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Data Point – Tax Freedom Day

April 16, 2019 Skip

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

What have you got in your wallet?

April 16, 2019

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

Note to NH Democrats: Taxation is Not Just Theft, Taxation is also Slavery

April 15, 2019 Steve MacDonald

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?

The State’s Gain Is The Citizen’s Loss

April 14, 2019

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

So kids, what did we learn from today’s House Session (4/11)?

April 12, 2019 Judy Aron

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

Emails Reveal ‘Taxation Is Theft’ Phrase is Driving NH Democrats Bonkers

April 7, 2019April 7, 2019 Kimberly Morin

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

Did the Legislature Inadvertently Kill Off Biomass Energy in the Granite State?

April 5, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The NH legislature crafted a scheme to force power companies to buy energy from biomass plants. To “save jobs.” But Biomass plants are closing. Jobs lost. Why? Busy-body legislators.

AFP-NH Calls Out Irresponsible, Tax-Hike Filled House Budget

April 3, 2019 Op-Ed

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

New York Budget Gives Politicians Huge Raise -Makes Taxpayers Fund Political Campaigns

April 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New York has a 2.3 Billion dollar deficit. So, what do a Democrat legislature and Democrat governor do? They give themselves raises. Increase spending. And that thing where Cuomo said The Rich would leave if they taxed them more. Start packing.

NH Democrats: Selling You a Bridge That Doesn’t Exist On a Payment Plan That Never Ends

April 3, 2019April 1, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The narrative New Hampshire’s Democrats are selling is that they want to lower your “property taxes.” They will do this, they claim, while raising more revenue; by creating a new income tax. But once you buy that bridge, you can’t get a refund.

Press Release: The NH House “Beer Caucus”

April 1, 2019 Skip

And a “DILLY, DILLY!” from this teetotaler for putting one over on the Democrats! For immediate release: (Concord, NH) (emphasis mine): Last week hidden behind the hoopla of the passage of the last straw law, the #beercaucus singlehandedly made life for all NH Citizens better by repealing RSA 178:26, the tax on the sale of beer. In a completely … Read more

Remember When We Warned You That New Hampshire Democrats Would Raise Taxes?

September 30, 2019March 28, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Republicans didn’t turn out to stop Democrats from raising taxes in 2018. A total of 1,322 votes statewide would have given us a 13-11 Republican majority on the Senate. That would have helped. And there are a lot more NH Republicans than cast votes in 2018. We know this. Now they will too.

Totalitarianism is alive in Concord- Here’s how we stop it

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019

Just this week, the NH House has passed a massive list of onerous bills that are antithetical to liberty. From banning plastic bags and straws, to anti second amendment bills, one of which will require a 7-day waiting period upon purchasing a firearm, the Democrats have now begun heading into full totalitarian mode. We need … Read more

So Kids, What Did We Learn in the NH House Session today? (Wed. 3/20)

March 21, 2019 Judy Aron

Well, to start things off, we elected a new Sergeant at Arms – J.B. Cullen. We wish him the best of luck and a box of lozenges for all of the Roll Call and Division Vote announcements he will have to make over the course of this biennium legislature. We learned that persistence paid off … Read more

New Hampshire’s Democrat-Lead Legislature Passes an Income Tax

March 21, 2019 Op-Ed

by Elliot Axelman On Tuesday, March 19th, the Democrat-controlled House passed SB1, the state income tax bill that passed the State Senate last month. Democrats introduced the same bill last year, but could not pass it in the Senate due to the Republicans controlling the chamber. Fortunately for us, Republicans do not love taxes as … Read more

Democrat Driven NH House: Taking Away Your Liberty This Week, One Bill at a Time

March 17, 2019 Op-Ed

by Christopher Maidment Next week, the House will meet for three marathon sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. For most of us Granite Staters, nothing good will happen. The House majority will approve bills that limit our freedoms, restrict our rights, raise our taxes, and make everyday life harder. They’ll vote to restrict single-use plastic … Read more

New Hampshire Democrats: You Are Not Paying Enough for Electricity

January 18, 2025March 17, 2019 Steve MacDonald

By nearly unanimous rubber-stamp consent 99% of New Hampshire Democrats, including all four from Merrimack, are convinced your electric rates are too low. You are just not paying enough. So, last week they voted on at least three separate occasions to “fix” that problem. House Bill 447 would have corrected a more-than-decade-old money-laundering scheme. Democrats added a carbon … Read more

NH Budget Plan

March 16, 2019

You can’t have too much taxation In the first 10 weeks of the 2019 legislative session, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed nearly $310 million in annual tax and fee increases. That is exclusive of the changes in subsidy levels for green energy which will significantly impact your electric bill. So how much of … Read more

So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s NH House Session (3/14)?

March 15, 2019 Judy Aron

We learned that the Democrats (the majority party) are fine with expanding dental coverage for Medicaid recipients (HB692-FN) while our State’s veterans, both able body and disabled, go without such coverage. We learned that the Majority party is only interested in studying assisted suicide instead of enlarging the scope to include palliative and hospice alternatives … Read more

F-Corporations

March 13, 2019 Ian Underwood

This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while, and now that the Democrats are casting (some might say flailing) around for ways to make society ‘more fair’, it might be the perfect time for someone to try to introduce the appropriate legislation.