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Dreaming the Impossible Dream- “Ideological Purity” in Politics
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
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
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.
Contrast Democrat Leadership with the Alternative
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
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
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
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
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!
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”.
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.
Scandinavia isn’t the ‘socialist’ paradise some American politicians claim
Looking at actual Scandinavian tax facts one quickly understands that Scandinavia isn’t the ‘socialist’ paradise some American politicians claim it to be. It does have high taxes on its citizens. And they do tax to an extent Americans are unlikely to tolerate.
PUBLIC: EU sneers that Brexit will happen. PRIVATELY: oh crap!
I think Brexit is great. It shows that a country’s sovereignty means something. It also means competition! And if there is one thing that the EU autocrats hate it is competition.
Budget Compromise Proves NH Democrats Want Economy To Tank so they Can Raise Taxes
The comprises budget signed by Gov. Sununu sucks. It spends more, and it’s got Easter eggs, more suitably named poison pills. But it’s not a total loss. It proves that New Hampshire Democrats were lying about tax hikes.
Husbandry of the people, by the people, for the people
I once heard Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller) say that he had learned from experience that if you enter into a contract with someone thinking that you’ll be able to use that contract to make him do something he doesn’t want to do, you’re setting yourself up for failure.
The Democrat Party has abandoned the Average American.
The leftist cabal running for president on the Democratic ticket is getting border and immigration wrong. Democrats do not understand. We do have borders. Borders do mean something.
NH Rep Tim Soucy: small biz merely revenue sources
“I rob banks because that’s where the money is,” – Willie Sutton. Apparently that’s what NH State Rep Tim Soucy (D-Concord) believes except that small businesses ARE banks to him. They exist only to provide money for the Democrats to put into their offering plates to be placed on the altar for their god – … Read more
Using Taxes to Control Diet
Using Taxes to Control Diet. Do you have a problem with that? Bernie is now suggesting a ‘Meat Tax’ to combat climate change. This nuttiness is getting personal. Nutty unaffordable programs are Democratic Socialist staples. But messing with dinner choices is making things serious. Using taxes to control Diet The Leftists are proposing, in all … Read more
The Fair Shares Act
We frequently hear about how each of us should pay or receive ‘our fair share’ of taxes. Whether that’s the state Department of Labor claiming to ‘ensure the NH businesses pay their fair share’, or the federal Census Bureau arguing that it ‘helps each community get its fair share’ of tax funds, or some other example of lobbying of the government, by the government, for the government, we see this phrase again and again.
But I think it’s time to add an ‘s’ to it, and start talking about ‘our fair shares’ instead of ‘our fair share’.