Granite State Taxpayers Blog
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GST Applauds Voter ID Legislation
Granite State Taxpayers (GST) strongly commends the New Hampshire Legislature in their override of Governor Lynch’s veto of SB289, the Voter ID bill. SB289 requires that persons presenting themselves to vote must provide proof of their identity beginning with the...
GST ISSUES CANDIDATE SURVEY
"We are asking all candidates for office in New Hampshire to advise our members of their positions on topics of interest to taxpayers." said Granite State Taxpayers Chairman James Adams. The GST survey can be found at:www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GXCJN2 Granite State...
GST Supports SB 289
Press Release Contact: Jim Adams, Chairman June 26, 2012 Phone: 603-731-9595 Granite State Taxpayers Urges Passage of Voter ID Legislation (SB289) Granite State Taxpayers (GST) strongly recommends that the New Hampshire Legislature override Governor Lynch’s veto of...
GST Supports CACR 12
Press Release June 6, 2012 Contact: Jim Adams, Chairman Phone: 603-731-9595 Granite State Taxpayers Urges Legislature to Pass CACR 12 Concord, NH – Granite State Taxpayers urges New Hampshire legislators to pass the education funding constitutional amendment, CACR 12,...
GST Supports Senate Bill 401
Granite State Taxpayers, a statewide organization supporting legislation that reduces the financial impact of government on the taxpayer, urges the New Hampshire Legislature to support SB 401. State administered “adequate education grants” are annually distributed to...
We Need Leaders
WE’RE GETTING NO LEADERSHIP FROM OUR CAMPAIGNER-IN-CHIEF Central Manchester has returned to normal now that the Campaigner in Chief has taken his political road show to another state. He stated that the trip was not political, he just wanted to talk about his jobs...
Primer on the National Debt
WSJ OPINION By JOHN STEELE GORDON AUGUST 29, 2011 A Short Primer on the National Debt With a return to 1990s growth rates, the debt-to-GDP ratio could drop to 56.7%, about where it was in 2000, in just one decade. With the national debt certain to be a...
US Debt: Who’s Responsible?
DEFICITS: PRESIDENT OR CONGRESS? Political pundits often comment on the records of Presidents regarding deficits. In fact, the Congress is the branch of government responsible for the budget. The Constitution of the United States, in Article 1 (the Congress) states:...
“The General Welfare?”
This article was written in November 2007, but it's still relevant today! What is "The General Welfare?" It's always a pleasure to read the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Those documents, hammered together to "form a more perfect...
Where Does NH State Revenue Come From?
This article gives a brief summary of the major revenue sources along with commentary on some of their key attributes. You will notice that this list is long and diverse. No one item accounts for more than 15% of total revenues. This gives New Hampshire resilience...