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A Shot Over the Bond Ratings Bow

Wednesday there will be a vote on a bill to make it easier for the state to back private projects with taxpayer money.  We explore what this might do to the bond rating and debt service, who this serves, and what future boondoggles we might expect should it pass.  

GrokTALK! – May 2nd, 2015

Greg Kline from RedMaryland.com gives us an in-state look at the Baltimore Riots. We’ve also got a weather/climate update from Ron Moore, updates on casinos and concealed carry, and the NHGOP gets the WTF of the week.  

GrokTALK! Casinos, Carry Bills, and Bond Ratings

Is NH on the cusp of a Casino Gambling embrace? What are the odds we’ll finally pass constitutional carry? And could a bill in the Legislature damage the state’s bond rating and open the door to an endless string of taxpayer backed bailouts?  

GrokTALK! April 25th, 2015

David Bozell from ForAmerica joined us to talk about bad tax policy and how almost everyone in Washington is to blame; Ed Naile updates us on the complete lack of ballot integrity in NH and how the AG and SoS are not just to blame they work to keep it that way;  Kimberly Morin shares …

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GrokTALK! April 18th 2015

This week we are joined by Carly Fiorina; Max Abramson guest-co-hosts as well as updating us on his self-defense case and providing a legislative update;  Jorge Mesa-Tejada explains what SAU’s are and discusses their true role and their relevance; Pete Ingemi reports in from the First in the Nation Summit, and Kevin Bloom joins us …

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GrokTALK! Legislative Round Up

Max walks us through some legislation, including Poker, a bill to control abuses by child and family services, who voted for a 2.25% state sales tax, the Judiciary committee bailing on oversight over the judicial system, a tax on marriage to fund a domestic violence program, and the rhetoric on cutting expansions to the budget. …

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GrokTALK! March 21st, 2015

This week our gusts are Hal Shurtleff – Regional director for the John Birch Society, Health Care advocate Dr. Betsy McCaughey, and NH House Rep Max Abramson.  

Net Neutrality, Taxes, and Fireworks

Steve was at CPAC but Skip, Mike and then Max kept things rolling with a discussion on Net Neutrality, sales and income taxes, and then–why not–trying to ban fireworks.  

50 Shades of Swimming

We explore the problem of legislatures creating victimless crimes with unenforceable legislation like attaching flags to swimmers near boating lanes, and lapdog legislation.  Then the conversation shifts to the ineffectiveness of gun control laws and a discussion of deadly and non deadly force.