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Back around 2006 New Hampshire Democrats happily abrogated taxing authority to an out-of-state commission. This body, known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), was granted the power to tax you through your electric bill and then pass it off to Concord after taking a handling fee.
Deb Stevens has a low opinion of her constituents. She’s comfortable calling them ignorant. You are too stupid to know what’s best. And what is best according to Deb Stevens is for her to decide how your money gets spent.
There has been a lot of angst from you, GraniteGrok readers, that I have seen both here in comments here on the ‘Grok as well as on Facebook. Most of them surround “where is my State heading? What is happening to the ‘Live Free or Die’ ethos we grew up with (or moved here for)? … Read more
The New Hampshire State Budget is a big fat, bloated pig. The Democrats gave the state a 16.8% raise by proposing $418,000,000.00 (million dollars) in new taxes.
by House Minority Leader Rep. Dick Hinch: Just a few months ago in December, Rep. Stephen Shurtleff won the election for House speaker, and I wished my friend the best. He accepted his nomination by saying that, “it’s important to put partisanship aside to work for the common good of our people…” I couldn’t agree … Read more
Massachusetts is considering a statewide tax on sugary drinks. We’ve covered these taxes in Philadelphia and Seattle. They’ve been a boon to jobs and businesses outside their borders. We’ve no reason to think the same won’t be true for New Hampshire if the Bay State buys in on it too.
A House Democrat in charge of the Caucus Congressional Campaign Committee has a suggestion for her party. Stop focusing on the outrage of the day. Pay attention to kitchen table issues. That got me thinking. What does that even mean to Democrat’s, especially here in New Hampshire?
We will argue over the finer points, but at the end of the legislative day, those don’t matter. Republicans used their majority to give back. They lowered taxes and reduced government interference over your daily life. Democrats are using their majority to take things away from you.
Every day you use the income you earned to improve the lives of others. You “create and save” jobs with your choices and stimulate the economy. New Hampshire Democrats exist to take that power away.
Socialism has failed across the world everywhere it has been tried. From the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to China, Vietnam, North Korea and, most recently, Venezuela. So forget those power mad Marxists who got it wrong. Denmark is the socialist model to follow. Denmark is the Disneyland of socialism. It is where everybody is … Read more
In 2018 Merrimack tried something new. We allowed four Democrats to go to Concord. Which is to say we didn’t turn out in adequate numbers to prevent it. Sometimes “trying new things” is unintentional. I assure you the Democrat’s destruction to our state economy and our rights is deliberate.
Remember the Bernie Sanders town hall program on Fox? It was an instructional show, if you were paying attention. It turns out Bernie is part of the ‘evil 1%’ he has made a career demagoguing. He paid way less taxes than what he thinks people in his tax bracket ought to pay. Hard to believe … Read more
That’s according to the Tax Foundation’s annual “Tax Freedom Day” report for 2019. In total, the report estimates, Americans will work for 105 days of the year to pay their collective $5.42 trillion tax bill—a figure equal to about 29% of Americans’ incomes. On a per-worker basis, that $5.42 trillion works out to an average tax bill of $34,578, … Read more
Time for a progress review We are living with Democrat majorities here in New Hampshire’s House, Senate and Executive Council as well as in the House of Representatives in the District of Columbia. Let’s take this opportunity to examine what the people have got to show for the most recent election. Here in New Hampshire … Read more
New Hampshire Democrats are getting uppity about the slogan taxation is theft. Do I have to wonder how they’ll react to the even greater truth that taxation is slavery?
13% more Spending… 16.8% more taxation… Here’s a brief overview of the House Democrat budget. In General Fund and Education Trust Funds combined, the House Democrat passed budget increases spending by more than $637 million per year. That is as compared to our current biennial budget (FY2018-2019). It increases total spending over $1.5 billion in … Read more
Well, today was Budget Day in the House, and we learned how the House Democrat Majority and their Finance Committee took a perfectly reasonable and fiscally responsible budget presented by the Governor and turned it into an absolutely irresponsible tax and spend trainwreck. We started off playing really nicely together and voting for HB-25-A which … Read more
Since Democrats took over a majority in both the New Hampshire House and Senate, they have been on a drunken late-night ‘Amazon Prime’ spending spree with YOUR tax dollars. And of course, they have to RAISE TAXES even more to pay for all of their ridiculous spending, to the tune of $417 MILLION new taxes … Read more
CONCORD, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today called out House Finance’s proposed budget (HB 1) and trailer bill (HB 2) for their massive tax hikes and spending increases. The bills would raise the business enterprise tax and business profits tax by over $93 million, create a $150 million per year capital gains tax, an … Read more