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603 Summit: Dan Mitchell

April 18, 2019 Skip

Dan Mitchell is an economist and is widely read and commented on across the Conservative blogosphere; I have quoted his work a lot over the years. Well studied, clear writings, and often, good infographics. If you ever get the chance, search out his articles (there are MANY!) and settle in for a great read. He … Read more

It’s Tax Day… How Your Taxes Are Spent

April 15, 2019

Did you pay enough taxes this year? Thanks to the 2017 tax cut the typical American is now paying less in taxes than they were before this administration. Adding up the payroll and other taxes on earnings and income, the average American household pays more than $26,000 to the federal government each year. Ouch! Last … Read more

The State’s Gain Is The Citizen’s Loss

April 14, 2019

13% more Spending… 16.8% more taxation… Here’s a brief overview of the House Democrat budget. In General Fund and Education Trust Funds combined, the House Democrat passed budget increases spending by more than $637 million per year. That is as compared to our current biennial budget (FY2018-2019). It increases total spending over $1.5 billion in … Read more

So kids, what did we learn from today’s House Session (4/11)?

April 12, 2019 Judy Aron

Well, today was Budget Day in the House, and we learned how the House Democrat Majority and their Finance Committee took a perfectly reasonable and fiscally responsible budget presented by the Governor and turned it into an absolutely irresponsible tax and spend trainwreck. We started off playing really nicely together and voting for HB-25-A which … Read more

The Claremont Way

April 5, 2019 Jim Kofalt

In the mid-1990’s, the town of Claremont pleaded poverty, insisting that the rest of the state should pony up more money to fund its local schools. The result was the imposition of a wealth-redistribution scheme on the rest of our state. A decade later, Claremont wasn’t looking so poverty-stricken after all.

New York Budget Gives Politicians Huge Raise -Makes Taxpayers Fund Political Campaigns

April 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New York has a 2.3 Billion dollar deficit. So, what do a Democrat legislature and Democrat governor do? They give themselves raises. Increase spending. And that thing where Cuomo said The Rich would leave if they taxed them more. Start packing.

Kamala Harris: ‘You Can Judge a Society By the Way It Treats Its Children’

October 4, 2021March 27, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Democrat Kamala Harris has made ‘funding an adequate education‘ a presidential primary issue. Teachers don’t make enough money. Taxpayers don’t care enough about other people’s kids. And my favorite “You can judge a society by the way it treats its children.”

NH Budget Plan

March 16, 2019

You can’t have too much taxation In the first 10 weeks of the 2019 legislative session, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed nearly $310 million in annual tax and fee increases. That is exclusive of the changes in subsidy levels for green energy which will significantly impact your electric bill. So how much of … Read more

NH Democrats New “Illegal Drinking Straw” Hotline – Cost: $93,000.00 a Year to Start

January 18, 2025March 16, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The Democrats Single-Use Plastics ban bill I wrote about in January was too much too soon so it was retained in committee. But fear not ignorant consumers. The Democrats have backups. Including a Bill to “protect you” from the dangers of single-use plastic Drinking straws.

Congressman Dan Crenshaw – “Spending More Money Doesn’t Make You Morally Superior”

March 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw is a congressional bright spot in a freshman class littered with anti-semites and attention-seeking bartenders turned socialist cults of personality. Crenshaw is thoughtful, measured, and more importantly selfless.

Personal Endorsement: Rick Notkin for Gilford Budget Committee

March 11, 2019 Skip

Consider this a personal endorsement of Rick Notkin for Gilford Budget Committee. I’ve known him for a couple of years now and he literally is a straight shooter AND will watch over how your tax monies are spent just as miserly as I do! Please, if you want someone that supports limited government, please give … Read more

Vermont Legislature Wants Taxpayer Funded “Free” College Education

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Steve MacDonald

It is the sign of a weak mind to immediately assume that a problem, real or imagined, is due to inadequate government funding. It is also the sign of a socialist or a Democrat. And since we’re talking about that state to the left of New Hampshire, this begins to make whatever passes for sense in the People’s Republic.

