Category Archives: GraniteGrok
Reminder: SB 3 is Crap – Amend it or Scrap It
The solution to SB3 and non-resident tuition-paying college students interfering in local elections is simple. Scrap SB3’s language about college kids and replace it with University of New Hampshire’s rules to qualify for in-state tuition. More… | GraniteGrok Get Your … Continue reading
Jeanne Shaheen – “Taxes should be simple”(but) that’s not what she means
UNLIKE an engineer that wants to fix things at the root cause, she wants to fix a whole kludge by piling on yet another. It is as if she is doing a very complex math problem – and applies the … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics, taxes
Tagged Jeanne Shaheen, Skip Murphy, taxes
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The Concord Monitor Reminds us What Taxation Means To Progressives
The conservative view is that Republicans propose letting New Hampshire Businesses keep an additional $81 million they earned, that the state is opting not to plunder those earnings. So why not say, state lawmakers propose giving $81 million back to … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, GraniteGrok
Tagged Concord Monitor, Media Bias, taxes
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Why do The Left (and Progressive Republicans) HATE Free Speech?
Former chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission Ann Ravel recently spoke at an event at UC Berkeley titled “Future of Democracy” where she discussed the possible need for regulating political speech and ads on social media. More… | GraniteGrok Get … Continue reading
Benevolent Inequality
So what about benevolent inequality? I just made that up. It is when well-meaning members of a political class or their water carriers use government force in the name of equality that creates inequality. More… Steve MacDonald | GraniteGrok Get Your … Continue reading
The Temporary Demise of a UNH Giveaway
Senator Dan Innis (R-UNH) sponsored SB41 to recruit STEM candidates to New Hampshire Schools. As originally written it would have given $5,000.00 in taxpayer debt forgiveness to STEM students for showing up but not graduating or sticking around to thank … Continue reading
Henniker-Pecked
If you were not aware, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) hands out loans and grants for things (fixed link) that have nothing to do with agriculture. Who among you is honestly surprised? Very few in this audience, I suspect. … Continue reading
HAIR is Now the Newest Source of Oppression
Every time that I think I have heard “the most stupid thing evah!” coming out of our Precious Snowflake Colleges, out comes another that’s just that much worse. Politically Correct speech, made up gender bender terms, the totalitarian reactions if … Continue reading
Did New Hampshire’s Civil Engineers Just Ask for a Sales or Income Tax?
Consistent funding policies and more locally sourced funding, mean more taxes. Local taxes. Like a sales or income tax that can be adjusted (always upward) to address the whims of public employees (including civil engineers). I agree that infrastructure matters, … Continue reading
Posted in GraniteGrok, New Hampshire News
Tagged Civil Engineers, Infrastructure, New Hampshire
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The New Media Militia 