Granite State Taxpayers Blog
We write articles about legislation and policy affecting NH taxpayers.
You can check out our most recent posts below or explore some of our more popular topics:
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...
GST NH Energy Cost Summit Presentations
The NH Energy Cost Summit covered causes and cures for High Energy Costs in New Hampshire. Our Presenters discussed impacts on our energy cost from the following perspectives: Ideology: climate and environmental agenda (RGGI, sources, renewable, NIMBY, etc.) - Joe...
Election Law Reforms for 2021 – 2022
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE Revise current New Hampshire election law to make our voting system simple to understand and execute, resistant to fraud, and available exclusively to residents of New Hampshire POTENTIAL GOALS FOR 2021 – 2022 LEGISLATION Fix the...
Argentina’s Journey from Riches to Depression is a Warning for America.
Argentina's 20th Century Descent from Riches to Depression is a warning for 21st Century America. This 2015 video highlights how government strategies destroyed Argentina and its institutions. Mandatory universal health and pension insurance, and affordable housing,...
New Hampshire Energy Cost Summit
Learn what causes our high energy costs and what you can do about it. The GST New Hampshire Energy Cost Summit will be on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Causes and Cures for High Energy Costs in New Hampshire. There will be Presentations, a Panel Discussion and Q&A....
Why We Can’t Have Nice Infrastructure
https://www.kiteandkeymedia.com/videos/why-the-united-states-can-no-longer-build-infrastructure-efficiently-and-cheaply-nepa/
Happy Independence Day
Happy Independence Day from Granite State Taxpayers! The signers of the Declaration of Independence ended with the oath: "we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created...
Rich States, Poor States: American Legislative Exchange Ratings
The United States is comprised of individual states, each having their own sovereignty. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. States can deal...
Sununu and Other Republican Governors Oppose Packing the Supreme Court
"Packing" the US Supreme Court Means the Beginning of the End of the Constitutional Republic. "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." The...
NH Legislature Passes, and Governor Signs, Budget
Governor Sununu Has Signed the Budget Passed by the Legislature in Budget Bills HB1 and HB2. Here's a summary of the votes, the budget, and comments about it, by Andrew Mahaleris at NHJournal: NH Legislature Passes ‘Transformational’ $13.5 Billion State Budget. Here's...