If any Nashua residents still think that our mayor and/or our Board of Aldermen care about our money, they are wrong. Last year while residents were locked down in this pandemic, the mayor was renovating City Hall to make it COVID compliance.
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Biden Administration Says Highways Are Racist
Whoever is Running the Biden Administration (WRBA) want’s to remake America’s Highway system in its own image. In search of holes to fill with your great-grandchildren’s freshly printed money, they propose removing some highways because they are racist.
City of Nashua Ever-Increasing Budgets – More Money for It Means Less for You!
No matter WHO Government taxes, it always comes down to Individuals to pay. You pay your home’s property tax AND you are paying businesses’ property taxes as well (via increased costs when you buy their products and services).
Local School Board Hijacks Hill, New Hampshire.
The town of Hill, New Hampshire, has a population of around 1100, and according to a reader – who is desperate for help – their School board has engaged in a fiscal lynching of the local residents.
‘Dear Democrats and Progressives …’
In response to Kevin Ellis’s commentary (“An open letter from Kevin Ellis – ‘Dear Republicans…’,” VTD, May 9), below is a mostly mirror image to his commentary. I know you are nervous. You see it slipping away. That Great Society revolution you rode for nearly 60 years is almost gone.
Data Point – And the Left is ALWAYS Yammering about “Sustainability”?
It is clear that Karl Marx’s mantra “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” applies well to “wealth transfers.” Starting with Social Security under FDR, our Republic has turned into the “take from one to give to another” society.
Is Nashua Overpaying For Its It Systems?
Nashua taxpayers’ have some serious problems and cyber-security issues within the IT Department. Yet, we’re spending a LOT for them. Taxpayers have paid the following for their IT Department over the last 8 months.
House Budget Cuts State Spending, Taxes
The 2022-23 state budget passed in the state House of Representatives on Wednesday would reduce state general and education fund spending by 1.4% below actual 2020-21 state spending. The reduction from what legislators approved in the last session is even larger.
The Infrastructure of Racism with Regard to Racist Infrastructure
Everything is racist, and racism is everything except their racism. That’s not racist at all, and it’s not anti-racist because there’s no such thing because they say so.
Josiah Bartlett: Amid Enrollment Decline, NH School Spending Has Risen Sharply
A review of public school spending, staffing, and enrollment numbers going back to the 1994-95 school year might surprise a lot of Granite Staters who have heard for decades that New Hampshire public schools have been underfunded.
The CCB19 (Communist Chinese Bioweapon19) Democrat Spending Bill
The CCB19 (Communist Chinese Bioweapon19) Democrat Spending Bill to Cost US Taxpayers $13,260 Each. Of course, with all things Washington DC, that is not bad enough. Unspent billions sit unused. Like uninvestigated ballots in the NH AG’s Election Eunuchs office in Concord.
How NOT to Think About School Funding (Part 2)
Previously, I discussed the idea, popular in some quarters, that if a parent withdraws his child from a public school in order to send him to a private school, the parent ought to reimburse the district for lost adequacy funds. Today I’d like to discuss a complementary idea, also popular in some quarters, that if … Read more
Gov Sununu Proposes Tax and Spending Cuts – Nashua Mayor Says He’ll Have to Raise Taxes
We predicted this from the earliest days of the government-imposed reductions in tax revenue (‘cuz COVID19). Democrats would slaughter their tax base with restrictions then punish taxpayers afterward by raising taxes. Republicans might cut spending to offset the pain they caused.
The Magic of Per-Student Cost
Are your state representatives smarter than fifth-graders? Here’s a word problem that even a fifth-grader should be able to solve: A boat ferries passengers across a lake. Ten people want to ride it together. The captain says: It costs me $100 to run the boat, so you’ll have to pay an average of $10 each. … Read more
CT Governor Wants Regional Board to Raise the Gas Tax (TCI) Because His State Needs the Money.
The folks who pushed, promoted, and signed on to the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) are so cute. They keep insisting that this is about saving the planet. We’ll reduce emissions. Gaia will love us. Sorry, as with all such schemes, the goal is to milk the sick cow for a few more bucks before it dies.
Taxes, Mayor Joyce Craig, and Silence in Manchester
Having recently received my tax bill in Manchester, I noticed something. The tax increase, projected by both Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and the Board of Aldermen at .49%, was actually nearly triple that amount at 1.4%. In and of itself, a 1.4% tax increase isn’t earth-shattering.
Facebook Doodlings – For Those That Haven’t Figured This Out Yet – Downshifting of Spending Is Meaningless
I just can’t understand why the citizenry of NH (or anywhere else, for that matter) hasn’t figured out that when politicians start talking about “downshifting” of costs from a higher level of government to a lower one is nothing but HOGWASH!!!!
Request for Costs Missing from Proposed Nashua Performing Arts Center Project
Mr. Tim Cummings, It has come to my attention and the attention of many other residents that there will be a large amount of money that is not included in the initial Performing Arts Center bond to pay for all the exclusions.
Union Leader Only Gave One Side Of The Story To The Nashua Taxpayers On The Purchase Of The New School
As usual, the Union Leader only gave one side of the story to the Nashua taxpayers on the purchase of the new school.
Democrats Destroy Everything They Touch and Sometimes Republicans Help Them.
2019-2020 BC (Before COVID) I cut down a small forest of digital trees to make fun of the Transportation Climate Initiative. That’s a fancy name for a money-laundering scheme with taxes raised by folks you didn’t elect and could not punish for increasing levies.