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Have Faith in Their Hypocrisy

January 14, 2025January 11, 2022 Steve MacDonald

If it is disgusting, unethical, or even criminal for a church leader to spend money they ask for and receive voluntarily – on themselves instead of their supposed mission, so how is it not exponentially worse than members of Congress (or their donors or supporters) are getting rich (or at least enriched) on the money … Read more

2022 NH Senatorial Campaign: Sorry, Chuck, Not You!

January 10, 2022 Skip

There’s a US Senate race in NH and, well, given that I only have two (perhaps) viable choices right now, I know who’d I pick —Sorry, Chuck, not you.

The Truth of the Trump Presidency Success

January 9, 2022 Op-Ed

It is amazing to know that intelligent people, like the writer of the Unlikely Legacy article of January 2, opine on issues they either know little about or lie about facts to support a false narrative. The problem is the economy.

NH Lowers Another Tax And Raises More Revenue

December 29, 2021 Steve MacDonald

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.

In Biden’s America, Americans Should Go Where They’re Treated Best

December 23, 2021 Op-Ed

With President Biden’s approval rating down to 36 percent, he is now more unpopular than his two predecessors ever were in office. But, beyond politics, the very idea of America is losing luster.

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Why Do Public Schools Have NO Accountability, while Education Savings Accounts are Under Fire?

December 22, 2021 Op-Ed

Proficiency scores came out in October and from what I have seen, they are not pretty. Proficiency scores for the entire state decreased significantly due to school closures and failure to properly educate our kids.

Let’s Take a Look at Some of the Folks on the “Naughty” List …

December 15, 2021 Op-Ed

In the spirit of the Holiday Season, I thought we’d take a look at what some of the folks on the “Naughty” list have been up to…

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The Daily Dose

December 5, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Tonight’s Daily does is a bit lighter but, it is all over the map. We’ve got Catholic Bishops protesting the COVID new world order, vaccine death math, CO2, capital gains taxes, Australian internment camps, Iranian Proxy Terrorism, and election audit news.

Are You Ready for a 37% Increase in Your County Property Taxes?

December 4, 2021 Norm Silber

Are you ready for a 37% increase in your county property taxes? Belknap County Commissioners Peter Spanos, Hunter Taylor and Glen Waring have proposed a budget for county operations for next year that would raise taxes by 37%. No, that is not a typo.

Democrats Won’t Make Anyone Pay Their Fair Share

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 Don

Exchanging facts and opinions are constructive. However, a person publicly making essentially slanderous allegations should publicly provide evidence, not just opinions. Sean Kavanagh’s letter of Nov. 15 provides no evidence to refute my Nov. 8 letter.

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Beware: Federal Tax Hikes Will Push Wealthy Americans Overseas

November 9, 2021October 31, 2021 Op-Ed

Congress has begun its year-end sprint, and the debate over rising taxes is as hot as ever.

Crucial to President Biden’s $3.5 trillion agenda is a wide range of tax penalties targeting the wealthy, broadly defined as households with incomes over $400,000 (“the usual targets”).

The Accidental Marxist, Part 2

October 30, 2021 Ian Underwood

A former state representative responded to my recent post about the Marxist nature (those who have more, pay more, simply because they can) of many of our taxes. He justified the existence of rate-based taxes by quoting a bank robber:

Converging Downturns

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 NITZAKHON

I apologize as this is longer than I like to normally post, but there are points to be hammered home here. The hour is late and the situation is dire…

A Healthy Skepticism Can’t Overcome the Facts

October 12, 2021October 11, 2021 Op-Ed

SINCE PARTISAN anger and rhetoric are thrown at us every day, we all know that these are times of extreme political hyperbole.

Quick Takes – Hat Trick

October 3, 2021 NITZAKHON

Within I pick three topics upon which to discourse, but not worth a full-length examination as a standalone piece on their own.

How The States Can End the Illegal Alien Invasion

September 24, 2021 Op-Ed

Several years ago, when then-President Obama was allowing Illegal Aliens to invade our Nation pretty much without restraint, I wrote Arizona Governor Jan Brewer a letter. The letter spoke of Article I of the U.S. Constitution section 10, paragraph 4. Here is the paragraph as per our Constitution:

Data Point – Who Keeps More of Your Money: You or the Government?

September 20, 2021 Skip

“One would think that in a nation founded on liberty that we’d be free to spend more on personal consumption than the government takes from us. But that’s not the case.”

The Granite State Could Use an Economic Boost

September 14, 2021 Op-Ed

As we head into the season of football games and pumpkin spice lattes, a recent poll by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center found that Granite Staters are not feeling that fall cheer, at least when it comes to the economy.

Girard Releases Plan for Future Revaluations, Renews Demand for Pre-election Tax Bills

September 9, 2021 Op-Ed

MANCHESTER, NH September 8, 2021–Manchester Republican mayoral candidate Richard Girard released a plan to prevent the kind of sharp spikes in property values forced onto homeowners by the recently concluded property tax revaluation. He also renewed his call for the city to release the property tax bills well before Election Day.

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So Nashua is Trying to Pull the Financial Wool Over Your Eyes (Again!)

August 21, 2021 Laura Colquhoun

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.