Information and Education for the Taxpayers of NH
Our Mission is to inform, educate and motivate New Hampshire taxpayers and to lobby the legislature on their behalf.
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Why We Can’t Have Nice Infrastructure II
We've commented before on how burdensome regulations make it difficult to build. Here's a new report on the evolution of the California High Speed Rail System. Design changes, political meddling, mission creep, lawsuits and bloated organization have taken their toll....
Grover Norquist Interview 8/18/22
Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, coments on the economy and tax reform. Grover was in New Hampshire to meet candidates who signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. On August 18, 2022, Grover sat for an interview with GST Chairman Ray Chadwick and...
At least 60% of the State’s record surplus is spent
From Andrew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center. New Hampshire collected a record $430.1 million budget surplus in the 2022 fiscal year, which ended June 30th. Most of it is already gone. From January to June, legislators spent $261.7 million — or 60% — of the...
2022 Information for Voters
Granite State Taxpayers (GST) Announces 2022 Candidate Surveys and Legislator Scorecards. GST 2022 Candidate Surveys and Scorecard for Incumbent Legislators are posted at: www.GraniteStateTaxpayers.org Granite State Taxpayers has reviewed voting records and surveyed...
Unobtanium: What’s Wrong with Wind and Solar?
What's Wrong with Wind and Solar? "Green Energy" activists continue to act as if the ascendancy of green energy is a given. They portray a migration from the current mix of energy sources as inevitable if we "just have the will." Essential to their effort is "Climate...
Tax Policy Discussion with Jonathan Williams
"Taxes are the price that a state charges you to live or do business there." That's an example of the type of insight Jonathan Williams brings to understanding tax policy. Another is that "Taxes don't redistribute income; they redistribute people." Williams, the Chief...
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Founded in 1990 by former Governor Mel Thomson and former State Senator George Lovejoy we are a A New Hampshire Corporation that is Non-Partisan, Non-Sectarian, Non-Profit.
Our Mission is to inform, educate and motivate New Hampshire taxpayers and to lobby the legislature on their behalf.
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– Low taxes as a result of low spending.
– Balanced budgets.
– Local control on spending issues.
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– Free market solutions.