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“Business is not the Enemy”

Two months ago, New Hampshire’s unemployment rate was 2.6%. The unemployment rate is now 17 percent, and on Thursday a deputy commissioner for employment security said it probably will hit 20%.

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Small Business Lockdown

How to Help Your Small Business Survive Lockdown

For many across the United States, the lockdown has been a challenge – emotionally, socially, and commercially. With so few people heading into stores, and fewer trading with your small business online, you’re finding that you’re unable to support your workers and your business interests, and you’re quickly losing profits and slipping into debt. In … Read more

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The American Left Stops Loving Sweden ‘cuz “Politics”

Sweden is not a socialist country, but its soft quasi-socialism central planning has long had the American left pining. Let’s do that here! Just ask Bernie of the Bros any question, and they’ll find a way to get Sweden into the conversation. But the American left is mad at Sweden because of its response to COVID-19.

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GrokPOLL

GrokPOLL : How Soon Should We Re-Open New Hampshire?

If you ask the folks around here, when should we open New Hampshire, many of them will say, no one had the authority to “close it.” That’s true, but we don’t live there, we live here. And while His Excellency has a plan to slow roll us back, not everyone agrees that’s the best way.

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Economy

Data Point – how long can businesses last?

Americans are optimistic by nature, and the public is right to hope for the best. But policy makers must prepare for the worst. And that means we must consider options for reopening the economy in a world in which we have not completely controlled the Covid-19 pandemic. Time is of the essence. Every week matters. A … Read more

Got high hopes that Sununu is going to open NH’s economy tomorrow?

I’m betting he doesn’t have the political cojones to undo what he has done and let us adults actually be adults and assess the risks of Life for ourselves. Doing yesterday’s press conference, WMUR clipped this out: Whatever we do we’re going to make sure that we can handle it, and that the system can … Read more

Herd Immunity

Herd Immunity Sweden Vs. United States

There are three ways to stop any disease: Vaccine; prevention, which is not currently available for coronavirus. Cure; anecdotally, several are available but they are only in use in some places, by some doctors, which is a self infliction of sub-optimization. And finally establishing herd immunity.

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Govt: curing the disease but ignoring the cost of the cure?

I’m getting to the point that the next time a medical person says that we can’t open our economies until a cure is found because WE DIDN’T ELECT YOU MEDICAL TECHNOCRATS to govern; speak your opinion – that’s your right, but I REFUSE to be governed by your opinion and your opinion only. This is now a multi-dimensional problem and you’re only yammering about one aspect of it.

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New Hampshire is Hurting for Money

New Hampshire is a small state dependent on small business. The single largest employer in the state is the government of New Hampshire. Did you know that?

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