Tag Archives: taxes
New Hampshire may start taxing fantasy sports
An estimated 215,000 residents already play the online games offered by operators ranging from big-name businesses DraftKings and FanDuel to smaller organizations. State lawmakers are hoping to get in on the action through legislation this year that requires fantasy sports … 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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Town of Nottingham Seizes Property
The town of Nottingham has taken the property that was supposed to house the USA Springs water bottling plant for about $1 million in back taxes. The bottling project has been dormant for nearly nine years after the owners of … Continue reading
Plainfield to Get $36,000 From Feds’ Sale of Brown Compound
Plainfield — The town of Plainfield will receive $36,334 from the federal government as proceeds from the sale of the former home of tax protesters Ed and Elaine Brown. That total amounts to just 16 percent of the back taxes … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Brown, Elena Brown, Plainfield, taxes
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New Hampshire House Freedom Caucus Examines 10.5% Budget Hike
There is a group of NH House members, the NH House Freedom Caucus, who have seen the proposed 10.5% increase in General Fund spending for the next biennium and they are preparing to limit that spending by standing together to … Continue reading
Much Ado in NH About Gas Taxes
The state gasoline tax raised $128 million in 2006. Last year, even though lawmakers had raised the state portion by four cents a gallon, it brought in $124.3 million, he said. “Everyone wants more mileage-efficient vehicles,” Boynton said, “but the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, New Hampshire News, taxes
Tagged Gas Taxes, New Hampshire, taxes
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Big Ben, Parliament
Rumor has it Mr. Obama gave a speech yesterday about something. I didn’t watch it and with good reason. Been there, done that. Two faced, self contradicting, tired, and repetitive. Put another way, Big Ben, Parliament. Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Democrats, Economy/Economics, Hypocrats, Local NH Politics, National News, taxes
Tagged Budget, Obama, Speech, Spending, taxes
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The Right To Your Money: Nothing ‘Fair’ About It.
The Granite State Fair Tax Coalition, discovering that it’s “percentage of income model” argument against property taxes really applies to all things, and that lower income people pay a higher percentage of their income on everything, (a problem resolved through … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Democrats, Humor?, Local NH Politics, Progressives, taxes
Tagged democrats, GSFTC, New Hampshire, Progressives, taxes
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The Economic Power Of New Hampshire
I’m a strong supporter of Vermont’s sovereign right to hold the line on taxes, and for them to try because of New Hampshire–well, it doesn’t get much better than that. It is as if we are projecting economic power throughout the region. Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Debt/Spending, Democrats, Economy/Economics, Jobs/Unemployment, New Hampshire News
Tagged Advantage, Border, budgets, Economy, New Hampshire, politics, taxes, Vermont
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The New Media Militia 