Seth Marshall Discovers Property Taxes

Hat tip out of the gate to fellow NHI front pager Richard Olsen Jr. for this fine bit or wordsmithing on Democrat Rep Seth Marshall's brief letter to the Nashua Telegraph about a pamphlet on the burden of property taxes.  Mr. Marshall (it appears) feels blessed as if the contents of said pamphlet revealed the answer to a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma (which he discovered in the shadow of some penumbra no doubt.)  What's the revelation?  That New Hampshire relies more heavily on property taxes.

That's quite a discovery for a General Court lurker from the Fish and Game committee whose been a rep for four years.  Just figured that out Seth?  Oh, but not by himself--he's got a pamphlet.  Hard to believe it hasn't come to his attention sooner.  Seems to me it would be all the rage on the left wing.  So I guess Nashua Rep Brian Poznanski doesn't invite him to the House parties--where it probably comes up all the time.  You know, the deal, drinking with minors, writing laws to get minors off if they get caught drinking, talking about property taxes.  Did you know New Hampshire apparently relies heavily on them?  (Property taxes, not drunk underage State Reps--well, actually have you seen the budget?) Did you also know that New Hampshire still has one of the lowest tax burdens in the country because it relies more heavily on property taxes?  It's true.  That wasn't in the pamphlet was it?

Want to know why? 

When people can see the taxes in a lump, they get pissed off and ask selectman, councilors, and even legislators like Mr. Marshall what the hell they think they are spending all of the peoples money on.  But when it gets hidden in dozens (or millions) of small almost unnoticeable places it piles up without anyone really knowing how much it is.  The government spends it, then looks for more.  The next thing you know we're New Jersey or New York or California.   It's actually that simple.  And it's not that surprising.  Several people new about this already and they didn't even need a pamphlet.  But they were just as inclined to hide the truth for political traction as Mr. Marshall.

John Lynch made note of this inequality/property tax thing  just last summer.  It was in the Telegraph. (I wrote about it here).  John Lynch is the governor of New Hampshire Seth, and he's a democrat, though not according to Tim Robertson from Keene.  (Keene is a city in New Hampshire, Seth.)  And then that property tax thing came up again in the Telegraph just last September (which I wrote about here.)  You know, I bet we could probably make a safe bet that the Telegraph brings up the property tax thing more often than Lou D'Allesandro brings up state run gambling.  Lou is a NH State Senator, Seth.  He thinks gambling would be a great way to reduce the tax burden, except that you and Lou already spent it all and then some so it really wouldn't help at all.  Lou, (I suspect you) and most of New Hampshire know that as well.  But maybe he can whip up a pamphlet for you, or a flyer perhaps.  One that suggests some kind of class warfare rhetoric as an excuse to promote an income tax then we can use to close the massive deficits that years of incompetent, uninformed democrats created intentionally as a way to get New Hampshire into a nice broad based tax.

Funny how the rest of your letter sounds like uninformed class warfare rhetoric.  Some things must just come naturally to liberals.

I just Hope Seth doesn't have to dig a well anytime soon.  He might discover where the state nickname comes from.  That could prove an expensive mistake, kind of like letting democrats run the state of New Hampshire.

Comments

[Richard Olson Jr.]

Now, handing that boy a shovel for well-digging might prove to be a dangerous endeavor. Democrats with shovels tend to smile a lot while digging up new taxes....all the while whistling to a contrived ballads about "Drinking on the Class Warfare dime" Who would have ever thunk a kegger would be the source of liberal tax policy....Thanks for the nod! Enjoyed you analysis...