Category Archives: Debt/Spending
Timberlane Taxes to Skyrocket
Timberlane School District residents will be asked to pay 8.9% more in taxes this November. As usual, Sandown and Danville will be slammed hardest. Also, as usual, the news was disguised. The administration reported at the June 1 school board … Continue reading
Did Democrats Finally Ruin Connecticut?
The government can do nothing without first taking property from someone else. How much government should do cannot be separated from the problem of how much government must take. Who gets to decide what and “how much” is at the … Continue reading
Budget Committee member won’t answer budget question
‘Wilton, NH: A cop appears outside a public government meeting when I try to film there. It seems he investigates me by speaking to the people who complained about me doing so. This occurs behind closed doors, and the finale … Continue reading
DNC Data Director: Hillary Claims Are ‘F**king Bulls**t
Clinton claimed Wednesday that the DNC fell far behind the RNC in terms of voter and data analysis, saying the DNC’s data was “mediocre to poor, nonexistent, wrong.” “I had to inject money into it,” she said. Andrew Therriault, the … Continue reading
23% Think Climate Change Bigger Threat to NH Than National Debt
On the home page at unionleader.com today’s poll question asks, “Which do you believe poses the greater threat to New Hampshire?” Almost a quarter of the respondents, Inelleftual Democrats no doubt, think chose climate change over the national debt and terrorism (as … Continue reading
Keene City Council approves $61.4 million budget
Keene’s 2017-18 budget has been set, and with it a projected increase of 27 cents per $1,000 property valuation to the city’s portion of the tax rate. The City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to approve the $61,379,413 budget, which … Continue reading
Senate budget shoots for more business tax cuts, higher Section 179 deduction cap
The budget the NH Senate is expected to pass this week will not only slightly accelerate already scheduled business tax cuts but greatly expand a tax break for businesses that buy qualifying equipment. The budget, or rather the trailer bill … Continue reading
Andru Volinsky’s Plot to Fleece Taxpayers
Somehow, without any state mandated minimum hourly wage or exposure to Comrade Volinsky’s wage inequality inquisition employers, and the marketplace has set rates of pay well above the latest arbitrary Democrat narrative price point. More… | GraniteGrok
School Choice Legislation: House Votes on ‘Town Tuitioning’
On Thursday, June 1st the New Hampshire House of Representatives will vote on Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), one of this year’s town tuitioning bills. The House Education Committee amended it with amendment #1786 in a 13 to 6 vote with … Continue reading
WHY does the US continue to fund this band of World Govt wannabees?
According to the Associated Press, the WHO routinely has spent about $200 million a year on travel expenses—more than what it spends to fight AIDS and hepatitis ($70.5 million), tuberculosis ($59 million), and malaria ($61 million) combined. More… | GraniteGrok