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Vermonter: NH Doesn’t Deserve the First in The Nation Primary

July 18, 2022January 24, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Jeff Danziger, in an opinion piece for the Fall River Herald News, says as a Vermonter, he knows New Hampshire doesn’t deserve the first in the nation primary. I’ve had plenty to say about the distinction. I’m not sure we deserve it either. The way it warps the party politics and puts an emphasis on … Read more

From LA to NH The Educational-Industrial Complex is Driving us to Financial Ruin. Got that, Andru Volinsky?

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 Skip

This is a long post so IF you don’t have the time, scroll down to “SECOND START” and read from there. You’ll get a good analysis of how Andru Volinsky’s march towards a complete State of NH takeover of educational funding will affect you. First, a short snippet about the LA teachers strike to set … Read more

Tales from the BudComm – Coerced charity is not charity

January 16, 2019 Skip

“We can legally do it – but is a simple majority vote to give your property tax monies to a charity that you otherwise would not actually moral?” Every year since I’ve been politically active and paying attention, “outside agencies” keep coming to my hamlet to get the townfolk to give them money. No, not … Read more

Democrat “Role Model” California Wants a New Tax on Drinking Water

January 13, 2019 Steve MacDonald

If we’ve said it once we’ve said it a thousand times. When it comes to Democrats and your money there is “no enough.” No matter what you make they can find a way to take it and spend it. Just look at California. It’s a regulatory nightmare. Complete with the unsustainable spending that goes with long … Read more

The Real Reason The Left Wants to Raise Taxes on “the Rich”

January 12, 2019 Ed Mosca

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (“AOC”) recently proposed raising the top marginal income tax rate to 70 percent to pay for her “Green New Deal.” This rate would apply to income over $10 million. So how much would AOC’s new tax bracket raise? According to the Washington Post, at the most $72 billion a year. To … Read more

Since newly elected US Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Ortez (Democrat Socialist-NY) wants to raise income taxes to 70 or 80%

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Skip

How fast would these 1%-er “The rich” actors become Conservatives when the Democrat Socialist Utopian Government demands that they “pay their fair share” using a Socialist AOC’s definition, eh? (H/T: Powerline)

Josiah Bartlett: The State of the State is Hot!
Grok: We Need Your Help to Keep It That Way

January 5, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Democrats come into power with a unique opportunity. The New Hampshire economy is screaming. The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, quoting the State’s annual report, notes that, “In 2018, New Hampshire was no.1 for economic opportunity (US News and World Report); child well-being (Annie E. Carsey Foundation), and, for the fourth year in … Read more

It isn’t often that Government gets rid of a tax – Celebrate it!

January 4, 2019 Skip

Especially when it is on something we use everyday (reformatted, emphasis mine): Consumption tax axed With the new year came a little-noticed state tax repeal. It’s the electricity consumption tax, a charge on everyone’s electricity bill created back in 1978 after construction started on the Seabrook nuclear power plant…Lawmakers decided to make this tax go away … Read more

Maggie Hassan RGA Ad - Pays no Property Taxes

2012’s Most Commented Post: Democrat Maggie Hassan – Lives In A Half Million Dollar Home, Pays No Property Taxes

December 31, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Sometimes all you need is the right picture or video and boom. Traffic goes crazy. During Maggie Hassan’s campaign for governor, there were scandals aplenty. Illegal campaign donations. Sex Scandals at PhillipSexeter Academy. Thinking its funny to beat Republican opponents with a bat. But our post of a Republican Governors Association Ad attacking Democrat Maggie Hassan on not having … Read more

Fraser Institute: New Hampshire Rated#1 for Economic Freedom in North America

December 28, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The Fraser Institute’s 2018 Report on Economic Freedom of North America is out. It measures the extent to which the policies of individual provinces and states were supportive of economic freedom, the ability of individuals to act in the economic sphere free of undue restrictions. America is ahead of Canada once again. And for all indices, New Hampshire is now number one for economic freedom in all of North America.

