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Morse, Bradley support strong economy over job killing legislation

Press Release The New Hampshire Senate REPUBLICAN OFFICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2019 Morse, Bradley support strong economy over job killing legislation Concord, NH – Today, the New Hampshire Senate passed SB 10, establishing a state minimum wage. Senate Republican Leader Chuck Morse (R-Salem) and Senator Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) issued the following statements: “It …

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So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s NH House Session (3/14)?

We learned that the Democrats (the majority party) are fine with expanding dental coverage for Medicaid recipients (HB692-FN) while our State’s veterans, both able body and disabled, go without such coverage. We learned that the Majority party is only interested in studying assisted suicide instead of enlarging the scope to include palliative and hospice alternatives …

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House Democrats Vote for Fewer Jobs in New Hampshire

The laboratories of the States (and some cities) have proven time and again that politicians are a threat to the job market. Mandatory minimum wages never create more jobs. They result in higher unemployment, fewer hours, higher prices, and less opportunity. Local Democrats have decided they want that for New Hampshire.

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Five facts about the minimum wage

By the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy The odds that legislators will vote to raise New Hampshire’s minimum wage this year are significantly better than the odds that sitting through next year’s Super Bowl halftime show will be more entertaining than going to the kitchen for more nachos. Why? Ideas like this, as expressed …

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When activists and Politicians believe they know better how to run a business than the owner

It’s as if they believe that by simply persuading one more voter to vote for them instead of the other guy, they have the right to tell people how to use their money or run their businesses.  In this case, the Fight for $15, the socialist union known as SEIU’s attempt to “raise the living …

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Minnesota’s Minimum Wage Hike Costing Kids Jobs

Broken record, meet Minnesota. Employment in fast-food restaurants in Minnesota and Wisconsin were growing at the same rate in 2014. The rate of growth in employment in the fast-food sectors in Minnesota and Wisconsin began diverging around the same time Minnesota began raising the minimum wage, Williams said.