Free New Hampshire Blog

There is one Republican that I am happy to endorse, and that’s my friend Bruce MacMahon.
He is for marriage equality, small government and he’s pro-gun. In short, he’s the perfect candidate! Alas, I don’t live in his district.
But I have made a donation to his campaign and I urge you to donate too. He’s a [...]

It’s been ages since I blogged here on FNH, but something is drawing me back to it today. I have some thoughts to share about New Hampshire politics, specifically how I feel caught between the Republicans and the Democrats.
I lean to the libertarian right in my politics, so I’ve been dismayed to watch the Democrats [...]

Ran into this blog entry this morning:
The income tax in the bill would be at a 5 percent rate with exemptions of $15,000 per filer and $10,000 per child.  The income tax portion of the bill would generate approx. $800,000,000.  The statewide property tax would be raised to $5.50 per thousand (with a $200,000 homestead exemption) [...]

It looks like he’s doing a significant amount of cutting but he’s also raising taxes and I don’t agree with that part of it.
And, frankly, I think he got himself and our state into this mess to a larger degree than it should have been by inflating the last budget up so high. And that [...]

Excellent editorial from Matt Murphy about Concord’s spending addiction:
Now is not the time for New Hampshire taxpayers to make a choice about which new “revenue stream” they want. Rather, it is the time for New Hampshire lawmakers and Gov. John Lynch to spend less of the taxpayers’ money and reduce the burden felt by citizens [...]

Is it me or does New Hampshire’s “work force housing law” passed last year seem downright obnoxious?
With the state’s new work-force housing law taking effect in July, some towns are pushing ahead to meet the new requirements.
But some towns just won’t have it all figured out.
The law says towns must provide the opportunity for developers [...]

An op ed piece in the Concord Monitor suggest that if you don’t support gambling them you must want more taxes.

Soon the Legislature and the residents of New Hampshire will be faced with a choice: cut existing programs in health and human services, the environment, mental health, corrections, safety, education and on and on, or [...]

Well duh. This is something that should have been required in schools since day one.

Rep. Don Petterson has a New Year’s resolution for high-schoolers across the state: They will learn to manage their finances.
The Brentwood state representative has filed a bill that would require high-school economics classes to include lessons on personal financial literacy, everything [...]

Some of the Blue Hampshire Democrats are salivating about the possibility of an income tax in New Hampshire.
It doesn’t surprise me nor should it surprise you. And some of them are still clinging to the phony “we can use an income tax to replace the property tax” lie that they’ve been spreading.
No state that has [...]

Brace yourselves, folks. The legislature has a LOT of stuff coming up in the new year:
School Funding
Gay Marriage
Abortion
Renewable Power
Assisted Suicide
Text Mesage Bans
Income Taxes
Death Penalty
That’s just some of what they’ll be considering. Ugh. This is going to be another hellish session of socialist legislation being proposed right and left. Keep your fingers crossed and be ready [...]