Too Bad New Jersey Didn't Have THE PLEDGE
American’s For Prosperity of New Jersey has been airing this spot on radio stations around their state. The Democrats in our New Hampshire legislature would surly love to be in New Jersey’s enviable position, a 7% sales tax and a 9% income tax. Think of all the good they could do with that kind of bling.
The progressive possibilities are endless – except of course cutting property taxes. They have not gotten around to that yet.
Begin commercial:
“The history of taxation in New Jersey it is not a pretty story. In 1966, we had the 3rd highest property taxes in the country, but NO sales or income taxes. Those days sure look good now.
Then Trenton told us a temporary 3% sales tax would cut property taxes. In 1971, that temporary sales tax became a permanent 5% sales tax! Now, at 7%, the sales tax is the highest in the nation and there has been no property tax relief.
In 1976, Trenton told us that a new 2.5% income tax would cut property taxes. (Notice a pattern here?). That income has steadily risen to the current 9% and property taxes are as high as ever.”
Thank you American’s For Prosperity for showing New Hampshire what a Democrat Legislature can do when it puts its mind to it.
By the way, the 1976 New Jersey income tax was to fund an education funding lawsuit. It was promised as the panacea which lower property taxes and bring “equity” to education spending – guaranteed!
Sound familiar?
Ed Naile
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New Hampshire is missing opportunities to work with Maine, Vermont on regional economic development iniatives. Examples of this can be found in White River Junction, VT and Lewiston-Auburn, Me.
Yet another idea would be the currently tabled Senate Bill 602-FN which would bring millions of dollars of economic value into the state and the list continues on.
What is lacking here is leadership.
Winter.
I know that is wishful thinking with the hacks we have for politicians but one can hope,right?
Well well I guess that's the end of the line for GSFTC's creepy and misleading 'resolution'. Seems that Hizzoner Gov. Lynch voted NO on it at his own town meeting and then declared that he would veto any broad based tax that came across his desk.
All hail the end of GSFTC!
Now NH is eager to not only continue to cut revenue, but add the costs of capital cases.
It never occurs to you folks that there's a reason no other states are clamoring to emulate NH's form of government.
It only seems to you that NH has a spending problem, because that's what you've been told by the GOP/Union Leader for decades.
NH has an infrastructure problem that has been created by years of GOP spending cuts. Instead of properly maintaining roads, bridges, and dams, our doughty GOP legislature ensured there wasn't enough money. One big disaster will be very costly. Paying to maintain is a lot cheaper than paying to fix or rebuild.
I just drove through NJ last week on I87 with the stones from the potholes skipping off our windshild.
And they have the highest property taxes in the US.
Right now, "Governor" Corzine is going to borrow billions of dollars on future toll increases sheduled for the next 50 years at 50% increases each time.
This huge borrowing is to PAY OFF DEBT!!!!
And it will allow him to have an extra billion to play with in the state so he can run for president next time around against McCain.
The Democrat answer to everything - spend, spend, borrow, borrow.