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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...
Grover Norquist to Host the GST 30th Anniversary Event
This post has been updated on May 18, 2020 to reflect a revised date of August 11, 2020. The original date of June 9, 2020 has been revised due to COVID-19 requirements for social distancing. Grover Norquist will be Keynote Speaker at the GST 30th Anniversary Event!...
Granite State Taxpayers Turns 30!
Granite State Taxpayers: 30 Years Advocating for New Hampshire Taxpayers Granite State Taxpayers is New Hampshire’s oldest Statewide Taxpayer Advocacy group, founded in 1990 by Sen. George Lovejoy and Gov. Mel (“Low Taxes are the Result of Low Spending!”) Thomson. We...
GST Testifies Against Drive-By Voting Bills HB 1279 and HB 1653
GST Submitted Testimony Against HB 1279 and HB 1653 which would bring back Drive-By Voting. Click here for status information and a link to read HB 1279, which has the following summary: "This bill amends the general statutory definitions of "resident or inhabitant"...
GST Testifies For Keeping Ballot Party Columns, Against HB 1403
GST Submitted Testimony Against HB 1403 removing party columns from general election ballots. Click here for status information and a link to read the bill, which has the following summary: "This bill removes party columns from state general election ballots." GST...
GST Testifies For Voting Results Transparency, Against HB 1531
GST Submitted Testimony Against HB 1531 which would keep Presidential Election results secret. Click here for status information and a link to read the bill, which has the following summary: "This bill prohibits officers, employees, and contractors of the state of New...