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Zuckerbucks in New Hampshire
64 New Hampshire Towns and Cities Received Zuckerbucks Grants. We're familiar with Facebook and its actions to stifle speech that is negative to its preferred party. Mark Zuckerburg also spent over $400 million to infiltrate and "manage" voting practices in swing...
Election Day Registrations Using Out of State Driver License as ID
GST has received data on Election Day Registrations Using Out of State Driver License as ID. New Hampshire allows voters to register using an out-of-state driver license for identification Getting a driver’s license in any state requires documenting that one is a...
Rich States, Poor States: American Legislative Exchange Ratings
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 respectively, or to the people. States can deal...
Tax-Hike-Happy Democrats Are Economic Illiterates
This May 4, 2022 column by Peter Roff appeared at Newsweek.com. One wonders what Democrats in charge of the party's economic program are thinking—if they indeed think at all. Their proposals are frighteningly similar year after year, decade after decade and now...
New Hampshire Advantage Summit 7/13/22
Sharpen the New Hampshire Advantage! RSVP for the GST New Hampshire Advantage Summit on Wednesday evening, July 13, 2022. RSVP for a free, private, ALEC members only, meeting with Jonathan Williams at 3:30 PM, July 13, 2022. Tax Reform in New Hampshire: What’s been...
Covid-phobia Is No Longer a Qualification for Absentee Voting
Pandemic Rules Regarding Absentee Voting Are No Longer In Place. It's been well established that the absentee ballot process is less secure that voting in person. New Hampshire RSA 657:1 limits use of absentee voting to specific circumstances, including disability....
Higher US Energy Prices Are Biden’s Fault
This April 7, 2022 column by Peter Roff appeared at Sit News. For at least a decade, American progressives have been waging war on the nation’s energy sector. They’re all in on wind and solar and are using scare tactics, tax breaks, and government preferences to push...
GST Opposes SB 400 State Control over Local Zoning and Planning
SB400 sets up state control of management and outcomes of zoning and development decisions. Those decisions are currently the responsibility of zoning and planning boards in NH cities and towns. SB400, an Act "relative to training and procedures for zoning and...
The Dumb Fight Over a 0.1% Biz Tax Cut
From Andrew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center. Republicans in the Legislature are pushing to lower New Hampshire’s Business Profits Tax. By one tenth of one percentage point, from 7.6% to 7.5%. This tiny change would make New Hampshire’s rate the same as...
Dissent, Terrorism, Insurrection and Running for Office
The Biden DHS Provides a Rationale for Lawsuits to Prevent People from Running for Office. Democrats' prospects in 2022 appear bleak due to a variety of factors. Democrats in DC have pursued several paths to 2022 success in spite of their poor record. A failed take...