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Get your calculator out. The Republican legislature and our reps Ammon/Griffin/Post have done it again with the state budget.

One clear example that will be driving a property tax increase is the $110M+ that will be spent on school vouchers. This is a straight up addition to education funding needs, and you and I are paying. Read Gary Rayno’s excellent summary here.

The Legislative Docket

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All quiet on the voting front. Committees are meeting regularly. Check the schedule and follow your interests. Democracy dies in darkness!

You may watch House sessions live or recorded here. 


You may watch Senate sesions live or recorded here. 

Why is NH in a fiscal hole?

On the surface it just doesn’t make sense. We have high property taxes, services have been cut by a republican legislature everywhere you look, and NH is a relatively prosperous state. Shouldn’t be a problem you would think…

The reality is that over the past two decades the legislature, in pursuit of a “free-state“ agenda has pushed our budget to the brink. They continue to sell voters on a pig in a poke. Reduce revenue streams to inspire some promised benefit and then disappoint.

For example, The Business Enterprise Tax and Business Profits tax have been cut with the promise of increased revenues due to businesses thriving with less taxes. Well,… what has happened is a different story. First the good news, business taxes were reduced and business related revenues increased. Now the bad news, The lost revenues are estimated to be between $795M and $1.17B. The increased business related revenues were due to other factors and in fact, NH underperformed our neighbors in terms of business growth. Note that our neighboring states did not reduce their business taxes.

Now come school vouchers. Not expensive and great benefits Republicans say! Remember this when property taxes must rise yet again to make up for the squeeze!

Get Educated

What does it mean to be a Democrat in NH?

A very informative night on Cinco de Mayo with Steve Marchand, author of the popular substack, The Politics of NH. Steve provided cold hard data describing what voters care about and why they vote the way they do. A lively discussion followed.

The takeaways can be summed up as follows.

  1. Values first

  2. There are pockets of voters on both the right and left that vote single-issue, but the largest majority of voters care about the same things. Economy/affordability, health care, education and property taxes rise to the top.

  3. The Republican legislature has put the voters in a corner. The triangle of affordable housing, property taxes and school funding does not solve in the current budgeting and the Republicans don’t have a plan to make it so.

The voters of NH deserve a plan that addresses their priorities. That is what Democrats must deliver.

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