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.
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What Are Nashua City Officials Doing With Your Tax Dollars?
Nashua residents should get more involved with what their city officials are doing with their tax dollars. They should also consider, the next time they vote for someone running for office, would this person actually represent what the Nashua taxpayer wants and not a political party.
Nashua Residents: Expect a Hefty Increase in Your Tax Bill Next Year.
Nashua residents really need to start looking at what our mayor and Board of Aldermen are doing with our tax dollars.
Nashua: The Mayor and Alderman Keep Wasting Our Money
The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen keep spending more Nashua taxpayers’ money while Nashua is facing a financial crisis.
Don’t Tell Me Who You Are, Show Me What You Vote For
If you have been paying any attention to politics in America and NH today, you know that the Democrat Party has become steadily more radical, and I’ll say it, more un-American.
When Military R&D Projects Find Their Way Into the Private Commercial Sphere
I’ve never understood, or accepted, why “Government” needs to take the lead in any kind of R&D work with one notable exception: the Constitutional mandate that one of the Federal Government’s mandates is the defense of the country.
NH Only Ranks 24th Nationally for Financial Health – We Need to Do Better
The Granite State has a way of doing very well on just about every metric. But we’ve got a few Achilles heels. We rely too much on federal money, and our pension debt is an ugly bruise we’re trying to heal. And then came COVID, which also impacted our Truth in Accounting’s Financial State of the States report ranking.
As In Any Good Utopia, Culture Matters
In San Francisco, as in any good utopia, culture matters. It’s the cost that does not seem to matter. Whether the show goes on or not; the paychecks continue to go out. The taxpayers get to foot the bill… whether or not they receive value.
Quick Thought – Steve is Right! – We ‘Should’ do it for Them
Steve’s post on “ICE Scores Huge Win in the People’s Republic of Maskachusetts” caught my eye with this gem. “Don’t worry, A**achusetts Democrats are still going to fight this in the lower court. No price is too high (for you to pay) to ensure that there is no price too high for you to pay.”
Data Point – What is not sustainable WON’T continue. How long can THIS go on?
The federal government set records for the amount of money it spent and the size of the deficit it ran up in the first ten months of fiscal 2020 (October through July), according to data released today in the Monthly Treasury Statement.
Vermont : 75% Rise in Homeschooling Could Hit Public School Budgets Hard
When things don’t go your way, you change the rules. That’s the look I’m getting from Vermont, where parents announcing their intent to homeschool is up 75%. The problem? “State law at present allocates funding to school districts on an “Average Daily Membership (ADM).”
Should Every Cent of Your Federal Tax Dollars Spent Be Online?
Washington D.C. is simply not accountable. Do you believe that every cent of your tax dollars spent by your elected officials should be online? Should government spending be viewable in real-time? Transparency would be revolutionary.
California or Bust … and Go Broke
California or Bust … and Go Broke. The Okies had it pretty much right. Today in the Golden State, 341,000 state and local government employees earn more than $100,000 in salary or pension payments. The statistics in this post come from OpenTheBooks.com and their article in RealClear Politics. Don’t worry; the HEROES Act will bail … Read more
Dem Mayor Looks to Cut Tens of Thousands of Jobs – None of Them on His Wife’s $2 Million a year ‘Staff’
What is it with the wives of Democrat politicians and their staff? Michelle Obama had a massive entourage that spent millions annually. Not to be outdone, but with no way to compete, Bill de Blasio’s wife is still trying. She has a staff of close to 15 with a taxpayer payroll of around 2 million a year.
Say No Mo’wer: Merrimack School District Goes from Bad to Worse
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in the Merrimack School District, along comes Chuck Mower, the new Chair of the School Budget Committee.
Congress Never Met a Dollar they Did not Want to Waste
The U.S. House is unveiling its new “minibus” spending package. It is a bill “to keep the federal government funded in the short-term”. This is the second such bill this year for that purpose. Doesn’t it kind of make you want to actually have a budget?
Contagion Theater and Concord’s Cast of Typhoid Mary’s
After ruining Concord’s downtown with expert help, the city is ignoring, from my humble observation, a potential health crisis. Go to WallyWorld or Market Basket and you will see employees wiping down handles on freezers and other objects touched by shoppers.
Uh-Oh: If True, This Will Make our Current Economy Look Rather Rosy
And so it finally begins? Emphasis mine, reformatted: ‘U.S. Gets a Debt Warning From Fitch as Stimulus Battle Rages.’ (Bloomberg) One of the world’s major credit-rating companies fired a warning shot regarding the U.S.’s worsening public finances on Friday…
Supreme Court Doubles Down: Trump Can Continue to Build the Wall
A year after the US Supreme Court overturned a stay on border wall construction opponents are back. They are worried that “the Trump administration could finish the wall before the court even decides whether to take up the case on the merits. “
