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NEW DATE August 11, 2020 for GST 30th Anniversary Event with Grover Norquist
This post has been updated on May 18, 2020 to reflect a revised date of August 11, 2020. SAVE THIS NEW DATE August 11, 2020 for the GST 30th Anniversary Event! The original date of June 9, 2020 was first revised due to COVID-19 to July. We've again delayed this event...
50 Years of Failed Climate Predictions
50 Years of Failed Climate Predictions Joseph D’Aleo, CCM This article is one of a series that counters the Green Agenda by presenting facts about the climate. Government agencies, energy companies, auto and major corporations are increasing their support of...
CO2 Is Not a Pollutant
CO2 Is Not a Pollutant Joseph D’Aleo, CCM This article is one of a series that counters the Green Agenda by presenting facts about the climate. Government agencies, energy companies, auto and major corporations are increasing their support of de-carbonization programs...
GST Comments on Lift Ticket and Electronics Sales Tax
Among the Worst (Recent) Bills were those to Introduce Sales Taxes on Lift Tickets and Electronics These two sales tax bills were considered in the current Legislative Session: HB 1492: establishing a tax on the retail sale of certain electronic devices to fund...
Stossel: The Red Tape Pandemic
Conservatives continually advocate for fewer government regulations. Here's why. Government regulations reward special interest groups, raise costs to consumers, and inhibit innovation. John Stossel describes how government regulations inhibit corona virus response...
Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." Rahm Emanual, Barack Obama's Chief of Staff, said it first. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) tried to use the current crisis get...
Trump Tax Plan Benefits in New Hampshire
Granite State Taxpayers Supported the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act Early and Often. - Trump Tax Plan Benefits New Hampshire, by GST, Oct 17, 2017 - GST Supports Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by GST, Dec 18, 2017 - Tax Cuts & Jobs Act Signed, by GST, Dec 21, 2017 The Tax Cuts...
Domestic Migration: State to State Moves
Domestic Migration: A Benefit of Federalism 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...
Responding to the Corona Virus Pandemic
GST Board Member Peter de Bruyn Kops has been investigating the spread of the Corona virus Health authorities are using a variety of mitigation strategies to slow the spread of the virus: - Contact mapping (identifying people and places contacted by those identified...
Distance Learning Potential
GST Board Member Jon DiPietro discusses the potential of distance Learning. His comments in the March 16, 2020 New Hampshire Union Leader are presented with his permission. What if students learning from home thrive? IN RESPONSE to the recent COVID19 threat, the New...