NH Democrat Susan Almy – Repeal Tax Cuts, Give Fiscal Committee Power To Tax at Will

December 24, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Longtime New Hampshire Democrat Susan Almy is doing her part to raise taxes. She’s introduced a legislative proposal to raise taxes on job creators. But she’s also got a bill in the pipeline that would appear to give the Legislative Fiscal Committee taxing powers independent of the Legislature. NHBR is reporting that, Almy’s second bill would … Read more

Will New Hampshire’s Democrat Majorities Repeat New York’s Mistakes?

December 24, 2018 Steve MacDonald

With the exception of the Governor’s office, on most days, the Democrats have complete control of State government. We have a good idea of what they will do with that. Gun ban bills will nibble away at the public space. School choice will suffer. They will try to raise taxes on job creators. There will be … Read more

Another Notable Quote: Jonathan Gruber – The Architect of ObamaCare

December 23, 2018 Steve MacDonald

(Forbes) Gruber admit(s) ObamaCare is and has always been one giant deception from beginning to end, and its architects achieved by deception what they could not have achieved honestly. Gruber admitted all this with just a few sentences in response to a suggestion that the law’s taxes and subsidies should have been made more transparent. You can’t … Read more

Texting Tax is Dead Thanks to Trump’s FCC – But To Democrats Raising Taxes Never Dies

December 18, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Regulators have decided to find something to tax other than texting. The proposed levy made news in our pages last week. And everywhere else. But popular outrage at the idea is not what convinced proponents they needed to find other ways to deprive people of their money. It was Trump’s FCC.

Taxing Texting..

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018

To Democrats, everything should be subject to taxation including free speech. California has plans to tax text messaging according to the Bay Area’s Mercury News. The specifics of tax collection are unclear. The likelihood being the tax will be applied as a flat tax with regulators saying it “could be applied retroactively for five years.” This could also mean higher cellular service charges.

Blogline of the Day – if you’ve got it, they’ll spend it

December 7, 2018 Skip

Government expenditures will expand to exceed revenues.

A story of pot when the taxes paid for pleasure end up enlarging Government. Which, here in NH, has been the reason why the Democrats have pushed for a casino (or two). Not for the sake of letting a corporation separate one’s money from one’s wallet – it has always been about Government demanding money from that corporation for…..well, Government doing nothing with respect to “value added”.

Same thing with pot but with MUCH higher margins – for Government for doing…..well, nothing again for “value added”. So now you know why the NH Democrat Party has instituted a plank calling for decriminalization of it (and as mentioned before, a two-fer: those buying pot legally under NH law will no longer be able to buy guns as pot is still Federally illegal). Smoke pot, no Second Amendment for you!

Background on it “will expand“:

French “Working Class” Protesters Win – No Fuel Tax Increases in Next Budget

December 6, 2018 Steve MacDonald

France announced tax hikes on fuel and utilities. Protesters organized and blocked roads. Their numbers grow. Things get messy. Fires. Riots, people die. The French Prime Minister announces that there will be a 6-month delay to work it all out. The protesters said it isn’t enough. They keep up the pressure. One day later the Hikes are … Read more

Narrative: Tax Breaks Cost Schools Kajillions of Dollars

December 5, 2018 Steve MacDonald

One of the things the Left is better at than the Right is narrative. This is not because they are smarter or more clever. It’s much simpler than that. The Left lies. They prevaricate. Storytelling is easier when the truth is no barrier. And while real-life stories ripped from the headlines sound more plausible, when … Read more

France Caves on Fuel Taxes – Offers 6-Month Reprieve to Examine Options

December 4, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The French Prime Minister has announced that the planet will survive without the French imposing regressive taxes on fuel or utilities. For 6-months. During that time the government will consider it’s options. And the protesters will consider theirs. How to make 6-months into something more permanent. The French government’s decision to suspend fuel tax and … Read more

Keene State College Enrollment Decline Repackaged as ‘Right-Sizing’

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Keene State College continues to have enrollment issues. But on a positive note, they’ve made that problem (sort of, kind of) go away by renaming it. The perennial decrease has been relabeled. The ten percent of staff the college had to buy out to avoid firing them outright can rest easy knowing they were ‘Right-sized’ out of their jobs.