New Hampshire Democrats passed an arbitrary minimum wage hike that makes unskilled workers unemployable. And unable to get skills. To distract from that they are blaming Governor Chris Sununu’s salary.
CONCORD, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today called out House Finance’s proposed budget (HB 1) and trailer bill (HB 2) for their massive tax hikes and spending increases. The bills would raise the business enterprise tax and business profits tax by over $93 million, create a $150 million per year capital gains tax, an … Read more
Democrats are raising your taxes. I know, I know, water is wet, the sky is blue, and Democrats raise taxes. We warned New Hampshire. We have reported on some of the committee sessions that pushed out tax increases. And this week the full House voted on five of them.
We’ve been reporting periodically on New York Cities Fright for Fifteen. That’s the by-product of the fight for fifteen. An arbitrary Left-Wing wage hike that prices low-skilled labor our of jobs, employers out of business, and customers out of restaurants. The Big Crapple just hit the magic numbers (15.00/hour) and guess what?
New Hampshire Democrats are proposing a tax that would hike the price you pay for gasoline, heating oil, propane, and electricity produced by coal, oil, gas, or wood. All of that. And, everything else. The bill calls for a fee based on the per-ton emission of carbon dioxide, starting at $20 per ton in 2020 … Read more
Democrats trying to hike the minimum wage is as surprising as (sorry, they’re not surprising at all). So, yes, there are a handful of bills this session from Democrats to do that. Each assumes that busy-bodies in Concord know better than job creators. But Donna Soucy’s latest effort is particularly bothersome.
Longtime New Hampshire Democrat Susan Almy is doing her part to raise taxes. She’s introduced a legislative proposal to raise taxes on job creators. But she’s also got a bill in the pipeline that would appear to give the Legislative Fiscal Committee taxing powers independent of the Legislature. NHBR is reporting that, Almy’s second bill would … Read more
All year long New Hampshire Democrats have been whining about how cutting New Hampshire’s business taxes was a hand out to the rich. Corporate bailouts. The standard socialist-Democrat class warfare rhetoric. Back in the real world, these tax cuts have produced record job growth, wage growth, and record labor force participation. Regular folk are working and earning … Read more
And yet another Republican delivering a win for the Democrat / Socialist agenda. Steve had the goods (paid family leave) in expanding the Welfare State in MA and pushing the Socialist agenda of “Don’t worry – you don’t have to provide for yourself as everyone else will be coerced to take take of you.”. Ayup, … Read more
Another American city succumbs to an all too common political resume-padding exercise, and the story remains the same. On January 1st, Flagstaff Arizona imposed an $11.00/hour minimum wage. The Daily Signal reports that the local Chamber of Commerce polled 200 local businesses about the forced increase and, More than three-quarters (77 percent) of the companies expect it … Read more
The New Hampshire Income Tax is not dead yet. Yes, the subcommittee recommended the bill as Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), and odds are improving that the full committee will follow suit, but the subcommittee minority report included an amendment that is (presumably) meant to make the bill more “appealing” to the Republican majority committee and legislature. Or … Read more
The end is near? Gosh, I’m still able to post this up so that other thingy that had the Democrats’ panties in a collective wedgie hasn’t come to pass – the Internet is still here. The new Tax Bill – YAYAYA! The Obamacare “get taxed if you decide to do nothing” is GONE! Every tax … Read more
By Sen. Kevin Avard The New Hampshire Senate Republican Majority Office Senators oppose turnpike toll hike Concord, NH – The Governor’s Advisory Commission on Intermodal Transportation (GACIT) held a public hearing on Monday regarding the Department of Transportation plan for a statewide toll hike. Senate President Chuck Morse (R-Salem), Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Regina Birdsell … Read more
In two separate reports feeding off the same research, Fosters.com and the New Hampshire Business Review lead with headlines declaring support for a gas tax increase in New Hampshire. “UNH research: NH residents support gas tax hike.” But do they? Nope. In fact, according to the cited report, a majority oppose them. The NHBR article … Read more
Democrats want you to believe that their mindless pursuit of a minimum wage hike has something to do with helping low wage workers. Democrat Jackie Cilley is this year’s Democrat Golden Calf, proposing an hourly minimum wage hike in New Hampshire above fourteen-dollars-per hour. But think it through. Who is most likely to be hit … Read more
Yesterday I wrote about John White, the Democrat state Senate candidate who called New Hampshire’s low income residents bottom feeders. Had a Republican said this it would be above the fold on every paper but the Union Leader. But a Democrat said it. But that is how Democrats think. They also think that they can … Read more
The New Hampshire Senate voted to pass SB367 (with 4 Republicans–Boutin, Odell, Stiles, and Rausch). SB 367 is a hike in the gas tax that is estimated to extract an additional 31 million dollars per year from New Hampshire Families and small business owners. Business owners will have to eat the increase or pass it … Read more
New Hampshire Democrat David Campbell sped over a family of ducks with his BMW, crushing a number of them. Before we cater to his litany of excuses consider this. When proposing an 83% increase in the state gas tax last year he insisted that we needed the money for roads and bridges but later confided … Read more
We went through this gas Tax stupidity last year – starting in the House: Yup, that’s right. The NH House’s Public Works and Highway Committee members decided that it was so durn important to fix roads and such, they couldn’t be bothered to really set a priority list and bump down others much less important … Read more
On page A2 of the “Manchester Paper” there is a long write up about the nearly unanimous support for the new state budget. If you read it with a discerning eye and ear, however, something becomes obvious. While Republicans are quoted as happy with the results and view the budget as a responsible reflection of … Read more