Maine’s Embrace of Broad Based Taxes vs. New Hampshire NOT Doing That.

FPI NH v Main Private sector growthOur good friend Michael Graham, writing at NH Journal, has an article titled “Study: Maine Vs. N.H. Shows “More Government Means More Poverty.”

The annual Family Prosperity Index is out and, while New Hampshire didn’t make the Top 10 (it’s ranked #16), the study’s authors did use the Granite State to make their case for more economic liberty vs. reliance on government. They used the case study of New Hampshire and its neighbor, Maine (FPI ranking: #39).

The result of Maine’s dancing with the tax devil in the “blue” moon light? More government, a shrinking private sector, and one of the highest dependency cultures in the nation.

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Maine Democrats Block Effort to Make FGM Illegal

s300_endingfgm-govukThe New Hampshire legislature passed legislation last week prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation of a minor in the Granite State. Governor Sununu is expected to sign it. Maine’s majority Democrat House decided not to support similar legislation.

This week, Maine House Democrats sent a clear message that female genital mutilation (FGM) performed on young girls should not be a crime in their state. So much for child abuse prevention.

Will FGM advocates in New Hampshire be taking day trips to The Pine Tree State? Not legally.

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HB 628: Coos County Reps Vote to Tax Your Income.

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I am dismayed that the entire Coös County delegation, both Democrat, and Republican, voted for an income tax on all non-public employees, via House Bill 628, the “Family Medical Leave Insurance” bill. The only exceptions were Robert Theberge, who voted nay, Bing Judd, who didn’t vote, and Edith Tucker, who was excused.

Supporters deny that it is an income tax, but it literally requires that employers collect and remit a percentage of employees’ wages: that is the very definition of an income tax.

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Non-Immigrant granted H-1B Visa to”work” as a Progressive political activist in NH

Congratulations to Viola Katusiime, Granite State Organizing Project’s (GSOP) Family, and Economic Security Organizer. She’s been waiting a year, and her H-1B visa was finally approved.

I’m no expert on non-immigration or H-1B visa’s, but I can read and agitating to advance mostly left-wing priorities, even with the best of intentions, does not appear to me to be one of the qualifying factors.

The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(17)(H). It allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. …

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Maine Added Work Provision for Food Stamps – Guess What Happened?

(Daily Signal) In response to the growth in food stamp dependence, Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, recently established work requirements on recipients who are without dependents and able-bodied. In Maine, all able-bodied adults without dependents in the food stamp program are now required to take a job, participate in training, or perform community service. Job openings … Read more

Don’t Like NH’s Property Taxes? Then Move to Maine

Source: WalletHub This is an Interactive map!

Skip took some time to fisk a letter to the Concord Monitor in which someone named John Andrews complains about the high property taxes in New Hampshire. He notes that across the border in Maine, he’d be paying a lot less in property taxes.

Skip does a great job exposing the fallacies upon which Andrews makes his case, and rightly points out that Maine has lots of other taxes that John never mentions. But he doesn’t have space to show how vast the chasm of the overall tax burden is between Maine and New Hampshire.

It’s Yuge.

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Maggie Hassan Chooses Maine Over New Hampshire

It is legal to use firecrackers in New Hampshire (control is at the town level) but illegal to sell them here. In this end of session update, Max Abramson explains how our Democrat Gov. vetoed a simple fix and that one of the biggest opponents to legalizing the sale in NH was a retailer in … Read more

Maine Is Making NH State Senate Republicans Look Like Leftist Patsies

First, Maine passes a new law that told its able-bodied citizens that if they wanted to continue to receive food stamps, WORK! Second, NH decided, thanks to some NH State Senate Republicans, that if our able-bodied citizens wanted to keep receiving Medicaid paid for by NH taxpayers (who are also Federal Taxpayers), well, you can … Read more

Bloomberg’s Harpy Hoplophobes Now Trying to Victimize Maine Citizens

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Last year ‘Constitutional Carry‘ was signed into law in Maine. Maine is one of the safest states in the country and has been for years.

This drives the gun control extremists absolute insane. They can’t stand that the safest states in the country are those with the least strict gun control laws.

