A majority of New Hampshire Communities go to the polls today to vote in local town elections. To say this is important is an understatement. Your property taxes hang the balance.
For the record, my town is weird. Our Deliberative Session is tomorrow, and we vote on April 8th. Merrimack is an SB2 town. But most of you are voting today.
You can choose local elected officials and vote on your town and school budgets and any warrant articles. Go do that. Do it before work or after. If you are retired, do it before lunch and take some people with you.
This applies to every election, anywhere, every time. Go Vote. Bring friends. They will vote for more government, bigger budgets, and higher taxes. They will add regulations and support candidates who will do more of the same. They will put barriers up to transparency and defend intractable and irresponsible leadership. They don’t care if your kids learn as long as the madrassa primes their brain toward a progressive left-leaning worldview.
And be a conscientious no voter.
Almost every spending project or budget increase is proposed without regard for your cost of living. There will always be a few items that seem reasonable or necessary but lean toward no, especially when it comes to school spending and the school budget.
Many teachers are deserving, but most of the money is not spent on them or on learning. In fact, it would be genius if there were a way to separate the budget into two parts. Productive and nonproductive expenses. Teaching and admin overhead. You need the former but a lot less of the latter.
This is not the case, and if you punish the budget, Admin will take it out on everyone else, which is telling but not a reason to pass another bloated school budget.
School Budgets are what lead to high property taxes, which are a result of school superintendents and school boards. You can’t fix either overnight, but you can start today.
