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Originally Posted by Skip
And while that poor horse gets beat to death over & over & over again by the same minority, the proof is stiil "in the pudding".
We are deep in to our second year legislative session of a Democratic Governor with a clear Democratic majority on the Executive Council, The House and the Senate. And what do we not have? Yep, no general sales or income tax!
Regardless of the party affiliation of the folks representing us in Concord, survey after survey and election after election always ends with the same result, the majority of the taxpayers in New Hampshire do not want their elected representatives to replace our current property tax system with a sales or income tax scheme.
I would say that the facts speak for themselves; regardless of party affiliation the New Hampshire advantage is alive & well in this great State, and still a major attraction for the many new folks moving in!  |
You are correct. There is no state sales or income tax. Yet. Gov. Lynch has said he would veto either. That is why the tax-and-spend crowd in the House haven't voted for it yet. Look at the irresponsible budget this crowd passed. And where are we now? Stuck with a budget deficit. I know and do some work with some of the liberal Dems and they literally laugh at the term NH advantage. They want more tax revenue so they can spend more money on social services. We are alright today. But, unless we are truly vigilant and active, they will get their broadbased taxes so they can emulate the social services of MA and ME. Maybe anyone who appreciates NH the way it is, and believes in the NH Advantage, should contact each of our state representatives and state senator via mail and ask them these questions: 'Do you support a state income tax?' 'Do you support a state sales tax?' 'If you answered 'no' , 'Under what circumstances (if any) could you see yourself voting in favor of a state sales or income tax?' Tell them that you would like them to mail you their responses. No telephone calls. Then you'll have them on the record. I bet some of us would be very surprised how bad the 'tax-and-spend fever' is in Concord. Or how few responses we'd actually get. I know that at least five of my eight state representatives would vote in favor of these taxes. (and judging my the votes cast by the other three it would most likely be a perfect 8/8 in favor of the taxes) But I know this because I asked them. None of them ran for election in 2006 on that campaign platform. Democracy isn't a spectator sport. We must work at it.