[fatlazyless]

It just kills me that Tom Thompson of Orford is the major cheerleader for the 'ax the view tax' crowd. He recently got over 5000 people to sign a petition expressing their dislike.

If he wants to blame anyone for his view tax, he should blame his dad, Governor Meldrim Thompson, for thinking up the idiotic New Hampshire Advantage tax system back in 1976. No sales tax, no income tax, but just a local property tax.

It's all about local control.....yeah....sure....right....make that local out-of-control!
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Ok, that's a bit of an over statement, calling the NH Advantage idiotic, since after all, this campaign slogan has worked for years and years to keep the NH Republicans in office. As long as property taxes were relatively low, the NH Republicans were large and in charge. Now with higher property values and state-wide standardized assessments, many long time home owners are feeling over taxed because their income is not keeping up with their assessments.

Well, like the post above says, one can always sell out and move to Fryberg Maine, or somewhere.