Granite State Taxpayers Blog
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View Jonathan Williams Speech
Jonathan Williams, Chief Economist at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), works with state policymakers, congressional leaders and the private sector to develop fiscal policy solutions for the states. He spoke 1/19/18 to members of the New Hampshire...
GST Opposes HB628 Family Leave
GST Opposes HB628 Imposing a Payroll Tax for Mandatory Family and Medical Leave Insurance. HB628 establishes mandatory paid family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) controlled by the State. The bill would require New Hampshire Employment Security to establish and...
GST Opposes HB413 Pension Cost Shift
GST Opposes Having the State Pay for Local County and Town Employee Pension Costs. HB413 would require the State to pay 15 percent of the normal and accrued liability contributions of political subdivision retirement system employers for group I teachers and group II...
Governor Comments on Tax Reform
Governor Sununu Comments on Tax Reform in the February 5, 2018 New Hampshire Union Leader. The Governors' comments are presented below with his permission. Tax Reform is working for New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu As Granite Staters begin to prepare their tax returns...
Government Shutdown Explained
All Taxpayers Need to Know about the Reasons for the Recent Government Shutdown.
Taxpayers Deserve Legal Standing!
Taxpayers Should Be Able to Sue the Government! Support CACR 15 to Reinstate Taxpayer Standing! CACR 15 proposes a Constitutional amendment enabling taxpayers to bring judgments against the government. Granite State Taxpayers supported such an amendment (then numbered...
View Grover Norquist’s Speech
Video of Grover Norquist's Speech at the GST Christmas Party on December 12, 2017 is now available. Grover gave an informed, insightful and witty commentary on a range of topics: Status (as of 12/12/17) of the tax reform legislation in Washington Expected benefits...
Time to Pay GST Dues
With the New Year, it's time to pay annual GST dues for 2018. Your contribution helps our efforts on behalf of taxpayers and limited government. Our efforts in 2018 will include costs for ads and mailings for our Candidate Survey. Annual dues ($20.00 for individuals,...
Reduce Interest & Dividend Tax!
Reps. Ken Weyler and J.R. Hoell commented on the NH Interest & Dividends Tax in the New Hampshire Union Leader on January 1, 2018. Their comments are presented below with their permission. Another View — Ken Weyler and J.R. Hoell: Let’s keep seniors in New...
Governor Sununu: No Toll Increase
NH Governor Chris Sununu announced that he's stopping an effort to increase road tolls in the state. The toll increase was scheduled to be voted on next month by the Executive Council. The governor now says he won’t be putting the item on the agenda for the Council...