AFPNH - Will Your Legislators Support a State Income Tax?

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First, members of the NH General Court are filing bills for the next legislative session which will begin in January. Among the bills you may want to watch is one submitted by State Rep. Peter Sullivan that would establish a 1% personal income tax in NH.  Additionally, State Rep. Larry Rappaport has introduced a bill that would require any utility company undertaking an “elective” project to bury the transmission lines.  You can read more about how this relates to Northern Pass HERE.  We will monitor these pieces of proposed legislation and keep you apprised of their status. Second, the question of how the health care exchange required by President Obama’s health care takeover will run in NH is also likely to be debated.  As you may recall, during the last legislative session, AFP-NH supported HB 1560 which would have established an interstate Health Care Compact that would have empowered member states with the authority to enact state laws that superseded any and all federal laws regarding health care within the state. Unfortunately, HB 1560 was Laid on the Table in the Senate. You can read more about the current debate HERE.  Third, lawmakers continue to suggest that changes be made to the Liquor Commission as a result of the findings of the Special House Committee to Evaluate the NH State Liquor Commission.  Proposed changes include cutting the number of commissionersfrom three to one as well as having the Legislature reclaim full oversight over the agency’s budget.  You can read more about it HERE. Finally, this Saturday, November 24 is Small Business Saturday.  Use THIS LINK to learn more about the small businesses in your community and how you can support them. Sincerely, Corey R. Lewandowski State Director Americans for Prosperity New Hampshire P.S. If you would like to donate to our efforts, please CLICK HERE.

AFPNH - Is an income tax on the horizon?!

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First, despite the fact that 57% of NH voters just showed their support for a constitutional ban on a state income tax, State Rep. Peter Sullivan has submitted a bill for consideration by the legislature that would establish a 1% personal income tax. We cannot allow the short-term whims of the legislature to impede upon the NH Advantage that has taken generations to establish. We will monitor this legislative request and keep you informed on its status.  Second, the House Special Committee on Defined Contribution Retirement Plans for Public Employees released its final report recommending that NH move from the current plan to a defined contribution plan, which is more similar to a 401 (k). As you may know, NH like so many other states is currently facing a mounting public pension shortfall. You can read more about it HERE. Third, today California is launching a cap-and-trade program. You can read more about it HERE. In NH, we will continue to advocate for the repeal of NH’s participation in the failed cap-and-trade program known as RGGI which has raised the rates of NH residents and small businesses. Finally, tomorrow NH state agencies will submit their 90% proposed budgets, detailing how they would allocate their resources if their budgets were reduced by 10%. As you may recall, in 2011, the NH General Court passed SB 146 which called for this reduced spending alternative as part of the budget process. It became law without signature. Sincerely, Corey R. Lewandowski State Directo Americans for Prosperity New Hampshire P.S. If you would like to donate to our efforts, please CLICK HERE.

AFP - Lame Duck Legislating

In the election aftermath, Congress is back in Washington to begin the lame duck session. Threats to economic freedom are front and center as legislators are poised to use the election’s hangover, holiday cheer, and the votes of retiring and defeated members to slip bad legislation right under the wire.

AFP activists from across the country are more engaged than ever. Our folks are eternally vigilant and remain keenly focused on the big policy fights in the lame duck session and the pending fiscal cliff. Join them in making sure Congress knows that grassroots citizens from across the country are watching these lame duck votes.

Click here to contact your senators and representative and tell them there are no free votes!

AFP has lots of information explaining what’s at stake during this lame duck session. Click here to view our Lame Duck Primer. Almost all of the big issues that AFP tracks are in play over the next two months. From $495 billion in higher taxes, to $109 billion in foregone spending reductions, to more handouts for wind energy, to a $1 trillion farm-welfare bill, the list of threats to economic freedom is long and varied.

Click here to contact your senators and representative and tell them there are no free votes!

Thank you for your activism and your commitment to economic freedom. Stay tuned, as AFP will keep you up to date as the lame duck session rolls on.

Sincerely,

Americans for Prosperity

Frank's Footnotes Newsletter: A Special Veteran's Day Message

A Special Veteran's Day Message

This Monday, we as a nation will pause to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to our country, our veterans. These brave men and women work selflessly to protect the freedoms we hold so dear. I strongly believe anytime we send American men and women to foreign lands to defend our freedom, it is our solemn obligation and country’s highest priority to provide them with the care they need when they return. I believe a promise made is a promise kept. Our veterans began their military service by taking an oath, swearing they would “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” They fulfilled that promise with their service. Now that they have left the Armed Forces, it is our duty as American citizens to honor that service with our respect, appreciation and active support. I encourage all of you to take a moment to remember those that are still serving overseas and to keep them and their families in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you to all of New Hampshire’s veterans, may God bless you and your families.

