While Democrats whine about tax cuts for the rich and lowering local tax burdens, New Hampshire Republicans cut business and rooms and meals taxes and raised revenues. Again.
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The Federal Government Spent $4.5MM to Torture Ferrets
Senator Rand Paul has released his annual Festivus report on wasteful government spending. Along with torturing ferrets to test Covid vaccines, the government also spent money to find out that eating junk food makes kids fat, to do bad art in New York City, and to pay schools for students who didn’t attend those schools.
Even Republicans Think We’re Imbeciles and Incapable of Self-Care: The COVID
I recently got the following from a NH Republican House Legislator (who asked for anonymity) lamenting our “political elite” on both sides of the aisle. You know, like NH State Rep Kris Roberts (D): “Government has to protect us from our own stupidity.” However, this is about the Republicans.
School District is Wasting Over $153,000 a Year on a Director of Diversity
Anyone serious about cutting local property taxes has to look at school spending. Administrative overhead, the unproductive labor part of the budget, is killing your rates and is probably already out of control. A problem to which districts like to add with every budget cycle.
Nashua Isn’t Nashua Anymore
I moved into Nashua in 1982 the week after I was honorably discharged from the US Navy. It was still a relatively small “city” just north of the Massachusetts border. Main Street had a movie theater, there were practice soccer fields on Amherst Street, and the only mall was just off Exit 6.
Quick Takes – Hat Trick
Within I pick three topics upon which to discourse, but not worth a full-length examination as a standalone piece on their own.
Democrats’ Spending
The Democrats are pushing to spend more money than most Americans can truly conceive. The Senate, with the help of some Republicans, signed off on what is called the “Infrastructure Bill” for about 1.2 trillion dollars.
Money, Disasters and More Money
Here is something to consider. Rep. Brian Mast (R) on the House Foreign Affairs Committee made a very strong case saying Biden should be removed, and charged with Treason. He offered three primary crimes:
So Nashua is Trying to Pull the Financial Wool Over Your Eyes (Again!)
If any Nashua residents really want to hear what our elected officials think of residents, they must listen to the media post of the Joint Board of Public Works and Committee on Infrastructure of August 10, 2021.
More Attacks on Alderwoman Lu – Mayor Donchess Fires Down
The August 10, 2021 Board of Aldermen meeting was laced with more curt comments from Mayor Donchess towards Elizabeth Lu. This is reminiscent of Attorney Bolton’s vile interruption of Ms. Lu in the June 22, 2021 Board of Aldermen meeting.
They Don’t Want a Republic. They Want a King.
Let’s face it: the “process” is now totally corrupt. Members of Congress, both in the House of Representatives and the Senate, are now considering a bill to pay for “infrastructure.”
The Hits Keep Coming – Part 3
If you are keeping count, this is the third in the series of posts outlining the problems which continue in Belknap county.
The county administration for 2018 has taken a more low-profile strategy in their attempts to take control of appropriating authority. On July 17, 2018, at the Executive Committee review of the budget, a little problem popped up.
The Hits Keep Coming – Part 2
The 2017 sprinkler scam fell apart pretty quickly so for 2018 the Belknap county commissioners tried a more stealthy plan to snatch a few bucks from the contingency fund.
The Hits Keep Coming
As the ink was still drying on the 2017 Belknap county budget a crisis arose which would require dipping into the county’s contingency fund.
Belknap County Investigation
For far too long the Belknap County Board of Commissioners have been usurping budgetary authority from the County Convention.
Manchester’s Deceptive School Charter Amendment?
The bureaucrats are making a move in Manchester. The city has proposed a charter amendment that would give the school board the power to set its own spending.
The Spending Cap Is Back
Nashua adopted a budget cap by its charter through a city-wide referendum in the year 1993. The
cap on spending was enforced over a 25-year period, with only a few “override” votes, until the city
government decided to permanently exclude about $17 million from the cap for sewer expenses
through the adoption of an ordinance.
Sununu: “If there’s dollars out there from the federal government, you bet we’ll take them…”
One of my pet peeves is politicians who talk about fiscal responsibility or spending or tax cuts but who happily, if not greedily, accept federal money with open arms. Chris Sununu is petting my peeves, if you catch my drift.
The Deficit Is At $28.3 Trillion and the Bidenistas Want to Spend Another $3.4 Trillion…
I have been saying that the Federal Government spending (and deficit) have been unsustainable for about a decade – and have been pretty much ignored. Now that the deficit is at $28.3 Trillion.
A Budget That Will Transform New Hampshire for the Better
Ten years ago, the New Hampshire legislature passed a transformative budget that set the state up for an economic boom that has benefited tens of thousands of residents.