Another Growth Killer in the NH House

The New Hampshire Women’s lobby wants’ your government to mandate sick pay.  State rep John Knowles of Hudson agrees, according to this morning’s UL, claiming that “sometimes government does things for the benefit of all people…”  Nikki Murphy from the New Hampshire Women’s lobby says studies show that employers save money by minimizing the spread of illness.   

The NH House committee on Labor, Industrial and rehabilitative services is set to vote on this tomorrow.  I’m against it.  For all the reasons I mentioned here.

The lost revenue for tracking, policing, and litigating cases will grow government at the expense of business, not only costing them growth revenue up front to pay for the mandate, but also costing them in increased taxes to pay for more government.  And everyone will pay.

So what Rep Knowles alludes too---doing things for the benefit of all---is in fact do-goodery at the expense of all.   This amounts to lower wages, less opportunity, and another reason for businesses to stay away from New Hampshire at a time when the legislatures only focus should be on attracting business and employment.  Business growth is a solution to two problems that will actually increase revenues without adding new taxes.  So what do we do?  We make it cost more to do business here.

The mandatory sick pay regulations are taking us (again) in the wrong direction.  From energy, to taxation, to employment, this state government is doing everything it can to keep New Hampshire from attracting businesses that will compete for employees and grow our economy.