So what do they do in response? Spend millions of dollars of out-of-state money to push more gun control.

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Portland, Maine Rejects Min. Wage Hike to 15.00/Hour

A ballot initiative in Portland Maine to increase the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour failed last Tuesday. What makes this defeat so instructive is that Portland IS the Democrat Mecca of Maine. Forty-seven percent are registered Democrat. Six percent of its voters are members of the Green Party.  In the last election for governor … Read more

Muslim Jihad In Maine?

“To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.” -Abu Bakr

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Freddy Akoa, 49, murdered

Portland Maine. 49-year-old Freddie Akoa was found murdered in his Cumberland Avenue apartment on August 11 after family members requested police to conduct a well-being check.

Police found Akoa’s lifeless body with 22 rib fractures, many cuts and bruises all over his head and torso, and a lacerated liver…All injuries that, according to the Cumberland County Medical Examiner, if left untreated, would result in death.

The Portland Police investigation revealed that Akoa’s death likely occurred on Sunday, August 9. Police in court affidavits reveal the presence of three men:

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Coos County Republican Committee refuses Scott Brown PAC Donation

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At the monthly meeting held on 15 May 2014, the Coos County Republican Committee became the first committee in the state to refuse to accept a donation by the Scott Brown PAC. Mr Brown, who is running for the US Senate in the primary against 3 other contenders, has donated a large sum of money through his PAC to each county committee. In the course of the meeting on Thursday, every member of the committee present was given the opportunity to discuss their views on the matter, after which a vote was taken.

Chairman Eric Catman stated ” While we understand the donation came with no strings attached, our committee must maintain total impartiality until after the primary. This impartiality must not only be maintained, but be SEEN to be maintained, and accepting this donation would have compromised that. We felt our integrity as a committee could have been called into question and so while we thank Mr Brown and his PAC for their efforts, we must respectfully decline.”

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Breaking! Coos County Republican Committee Approves ‘No Confidence’ Resolution

This just in: For Immediate Release: Contact – Eric Catman Email – eric.catman@gmail.com 603-348-1140 Coos County Republican Committee Approves ‘No Confidence’ Resolution This evening, the Coos County Republican Committee has approved, by a unanimous vote, a resolution expressing no confidence in New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Jennifer Horn. The statement approved by the committee … Read more

Phyllis Woods On Andrew Hemingway

January 24, 2013 Dear Committee Members, It was at the request of a trusted former colleague in the House that I first traveled to meet with Andrew Hemingway, a young, unknown upstart that was thinking of becoming involved in the politics. After spending an hour listening to and questioning this energetic, bright, conservative activist, I … Read more

Coos County Republican Ineligible For State Committee so….

Back on December 17th, 2012 we reported here that Republican County Commissioner Tom Brady could not serve on the state committee because he publicly endorsed NH Senate District 1 candidate Jeff Woodburn. Former foes unite. Republican County Commissoner (sic) Tom Brady backs Woodburn for Senate. Since our tough race 8 years ago, Tom and I … Read more

Tom Brady (Not that one) Can’t Be On The NH-GOP State Committee

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Actually, the other Tom Brady can’t be  an NH-GOP voting Committee member either but let us not get distracted.

NH-GOP Bylaws, Article 1, section 4A:

A.  Any registered Republican who, at the same time joins or allows his or her name to be used in support of a political committee or a defined group of individuals, that in title or effect is intended to be understood by the public to be a committee or group comprised in whole or in part of members of the Republican Party endorsing a candidate for elected office from another political party, when there is a candidate nominated by the Republican Party for that office, shall be disqualified during the then present and the next biennium from holding an office of the State Committee or any County or City Committee, from being a member of the Executive Committee and from being a member of the State Committee.

So why can’t Republican County Commissioner Tom Brady be a voting member of the Republican State Committee?

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Coos County Democrats…

…might want to update their web site. The elected candidates page lists their US Senators as Jeanne Shaheen and Judd Gregg. That’s a bit out of date, unless you just want to wait until we kick Shaheen out of office and you can change them both at the same time. Just trying to be helpful.

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