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More Audits Don’t Mean More Money, Just More Intrusion By The IRS
This September 28, 2021 column by Peter Roff appeared at Townhall Finance. The Biden plan for building America back better has a pretty hefty price tag attached to it. It includes $3 trillion in new and higher taxes, more government regulation, and creates a framework...
US House Budget Committee Chairman Comments on Federal Spending
The US House Budget Committee Chairman comments on Federal spending. From NH Journal. Representative John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) is Chairman of the House Budget Committee, which is playing a key role in crafting the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill currently being debated...
Heritage Foundation Reviews the $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
"Bloated Bipartisan $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Is Neither Reasonable nor Centrist." This 8/12/21 assessment by Heritage President Kay James is posted at the Heritage Foundation website. The bipartisan group of senators that just passed a $1.1 trillion federal...
Pending Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Bill Loaded with Goodies for Progressives
This September 28, 2021 column by Peter Roff appeared at American Action News. America has an infrastructure problem. Too many roads are impassible, traffic congestion is clogging the suburban arteries, and bridges are falling apart. The legislation currently pending...
Why Sailcars Never Caught On
Wind blows when it wants to, not when users of wind energy need it to. Wind power generation isn't reliable. It's often not there when needed the most during extreme cold and heat. That issue prevents it from being a reliable base load power source. The necessity of...
SCOTUS Ruling on AZ Law Bolsters NHGOP ‘Ballot Security’ Efforts
Michael Graham on the US Supreme Court decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee. Arizona may be 2,000 miles from New Hampshire, but the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Grand Canyon state’s election laws will be felt in Concord. In particular, the...
Biden’s ‘Code Red’ Climate Analysis Off The Mark
Michael Graham comments on President Biden's statements of climate alarm. “We’ve got to listen to the scientists and the economists and the national security experts. They all tell us this is code red,” President Joe Biden said while visiting neighborhoods in New York...
Election Integrity Status
Following is a current status of election integrity issues in NH and DC. US SUPREME COURT DECISIONS TO REMEMBER One strong and entirely legitimate state interest is the prevention of fraud. Ensuring that every vote is cast freely, without intimidation or undue...
Republican Budget Reduces Your Taxes!
Republican Budgets Reduce Your Taxes. Recently, Republicans in Concord passed, and Governor Sununu signed, a balanced budget that reduces state spending and taxes for families, retirees, businesses and tourists, directly reduces property taxes, and increases payments...
You Might Not Have a Pension, But You Are Paying for One
Moody’s Investors Service recently estimated US public pensions are underfunded by $4.4 trillion. Public pensions are plans that cover state and local government employees in state and US territories No private pension plan is allowed to operate unless unfunded...