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Remember – when you hear the phrase Cap and Trade" it has NOTHING to do with protecting the environment – it has EVERYTHING to do with mere taxes. Remember, the way that this bill is structured, even its authors admit it will do little to nothing in the way of having any real effect (0.18 …
Cap and Trade – Look who’s going to get the green Read More »
(Concord) According to a report released today by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, the legislature has so far passed 38 tax and fee increases costing $318 million. The number of tax and fee increases has risen dramatically in recent years from a low of nine increases in 2003-04. The report, "A Rising Tide …
Studying the NH Budget: “A Rising Tide of Taxes and Fees” Read More »
Guest post by Fred Tausch “We must push to bring fiscal responsibility to Washington” LIKE MOST Americans, I’ve always believed hard work, self-reliance and integrity are all you need to succeed in America. We don’t believe government owes us a living, just the opportunity to succeed or fail by our own initiative, hard work and …
ATTENTION! Message of “change” ends up meaning what it always has: Government knows best Read More »
Congressman Waxman (D-CA) has been pulling out all the stops in trying to get more Democrats to sign onto this monstrosity – now up to 1,200 pages. Shades of the Porkulus bill – which is pretty much what it is! The Porkulus is going to tax us way beyond belief as the debt kicks in. …
Dems taking GOP input? At a press conference held yesterday, Minority Leader Sherm Packard, along with a large group of fellow NH House Republicans, released the following document outlining a proposed series of budget cuts totalling $181.9 million that they will introduce should the budget fail to pass today. “House Republicans Offer Cost-Saving Budget Alternatives” Concord-House …
According to this study, blacks aren’t all that with it concerning Cap and Trade. It seems that the rush to vote on this 1,200 page bill (why are all of the anti-freedom bills ALL this size??) is because the longer they get looked at, the more they smell….and they want to vote on this by …
GraniteGrok has learned that a "sense of the council" resolution– a test vote on the budget– taken during last night’s Franklin City Council meeting that would bring new taxes in excess of what that city’s Tax Cap would allow, has passed. According to a message posted on Facebook by Franklin Mayor Ken Merrifield, the council overrode …
Franklin City Council takes first step towards Tax Cap override! Read More »
The following is a Letter to the Editor from a gentleman that I admire a lot for his writings and thoughts here in NH, Paul Mirski – a warning that the increasing meddlesome nature of NH government by the ruling Democrats is having a material affect on the State’s economy (and future – emphasis mine): …
Leaving no media aside, Fred Tausch’s STEWARD of Prosperity fiscal restraint message machine now hits the TV airwaves. If there was anybody left in the state of New Hampshire that HASN’T heard the anti-stimulus, anti-spending, pro-transparency, anti-Obamanomic perspective being delivered with the cold hard economic facts and reasoning combined with a somewhat biting sense of …
Balanced Budget… Or House of Cards? Guest post by State Senator Jeb Bradley After two marathon weeks of discussions between House and Senate members charged with negotiating a budget, early Friday morning a package emerged. Its fate is uncertain as the full House and Senate must pass it before it reaches Governor Lynch for signature. …
