Our 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.
According to the study’s authors, Maine’s decision to enact an income tax and aggressively expand its welfare system.”
And,
Maine has one of the smallest private sectors of any state in the nation (rank: #41), while New Hampshire has the second largest–and 16 percent larger than Maine’s.
This, all according to the FPI, care of Michael Graham.
I’d suggest that this adds additional weight to my arguments that New Hampshire Republicans should stop screwing around with Democrat priorities – reject them outright – and go straight to focusing on what matters to families and job creators. The economy, lower taxes (which begets less government and lower welfare dependency ), less regulation, and a stronger New Hampshire Advantage.
Democrats support policies that grow government, expand the welfare state, expand public spending on an opioid crisis (that expands the welfare state), all of which is bad for families, private sector growth, and prosperity.
So, get your heads out of the ladies room toilet.
This is not a drill.
