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An 18 Percent Property Tax Increase Will Not Fix Our Public Schools

The Scott Administration made big news last week when they warned of an unprecedented impending property tax increase for next year of 18.5 percent. Driven by a 12 percent year-over-year increase in public school spending, they anticipate this will add another $650 to the bill of a $250,000 home.

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What Kind of Parent?

There’s a question that should be asked more often, which gets at the moral foundations of treating education as an entitlement. Suppose you own several properties in a town.  You have two kids, who are being schooled at the expense of the town, which costs the town more than $500,000 over the course of two …

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Our Education System is a Failed State

Our education system is costing more and producing less every year. In my small town, the Tax Rate is $24.75 / thousand, with Education accounting for $18.00. That is 73% of every tax dollar earmarked for schools giving us lower test scores yearly.

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Why Didn’t Nashua Make the Cut?

NO intelligent person in Nashua, which did NOT benefit from the advertised tax relief for New Hampshire towns, should be supporting His Excellency, Chris Sununu.

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The Nashua Spending Cap has its Day in Court

On December 7, 2022, Fred Teeboom, a former alderman and self-represented, took the City of Nashua to NH Superior Court for violating Nashua’s spending cap. I had the pleasure of attending part of the hearing.

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The Truth About Taxes

Have you ever thought about your taxes keep going up?  I’m referring to property taxes, which are the “only” tax New Hampshire has (we won’t go into the hidden taxes).