Category Archives: taxes
Poked right in the RGGI
Tom Fahey reported in this Sunday’s Union Leader, that Linda Hodgdon, the State’s Administrative Services commissar had floated a trial balloon on the status of the estimated 18 million the PUC could net from its upcoming regional carbon credits auction this year. … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, taxes
Tagged Energy Policy, New Hampshire News, taxes
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Did Shaheen try to ‘Cell’ you on another bad deal?
The largest deal in Stem Cell research history is under way between two bio-techs who are prepared to invest 1.4 billion of their own money in the joint venture. Genzyme and Osiris are coordinating an effort to bring the … Continue reading
Posted in National Politics & Policy, taxes
Tagged Jeanne Shaheen, Stem Cells, taxes
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Welcome to the Resistance
Supporters of small government are officially in the minority. And eentrenched Liberalism, to be referred to from here on out as the Empire, is going to use its ‘mandate’ for change to expand government, and then figure out how to … Continue reading
Mike ‘Kato’ Kaelin part II
Rep Mike “Kato” Kaelin wants’ to sell himself as better than sitting state senator Sheila Roberge based almost entirely on the notion that he’ll actually do something. So while in part one I reviewed what Kato wants to do (or … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, NH Senate race, taxes
Tagged New Hampshire Politics, NH Senate race, NH State Senate
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Taking it up the Fannie.
Turns out Barney Frank, from 1991-1998, while actively involved in the finance committee responsible for Fannie Mae’s oversight, had a gay live-in Lover who was a high ranking executive at Fannie Mae. Frank is on the record insisting that these GSE’s … Continue reading
Jeanne Shaheen the tax Machine
This, Courtesy of “Friends of the US chamber” is a video from the US Chamber of commerce. As Trex pointed out in his (her?) comment to an earlier post, its a great commercial. Have a look.
Is there a cure for VA’s disease?
In the interest of showing interest in the troops when they are no longer troops, politicians have invested at least vocally, in promoting their efforts to improving VA care. I’m all for improving this care, but I question the need … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, National Politics & Policy, taxes
Tagged National Politics & Policy, taxes, VA
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Dr. Lynch-ensteins Revenue Monster Madness
Go ahead, act surprised. Raising taxes and fees cost us revenue. The State is reporting that over the past two months revenue came in 11.6 Million under forecast. This clearly means that the people raising the taxes, and making … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, taxes
Tagged budgets, democrats, John Lynch, New Hampshire, taxes
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Donkey Economics
Shaheen has been ragging on Sununu’s economic plan, comparing it to Bush. She likes to emphasize big oil subsidies on top of that, but of course by subsidies she means less taxation, which means letting them keep what they legally earned. … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic policy, Jeanne Shaheen, taxes, Welfare State
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Under new management–PLEASE!
Gov. Lynch’s almost-ignored approval of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) a few months back is indicative of how the cataracts have grown wildly across New Hampshire’s traditional vision of a limited and responsible government. RGGI will make energy in New … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 