How Ocasio-Cortez Would ‘Spend’ Amazon’s Tax Cut Now That They Aren’t Getting It

February 16, 2019February 16, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the new “leader” of the Democrat party, has a plan. It involves that 3 billion in Tax cuts New York City promised Amazon. The problem with this plan is exposed succinctly by Don Trump Jr. “Will someone please explain to me how it is possible for NYC to SPEND a $3 Billion tax break on anything?”

Mr. Cuomo Goes to Washington to Beg Mr. Trump for Money

February 13, 2019 Steve MacDonald

As noted last week, New York State has a 2.3 billion dollar spending problem. They already spent it. Plan to spend it. Benevolent government is expensive. It consumes lots of dollars. Mostly on the machine of government. Which rarely suffers when the collection plate comes up short. But 2.3 billion is a lot of Cheetos.

Opposite Day – Cuomo Says New York Can’t Raise Taxes on the Rich Because They Might Leave

February 6, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Andrew Cuomo has a 2.3 Billion dollar problem called a deficit. But the Democrat governor says he won’t raise taxes on the rich. “That would be the worst thing to do. You would just expand the shortfall,” he said. “God forbid if the rich leave.” Strange words from a Democrat, so who does he tax? … Read more

Our Gross Overspending … $1 Trillion Again

February 5, 2019

Fiscal insanity Fiscal insanity continues to reign in the District of Columbia. Congress steadfastly refuses to budget for the nation. It continues to authorize spending while refusing to acknowledge responsibility for repayment. There are no signs of a return to fiscal sanity in sight. A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) indicates that … Read more

We Could Also Pay for The Wall If We Stopped Shoveling ‘Welfare’ at Illegal Aliens

January 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

On the odd chance that El Chapo’s billions don’t make an appearance at The Wall funding cotillion, there is another way. An unfortunate majority of illegal crossers end up milking US taxpayers for billions in services annually. Money that would be saved by the bushel if even a fraction of the invaders were deterred. Savings that would more than cover the cost of a border ‘wall.’

Data Point – Christmas sales were YUGE!

December 26, 2018 Skip

Consumer confidence is still brimming with good cheer and results are already in (reformatted, emphasis mine): “Wall Street is running around like a chicken with its head cut off, while Mr. and Mrs. Main Street are happy with their jobs, enjoying their best wage increases in a decade”… ~ Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners … Read more

Keene State College Enrollment Decline Repackaged as ‘Right-Sizing’

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Keene State College continues to have enrollment issues. But on a positive note, they’ve made that problem (sort of, kind of) go away by renaming it. The perennial decrease has been relabeled. The ten percent of staff the college had to buy out to avoid firing them outright can rest easy knowing they were ‘Right-sized’ out of their jobs.

Quick Thought on Steve’s post: One of Life’s Certainties – New Hampshire Democrats Raise Taxes

November 15, 2018 Skip

Here. It’s what Democrats do. Let me remind you of what they did before: they created an $800 million hole in the NH State budget. They spent everything they could – and then more. You see, Democrats are:

They believe in Government directed EVERYTHING – every aspect of our lives. That takes a lot of your money to allow them to do that
While they are always screaming about separation of Church and State, they absolutely conflate the ideas of Government and Charity.

Why the second? they too lazy to get off their Collective butts to do the hard work of creating charities and then canvassing the public at large to fund them. Government means Ruling and Crowding out private charity. When they talk about Public / Private partnerships, you can always know who is in charge and who is about to be embraced and then absorbed (if not de jure, then de facto). Government IS Charity and Charity means Government because ONLY from Government can good things flow, according to their actions. And once again, while they’re out putting their sense of a Collective dystopia Utopia in place, they’ll be setting the stage, once again, for broadbased taxes. Which means that…