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Capitalism Myths: Part 1
Thanks to John Stossel for publishing this video to counter media propaganda about capitalism. "In my lifetime, capitalism lifted two billion people out of the misery of poverty. But people still sneer at it." That's a quote from John Stossel who is an advocate of...
Joe Manchin: Why I’m Voting Against the For the People Act
Why I'm voting against the For the People Act. Following is the text of an Op-Ed by Joe Manchin in the Jun 6, 2021 edition of the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Click here to download a copy....
Free Speech Watchdog Sues Colorado City Over Campaign Law
Colorado City Attempts to Stifle Critical Commentary. Granite State Taxpayers and many other organizations rely on the right to freedom of speech to inform citizens of issues that might be of interest to them. Such information often includes reporting and commenting...
GST Recommends Bills for NH House Vote
GST Recommends Bills for passage in the next New Hampshire House Session. The House will meet Thursday, June 3rd, and Friday, June 4th in Bedford to act on all remaining Senate bills. Click here to read the House calendar listing session times and bills to be dealt...
New Hampshire Legislature About To Enter Tough Final Stretch
Distant Dome: New Hampshire Legislature About To Enter Tough Final Stretch. This May 24, 2021 column by Garry Rayno for InDepthNH.org was posted in Bedford Patch. Garry provides a broader assessment of NH budget and legislative issues beyond just spending and taxes....
Even After 2020 Defeats, NH Dems Stick to Pro-Tax Strategy
Even After 2020 Defeats, NH Dems Stick to Pro-Tax Strategy. Posted to Politics at NH Journal InsideSources May 26, 2021 by Michael Graham. “There’s no education in the second kick of a mule,” the saying goes. Are New Hampshire Democrats about to take another one in...
Grover Norquist: Joe Biden is Jimmy Carter 2.0
Joe Biden is Jimmy Carter 2.0. Many expected Joe Biden’s Presidency to be the third term of Barack Obama. Certainly, Biden has peppered his administration with veterans of the Obama years. But on policy, the Biden administration looks increasingly like a replay of the...
NH Dems Decline to Defend HR1 as NHGOP Attempts to Block It
NH Dems Decline to Defend HR1 as NHGOP Attempts to Block It Posted to News at NH Journal May 19, 2021 by Andrew Mahaleris. If the “For the People” Act is good for New Hampshire, why won’t U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas testify on its behalf? That’s the questions some in...
SB 99, the Meals and Rooms Tax and the Budget
SB 99, the Meals and Rooms Tax and the Budget by Granite State Taxpayers Secretary Dan McGuire RSA 78-A specifies New Hampshire's tax on restaurant meals, hotel rooms and car rentals. Currently 9%, the House-passed budget for the next biennium (which starts July 1)...
Wake up New Hampshire before it’s too late
H.R. 1: Wake up New Hampshire before it's too late. This opinion by John B. Sullivan Jr., from the May 13, 2021 Union Leader, is presented with his permission. I am writing to address the bill H.R. 1 — the so-called “For the People Act” — that is being debated in the...