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If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It!

More good news released by New Hampshire Employment Security – showing New Hampshire’s unemployment rate unchanged at 2.5%, both seasonally adjusted and not.  This is unchanged year-over-year as well, with both jobs and labor force entries steadily increasing monthly. Since July 2018, nearly 8,000 jobs have been created – increasing almost evenly with those entering … Read more

Fed Funds Rate Cut?

The Fed is about to cut rates for the first time since 2008. The Fed is expected to cut the fed funds rate by a quarter point today. The move is being speculated about as preventative. The July jobs report is expected Friday. It is expected to show solid job growth at about 170,000. Nearly … Read more

Meeting of Russia, China, EU and Iran

The U.S. withdrew from the 2015 Iran accord last year and re-imposed sanctions. In recent weeks, Iran and Britain have seized a tanker each. Those actions add pressure to the 2015 accord. Iran also admits breaching restrictions on its production of enriched uranium.

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Five ways a $15 minimum wage is bad for N.H.

BY Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy This month the minimum wage in Emeryville, Calif., hit $16.30 an hour, the highest in the nation. Predictably, it is killing restaurant jobs. Patatas Neighborhood Kitchen just eliminated the dinner shift and laid off six of its 10 workers, The Wall Street Journal reported this week. “I just … Read more

Don’t throw cold water on state’s hot economy

by Greg Moore  | In the South, you often hear the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” It’s too bad that idiom hasn’t become more popular in New Hampshire, because our state Legislature seems intent on breaking our vibrant, robust economy and instead throwing the car that’s going 100 mph in reverse. Five … Read more

Budgets

Gov Sununu Vetoes The Democrat’s Tax and Spend Budget

The Democrats decided to pull the same financial stunt just before Bill O’Brien became speaker. Create a structural deficit by using “today’s surplus” to up the amounts spent in following years.  But current financial revenue performance is no indication of the future. Who knows if the State’s revenues will remain high especially if these bills, … Read more

“Tax Relief Continues to Fuel Economy”

NEWS RELEASE  | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 18, 2019 CONTACT: Greg Moore, GMoore@afphq.org Tax Relief Continues to Fuel Economy Unemployment data shows 610 more NH residents working CONCORD, NH – Following today’s release of another strong employment report showing 610 more New Hampshire residents working and the state’s workforce adding 890 individuals, both of which … Read more

Dangerous Legislation

This Tuesday Democrats in the House and Senate introduced dangerously misguided legislation. Under the guise of protecting you they moved to hold manufacturers liable for crimes committed with their products. The measure seeks to repeal legislation passed in 2005. That measure enacted protections for industry based on illegal use, abuse and resultant injury and damage. … Read more

Facebook Doodlings – Where do they get these ideas on Minimum Wage?

Yup, in our effort to better get the message out on how various locality’s Democrat NH State Reps are voting, here’s one about Nashua’s concerning the the Minimum Wage. It’s a topic that’s near and dear to my heart (and limited government philosophy) so when I saw it on Facebook in that “by invitation only” … Read more

Socialist Argentine History: Part 2 of 2

Socialism is present in many South American countries. Americans need to know the results of socialism. We need to understand how it has become imbedded. It is important to deal with the facts of a political system that has known and profound consequences. Let’s start with Argentina. Socialist Policy Results In the 1970’s inflation in … Read more

Socialist Argentine History: Part 1 of 2

Socialism is present in many South American countries. Americans need to know the results of socialism. We need to understand how it has become imbedded. It is important to deal with the facts of a political system that has known and profound consequences. Let’s start with Argentina. It happened in Argentina… It can happen here … Read more

Donald Trump – The Free Trade Warrior We Hoped We Elected

By Bill O’Brien (former Speaker of the NH House) In 2018 the U.S. bought $559.5 billion in goods and services from China. In turn, China bought $120.3 billion in goods and services from the U.S. In order to sustain even this unbalanced trade, the U.S. had to endure Chinese requirements that U.S. companies transfer our … Read more

Economy

Data Point – Economy is firing on all cylinders PLUS more!

Short takes: GDP:  expanded at 3.2% Commerce Department said last week the economy grew by 3.2% in the first quarter on an annualized basis. That was the best start to a year since 2015. The official jobs report for April from the government will be released Friday. Jobs: Private payrolls surge by 275,000 in April, blowing … Read more

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