Bass For Congress - The Bass Report

Dear Friends,

We're getting down to crunch time!  Every poll shows this race to be in a dead heat and we are under two weeks until Election Day.  Every single vote will be vital.  

Between now and November 6th my campaign needs to make thousands of get-out-the-vote phone calls and knock on hundreds of doors.  We'll be doing roadside sign waves, distributing lawn signs, and encouraging our friends and neighbors to get out and vote.  

Are you able to give just two hours of your time to help us in the final 11 days?  Please get in touch with my campaign at 226-6000 to hear how you can help.  Your support has always meant so much to me, and I look forward to continuing to work together! 

Sincerely, 

On the Trail...

Join Team Bass for a sign wave, phone bank and door-to-door this weekend to help during the last 11 days!

 Sign Wave

The Salem Depot:

Corner of South Broadway and Main St.

Saturday: 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Nashua Door-to-Door

427 Amherst St. in Nashua

Saturday: 10:45 am - 1:00 pm

Sunday: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Phone Bank

85 Manchester Street in Concord

Saturday: 12:00 Noon - 7:00 pm

Sunday: 12:00 Noon - 7:00 pm

  

Please email joe@votebass.com if you are able to join us!

Endorsement...

Charlie Bass received the endorsement of Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier. Here is part of what he had to say...

"As a Democrat, I truly appreciate Charlie Bass' willingness and commitment to work with members of both parties to solve the challenges facing our nation. This is what working families in Berlin and the rest of New Hampshire need to get our economy back on track and create jobs."

You can read more about the endorsement here. 

From the Papers...

Citizens across New Hampshire's 2nd District continue to write letters to the editor in favor of Charlie Bass. Read a few here...

Keene Sentinel: Bass is good for small business

We need leaders in Congress who understand the importance of small business when it comes to the economy.

Our small businesses provide jobs for the vast majority of New Hampshire residents and are the key to economic growth. Higher taxes and increased regulation just add to uncertainty and difficulty for business owners.

In my business, we have suffered the worse downturn in business over the last 4 years than in any other time in our entire 41 year history. This equates to fewer local jobs from us.

Congressman Charlie Bass is the candidate who understands how small business works. Times are tough for small businesses, and they need clarity and an assurance that their representatives will not significantly increase their tax burden and make their job more difficult with more regulation.

Businesses are afraid to hire new employees because they are unsure about the future. Charlie Bass is fighting to get back into Washington to get the economy going again, and that is the leadership we need to represent us.

With the recent endorsement of Charlie by Erskine Bowles, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, and Alan Simpson, former senator from Wyoming, the Democratic and Republican co-chairs of President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform - it is clear that Charlie Bass is the candidate who is serious about working with Republicans and Democrats to get our unsustainable deficits under control and get the economy going again.

Please join me in supporting Charlie Bass for Congress this November.

Lynn M. Thomas, Spofford

Vice President, Thomas Drilling & Blasting Corp.  

Concord Monitor: Where is Kuster on the income tax?

I have three good reasons why it's important to me to re-elect Charlie Bass to Congress: my three grandchildren. I don't want them to have to pay a huge tax bill for the extravagant spending by the current administration - spending that Annie Kuster wants to increase.

Bass knows that we can't spend our way into prosperity. He knows that government doesn't create jobs, but that the private sector led by innovative small businesses create jobs.

Kuster talks about the need for government to invest in jobs - code for more spending and more taxes. Her answer is more stimulus spending, which doesn't create jobs but puts my grandkids deeper in debt.

Bass understands the economic principle espoused by my father, Gov. Meldrim Thomson: ''Low taxes are the result of low spending.''

It has been 44 years since my father advocated his pledge to veto a broad-based income or sales tax. New Hampshire now has the opportunity to permanently ban an income tax by approving a constitutional amendment to do so.

Bass opposes an income tax for the hardworking citizens of New Hampshire. Where is Kuster on taxes? She wants more, and for New Hampshire, she wants an income tax.

Voters need to ask Kuster directly: Do you support an income tax for New Hampshire? One piece of advice when you ask that question: Don't let Kuster worm her way out of the answer.

Robb Thomson, Orford

 

If you'd like to write a letter to the editor in support of Charlie and would like our assistance with how best to submit it, please email joe@votebass.com or call us at 603.226.6000.

Volunteer of the Week...

Meet Brandon! Brandon is a Junior at Concord High School and plans to go to college for a degree in law. Brandon comes in after school to phone bank with Team Bass and we are thankful to have his constant support! We are proud to name Brandon as our Volunteer of the Week!

You could be Volunteer of the Week! Click here and let us know how you'd like to help!