen:
…But they have to sign a form pledging to come back later with a required form of proof. Should a voter not return within 30 days, the bill gives local election officials authority to investigate suspected fraud.
…The House version of the bill lets town election officials refer any suspicious voter activity to the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office for further investigation if supervisors of the checklist did not want to go to people’s houses and verify it themselves. The bill does not give the office, or town election officials, any money to carry out the checks. Currently, the state attorney general’s office oversees such investigations.
Bad form, bad form, guys. As a former AND newly re-elected BudComm member in my hamlet, I really wouldn’t want our local SotC folks going out doing that kind of investigative work – they are NOT set up in case they were to knock on said doors and things went South in a hurry (without demeaning them, ours are literally little old ladies). Maintaining the list is their job – police should do that work.
And they are on the clock which means they get paid. I have a problem with that.
The AFL-CIO exists to launder union dues into the campaign war chests of the Democratic Party. We call the MSM “Democrats with bylines”. Unions are “Democrats sucking up other peoples’ money” (H/T: Instapundit)
Here is the latest in the 20-year effort to deny voter fraud in NH.
Some left-wing activists asked the NH AG’s Office for any investigations that office had done since the November general election.
As usual, the answer from that office is laughable.
New Hampshire Business review has an enlightening–though not surprising–article today about how a PUC-approved contract from 2011 requires Eversource customers to prop up the NH timber industry and the Berlin Biomass Plant. It is “probable” that sometime in 2019 customers who buy their electricity from Eversource will have paid $100 million more than necessary since 2014 … Read more
Now, the critique of an increasingly rent-seeking society echoes from both the Left and the libertarians. Rent-seeking is a big problem. Cronyism is a big problem. George Stigler finds a lot to agree with in Joe Stiglitz. As do Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, and so forth. But now comes the most astounding lack of logic … Read more
By someone who just decides to listen – and take action faster than you: Heh! (H/T: Linkiest)
UNH, like most universities, is weighted down by diversity curricula and all the anti-free-speech BS that goes with it. This handicap culminated in the very public unmasking of the UNH Bias-Free Language guide that, among other things, suggested the word American might be problematic.
“One thousand dollars invested at the closing price on Amazon’s IPO day would be worth over $491,000 on Monday, based on the stock’s price in early trading.” (H/T: Business Insider)
SHOT: Unions decry “greed”… Last week, AFL-CIO, the largest trade union organization in the U.S., released the results from its annual Executive Paywatch report: CEOs at S&P 500 companies earned on average $13.1 million in 2016, and “this greed of corporate CEOs” has caused a “CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 347 to 1.” CHASER: Not so … Read more
Hahahahaha! Karma for replacing your IT staff with H1-B visa folks from India at lower costs? The only thing that would make this better is if the WannaCry hackers say that they will give some of this ransom money to those who Bob Igor laid off workers to save money:
Send Bitcoin Or The Mouse Gets It: Disney Is Latest Victim Of Ransomware Attack
Great line, by the way. Rest of it? Emphasis mine:
Disney is apparently the victim of the latest round of ransomware attacks that have affected hospitals and businesses worldwide. CEO Bob Iger told a company town hall today that hackers have taken possession of a new Disney movie and are threatening to release it in pieces if their ransom demand isn’t met. Axios is reporting that the hacked movie is “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” which is slated to be released this Friday.
Really, it only depends on whose ox is about to be gored, eh Democrats? (H/T: Powerline)
Is the GOP, at the national level, a “governing” Party? Governing Parties don’t whine – they just DO. Certainly not seeing a whole lot of DO outside of rolling back Obama Administration rules and regulations. Don’t get me wrong but no RESULTS on the items they’ve campaigned on and they’ve had 7 years to prepare … Read more
Anyone who is not a lobbyist but has used their own time and money – and taken the time out of their work day – to testify before a NH House or Senate committee knows how scary and intimidating it can be. So you write your testimony, try to keep it concise, print it out … Read more
I just received this voice mail from the Principal of Merrimack High School.
“Good afternoon this is Ken Johnson principal of Merrimack High School. I’m calling to invite you to consult our school or district website for important information about plans for upcoming drug sweep of Merrimack High School. This week we’re involving a number of highly trained dogs from local and area law enforcement agencies. The use of these resources is consistent with our district’s commitment to supporting a safe and drug-free school environment. Information about this drug sweep can be found at www.sau26.org/mhs and www.sau26.org.
So I went to the site to check it out.
By Bill Fortune
Seabrook Station produces about 1/2 of NH’s electricity at the cost of about 2.5, cents/kWh, before taxes, per the Energy Information Agency.
There are several small hydro plants that produce power at about 1.3 cents/kWh (approx. 100 MWs).
Because of increased regulations, we are not certain the cost of electricity generated by fossil, but in 2015 the National average was 3.7 cents.
Transmission costs from Canada to Concord, NH is 4 cents/kWh. Therefore, the cost to deliver power to everyone in NH from NH generators can not be more than 3 cents (PSNH claimed their cost was 2 cents). So let’s assume that the average cost of electricity is a high of 3.5 cents and delivery to your meter is 3 cents for a total cost of 6.5 cents.
Sununu says “lots of pieces to the puzzle.” Apparently, he isn’t capable of comprehending when he tells me “not enough transmission lines.” Most of the cost of electricity above 6 cents (at your meter) is the results of meddling by the legislators and taxation by municipalities.
Scream….Scream….Scream….Scream some more. That is the Left’s response to a double sided sign with:
And they wonder why we laugh at them?
https://www.facebook.com/eric.bostrom.37/videos/1237999372994000/
On a more serious note, how do we talk with the Left with this as an example? We don’t. WE CAN’T. After 10 years of watching the Left, two things are clear: