New Hampshire Democrats Spend, You Pay

By Jim on June 24th, 2007

They MUST be booted out on their freaking asses in 2008. There is no other choice. If they stay in the majority, the Democrats will ruin New Hampshire.

Democrats took control of state government in January, and six months later they’ve come to a budget agreement that increases state general fund spending by about 16 percent.

That’ll teach us.

Gov. John Lynch’s first budget, passed with a Republican Legislature, grew by only 2.28 percent over the previous one. The new budget’s rate of growth is roughly seven times larger! And that was with Gov. Lynch urging his party to control spending!

Legislators pay for this growth with a slew of tax and fee increases. Vehicle registration fees, court filing fees, deed registration fees, cigarette taxes, turkey hunting permit fees, all are going up.

And yet the budget still contains a gigantic hole. Legislators passed a definition of “adequate education” that obligates the state to fund kindergarten and lots of other programs and services. But the bill does not include a cost, obligating taxpayers to finance this expansion but putting off the bill until a later date.

How much will this spending spree cost the taxpayers? It’s too early to say. But rest assured, getting away with this huge spending hike will embolden them to go even further next time.