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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.

Scandinavia isn’t the ‘socialist’ paradise some American politicians claim

October 8, 2019

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!

October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Skip

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

September 30, 2019 Steve MacDonald

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.

The End of Shutdown Theater? – Congress Wants to Automate Continuing Resolutions

September 27, 2019 Percy Blakeney

This year is a sad milepost in the road to this nation’s financial Armageddon. Oct. 1 marks the 23rd straight year of beginning the federal fiscal year without a budget. Continuing resolutions are how the federal government does business.

Husbandry of the people, by the people, for the people

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 Ian Underwood

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.

September 20, 2019

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

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 Skip

“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

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019

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

January 3, 2020September 6, 2019 Ian Underwood

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’.

People send us stuff. Like about new taxes. Like this one:

August 31, 2019 Skip

A two-fer – a text sent to both Steve and I yesterday: Perhaps a News worthy article Tip for the two of you although I don’t think you need any tips at all Well, she’s right in that there’s no dearth of material available out there for us to make sport of. Rather, it’s more … Read more

The Latest Tax Creep

August 27, 2019 Steve MacDonald

For those of you who still have landlines, you probably noticed an increase in your monthly charge from June to July and then again from July to August. Why?

Business Taxes are Bad… Here’s Why

August 17, 2019

Some things are important to know but don’t make sexy reading. You won’t find reports on the global competition to cut business taxes on the front pages newspapers, in social media or on television. That does not mean competition to cut business taxes has not been happening. In fact it is happening right in front … Read more

Democrats Finally Admit Their Budget Raises Taxes

August 14, 2019 Christopher Maidment

Last Friday, Governor Sununu met with Democrat leaders to talk about the continuing budget impasse. Today is day 46 of the state operating under a continuing resolution, for those keeping score at home, and the Democrats really had some wild ideas on how to solve the budget veto.

Millennials Flock to NH for Jobs, Affordable Housing, Quality of Life

August 14, 2019 Christopher Maidment

I can’t even begin to count how many times I’ve heard democrats, or anyone for that matter, use the phrase “we need more young people to move here!” It’s a common trope, especially from democrats who seek to impose more government intervention on the rest of us through programs like workforce training, ‘workforce’ housing, college … Read more

Democrats want to take stuff away from you – Case #1: #VolinskyAgenda

August 13, 2019 Skip

Yep, Andru Volinsky. The guy that removed local control of Education via the Claremont decision. School boards and citizens rail that the State puts too many mandates on them (like HB142 – I’m still hoping some lawyer will make me a plaintiff in a lawsuit against it) – blame current Exec. Councilor Volinsky who is … Read more

If you loved Obamacare, just WAIT for Medicare-for-All “Premium Hit!

August 7, 2019 Skip

Actually, they won’t be premiums, they’ll be taxes. Unlike premiums, which if you don’t pay them you just get dropped by the company, if you don’t pay your taxes, the Government comes to MAKE you pay them.