Former Governor John Sununu Opens Fire On Governor Lynch and the Democrats

By Jim on December 14th, 2008

Nice editorial in the Union Leader. The part that I think is most important to pay attention to is this:

The basic problem, of course, is that the Democrats have been good at winning elections and terrible at managing the state of New Hampshire. They have used the politically successful formula of taking the pledge to veto a sales or income tax while still promising to increase spending for every voter’s favorite program. That something-for-everyone campaign rhetoric makes their promise on taxes hypocritical and dishonest.

The pledge is more than just a promise on tax structure. Implicit in the commitment is a promise to keep spending low and state government small and efficient so that broad-based taxes are not needed. The Democrats have broken that implicit component of the promise. A 17 percent increase in spending and a $250 million deficit will eventually change New Hampshire into another Massachusetts.

This is a very important distinction that the voters should have heard more about earlier on. Taking the Pledge is not enough. It’s necessary to govern in a way that keeps government small so that income and sales taxes are never needed.

To date Governor Lynch and the Democrats have gotten away with paying lip service to the Pledge. But I don’t think it’s going to be as easy for them with Governor Sununu around again. The taxpayers of New Hampshire should pay close attention here and bookmark all of this for the next election.