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The 12 Taxes of Christmas (courtesy of the NH Democrat Party)

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 Skip

Heh! I’m a wee bit late on this but the NH GOP is doing a series on “Taxes of Christmas”. Very cute idea – and nicely done. Here’s the first two (in trying to play catch up): The first Tax of Christmas the Democrats gave to me….A Disastrous Ski Tax New Hampshire Democrats are actively … Read more

Waste-to-energy is the solution to the trash problem

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Doug

Regarding the recycling center in Gilford, this whole project has been a boondoggle of the highest degree. As the entire recycling industry crashes and burns, Gilford dives in headfirst … to an EMPTY pool. Once again, government is a day late and a dollar short in providing a “solution” to a “problem” that doesn’t exist, … Read more

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! – NH City Wants to add $125.5 Million in New Public Debt

December 6, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We’re not confident the local media is going to alert taxpayers of this public hearing, so we’re going to do it for them. Monday, Dec. 16th at 7 PM, the city of Nashua will hold a hearing to authorize bond sales to the tune of 125.5 million dollars.

Property Taxes – We must live within our means, and that means making hard choices.

December 5, 2019 Norm Silber

If you are a Gilford property owner, you have just received your property tax bill. Happy? Sad? Angry? Did you notice that, while the total tax rate dropped by less than 7%, the portion of the total tax rate represented by the school tax rate increased (as it usually does) from the prior year?

Data Point – So, how high does it have to go so that “the rich will pay their fair share”?

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 Skip

That’s all we hear from the Democrats – the rich don’t pay their fair share. The rich don’t pay their fair share. The rich don’t pay their fair share. Shampoo, rinse, repeat ad nauseum.

Gilford: Money, Monopoly, and Mandatory – what a Mess for Trash and Recycling

November 29, 2019 Op-Ed

BY RICK NOTKIN

MY ERROR! I failed to swap the actual writer’s name for mine – that has been corrected and I apologize to those that thought I wrote this when it was Rick Notkin. My humblest apologies. It has been corrected and bumped

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Let’s see if I understand the situation in Gilford. The town is dissatisfied with the arrangement with Laconia for disposal of trash, so they decided to build a combined trash/recycling center at the recycling site.

Should New Hampshire Replace Every Exit Number on Every Highway Sign…?

November 24, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Here’s something I didn’t know (until today). Almost every state in the US has stopped using Exit numbers on Highway signs. They’ve replaced them miles from some defined point (like a border). I thought borders were racist?

Court Tosses California Law Passed to Keep Trump off the November Ballot

November 21, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Democrats in California passed a stupid law. No kidding, Steve, what’s your point? This one would keep Donald Trump off the State ballot for President if he didn’t give them his tax returns. The California State Supreme Court has some bad news for CA- Dems.

Tales from the BudComm – Should Gilford’s new Recycle Center be named “Monument to Economic Illiteracy”? Or…

November 20, 2019 Skip

“A place where Ideology reigns over money”? Or, “Scott Dunn’s Taj Mahal” (Scott Dunn being the Town Administrator and the main pusher for Gilford’s new Recycle Center / Transfer Station. Sigh…and now the bill has has come due. But not the one you might think. In the beginning, it sounded OK – time to leave … Read more

It’s a Global Tea Party! Tax Revolts Worldwide

November 18, 2019 Steve MacDonald

It’s a Global Tea Party! Tax Revolts Worldwide Chile: Government raised subway fares – riots ensue. Iran: religious dictators triple the price of gas – now mullahs have riots on their bloody hands as well as a crashing economy.

Dreaming the Impossible Dream- “Ideological Purity” in Politics

November 15, 2019 Norm Silber

The concept of “ideological purity” simply means staying 100% true to your ideals and values when you vote. In choosing a candidate for whom to vote for any office or position, isn’t it reasonable to expect that the candidate, if elected, will proceed to deliver votes on critical issues that match the candidate’s campaign rhetoric, … Read more

The Truth About Income Inequality

November 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The title, taken from the tax prof blog, is the simples beginning to this piece. Income inequality is a significant burr in the Left’s backside. Sorry, that’s not quite right. It is a burr they are trying to stick to everyone else backside. Class Warfare divides, but is it as bad as they claim?

NH Democrats Resurrect Environmentally Unfriendly Regressive Plastic Grocery Bag (Ban) Tax

November 7, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The NH House is toying with the idea of a regressive tax on plastic grocery bags. Thin-film bags are the least carbon-intensive solution but because of their visibility virtue-signaling leftists have been after them for years. NH Democrats virtue signal with the best.

Bloomberg’s Campaign Infers the Vandalism is from Sanders’ Associates.

Contrast Democrat Leadership with the Alternative

November 5, 2019

We have been living uwith Democrat leadership in New Hampshire and nationwide for a while. There are contrasts in style and substance between the alternatives. What can we take away from what the players are showing us?

Lieawatha Fauxcahontas is 1/1024th Right in Her Campaign Claims

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019

Leisure suit Lizzie Warren is second in the national polls. She is ahead in New Hampshire. Many in the media consider Fauxcahontas the current Democrat favorite.

Math is Hard. It’s Harder if You Support Elizabeth Warren

November 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Most of the Democrats are ga-ga over the newest hip progressive thing. Because that partial takeover called ObamaCare was such a loser. They want a total takeover of health care. No matter how much it costs. Just be sure to tell the Middle Class it won’t cost them a thing.

Republican Senator’s Plan to Tax Scholarships – ONE Hour After NCAA Announcement

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Updated: Richard Burr is, in fact, a Republican Senator from North Carolina, not a Democrat. College athletes are currently prohibited from profiting on their likenesses, images, and names – but not for long. The NCAA Board of Governors voted today to allow those students to earn income based on their fame. This conversation has been … Read more

Tales from the BudComm – Progressives hating on NH’s history of volunteerism

October 27, 2019 Skip

It must be nice to think that other peoples monies is yours to spend. I don’t. The budget season has just left the starting gate for this year and this past Thursday was the first “get stuff done” (as opposed to organizational stuff). Thus, time for budget sub-committees to start bringing the results of their … Read more

New Jersey Tax Laws for Pumpkins – Food, No Tax – Decoration, Taxed!

October 22, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Its pumpkin-everything season. Between pies, bread, and art projects, it is essential for you, as a resident of New Jersey, to declare your pre-purchase Pumpkin-Use intentions so you can be taxed accordingly.

Why some New Hampshire Towns are Always “Property Poor”.

October 16, 2019October 15, 2019 Skip

Decisions have consequences – not just at the personal or corporate level but governmental as well. While some towns have tried to do all the right things, some have failed – some many times over.