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NE TAKE: REACTION To A Education Income Tax Chat with Andru Volinsky

March 28, 2026 The New England Take

This week, on NE Take, A. J. gives a postmortem on his discussion with Andru Volinsky on his 3-3 Tax Savings Plan to fund New Hampshire schools through an income tax. A chat with a dishonest, smug leftist who does not have a solution to education funding. Andrew Demers: Income tax won’t solve NH’s school … Read more

NE Take: This Democrat wants Education Funded with an INCOME TAX in NH

March 21, 2026 The New England Take

This week, on NE Take, AJ is joined by Andru Volinsky, an attorney and former New Hampshire Executive Councilor. He discusses his proposed “3-3 Tax Savings Plan”, but does this actually address the cost of education, and how will he fight the fact that Democrat leadership claims to disagree with an income tax? Read A. … Read more

Does Kelly Ayotte Even Know What Year It Is?

July 25, 2023 Ed Mosca

Memo to the NHGOP gubernatorial candidates: The NH-Communists Democrats running for Governor, with a few exceptions, stopped pushing “broad-based” taxes in 1996. Yet a quarter of a century later, the NHGOP continues to insist that this election is about an income tax (and/or a sales tax (which we actually already have, in part, in the … Read more

Democrats Vote for Government – Republicans Vote for Families

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 Op-Ed

The other day I saw a bunch of imposters in my part of the city of Nashua with yellow and black signs that said, “Melanie Levesque supports NH families.” Let’s talk about that, shall we?

New! Skip’s Sauntering Snippets Podcast #2 – It’s Almost Tax Day So Why Doesn’t Everyone Have to Shell Out?

April 18, 2022 Skip

Tax Day is normally April 15th and I have a question: why doesn’t everyone have to put in their fair share? EVERYONE should be a contributor and not divide the country into Makers and Takers.

Destroying the NH Advantage – Commuter Rail

September 7, 2021 Op-Ed

Commuter rail is another piece of the ‘urbanization’ puzzle that originated with the United Nations’ global goals, a.k.a. Agenda 21 (now called Agenda 2030) to get us out of our cars, in an effort to reduce ‘global warming’ or ‘climate change.’

Education Savings Accounts and a “Broad-Based” Tax

February 6, 2021 Ed Mosca

So I have read that Education Savings Accounts are going to lead to a “broad-based” tax because the cost may rise to $103 million. Sounds like a lot of money … until you look at the State budget. So here’s a schematic of the current budget: As a percentage of New Hampshire’s $6.7 billion budget … Read more

The Horrible Legacy of NH Democrats

November 1, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If you spent only 5 minutes looking at the recent voting record of New Hampshire Democrats, you would be appalled. Presuming you are a sensible person with a healthy level of common sense. Today’s Democrat Party has become the party of big, intrusive government, open borders and fraudulent elections – not to mention their tacit … Read more

The (Arguably) Most Important Question in the Gubernatorial Race That Everyone is Ignoring

October 17, 2020 Ed Mosca

Do you remember the ConVal education funding lawsuit? From my post back in June of last year: So last week, a single Superior Court Judge decided he was the State’s Education-Czar and implicitly ordered -while, of course, claiming he was doing no such thing- the State to -at a minimum- triple spending on public education … Read more

FEAR SHOULD MAKE VOTING IMPERATIVE! NIGHTMARES SOMETIMES DO COME TRUE!

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Norm Silber

There is much to fear depending on the outcome of our elections in November, both at the federal and state level.

NH Democrat Party Comes Out of the Closet on Family Medical Leave – Admits it is an Income Tax

December 22, 2024August 11, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Democrats love taxes because they love spending. There’s no such thing as enough spending or taxes to pay for it. To that point, Massachusetts is taxing remote workers in New Hampshire. CNBC asked Gov. Sununu about it, and the NH Dems decided to make it about their Family Medical Leave Bill.

Norm Silber Announces Run for State Rep in Gilford & Meredith

June 4, 2020 Norm Silber

Wednesday was the start of the filing period to run for state offices in New Hampshire. Although the General Election is not until November 3, if primary elections are required for any offices they will be held on September 8. A key issue this election cycle will be the level of taxation New Hampshire citizens … Read more

Democrats Campaign for Sununu ahead of State of the State

February 13, 2020 Steve MacDonald

First off, let me remind Governor Sununu to use the word ‘beclown’ in his State of the State. Pet mission. Secondly, thank you to the Democrats for continuing to campaign for Sununu by reminding the electorate all he did to protect the New Hampshire Advantage and the Live Free or Die State. Ahead of today’s … Read more

Lonely (for now) legislators push sales, income taxes

January 18, 2020 Op-Ed

A bill to tax sales of electronics in New Hampshire made news this week, and the bemused media coverage it drew was justified. Yet New Hampshire Union Leader State House Bureau Chief Kevin Landrigan saw a different, and more important, angle.

NH Democrat Refuses to Say She Is Proud of Her Votes to Raise Your Taxes and Fees

December 23, 2019 Steve MacDonald

I don’t spend much time on Twitter, but Merrimack State Rep Rosemarie Rung (It’s an attack!) had some thoughts to share. It was an opportunity to ask her to publicly stand behind her votes for new taxes or tax increases. She would not do it.

Democrats Propose a NH Sales Tax – For the Children!

December 4, 2019

Governor Sununu was forced to veto a slew of bills in 2019 that would have increased or created taxes. In 2020, he’ll likely be made to do it again. Two democrats propose a NH Sales Tax of 4.3% in addition to all the other new taxes and tax increases that will inevitably reach the Governor’s … Read more

So Now We Know Why Rosemarie Rung Is So Gaga For a State Income Tax

November 24, 2019 Ed Mosca

This: That must be some manor Representative Rung … whom I often refer to as #HornyGrammy for her twitter-stalking of a young, male GOP State Rep and tweets like this: … calls home. 120 people. The tweet reveals why New Hampshire’s #HornyGrammy is so gaga for a State income tax (notwithstanding her claims that she … Read more

Republican Senator’s Plan to Tax Scholarships – ONE Hour After NCAA Announcement

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Updated: Richard Burr is, in fact, a Republican Senator from North Carolina, not a Democrat. College athletes are currently prohibited from profiting on their likenesses, images, and names – but not for long. The NCAA Board of Governors voted today to allow those students to earn income based on their fame. This conversation has been … Read more

Inspector Volinsky Runs For Governor

October 23, 2019

Andru Volinsky, Executive Councilor in District 2, has announced his run for Governor, joining Democrat Senate Majority Leader Dan Feltes to create a primary. Volinsky has refused to take a pledge against broad-based taxes, such as an income tax or a sales tax. “I think if you take the pledge, you shut down honest conversation,” … Read more

NHGOP Launches Feltes2020.com

September 4, 2019

Yesterday, NH Senate Majority Leader Dan Feltes launched his gubernatorial bid, to the surprise of no one. We’ve known for months that Dan was going to run, he finally just made it official. The NHGOP, not wasting any time, launched Feltes2020.com today. And, it’s quite well done. The page is complete with the digital ads … Read more