{"id":5717,"date":"2020-07-07T09:26:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/?p=5717"},"modified":"2020-07-07T09:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:26:50","slug":"the-n-h-pledge-should-not-be-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/the-n-h-pledge-should-not-be-scrapped\/","title":{"rendered":"The N.H. Pledge Should Not be Scrapped!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The New Hampshire Pledge Should Not be Scrapped!<\/strong><br \/>\nNew Hampshire Business Review on 6\/19\/20 published a letter titled \u201cIsn\u2019t it time to scrap The Pledge\u201d.<br \/>\nTom Thomson (son of GST co-Founder Mel Thomson) wrote this response, presented with his permission.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ThomsonTreeFarm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2862\" src=\"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ThomsonTreeFarm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1870\" width=\"254\" height=\"219\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The New Hampshire Pledge Should Not be Scrapped!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, I was amused by a letter to the editor in the New Hampshire Business Review on June 19, 2020 titled \u201cIsn\u2019t it time to scrap The Pledge\u201d written by Arnie Arnesen of Concord, formerly of Orford, my home town.<\/p>\n<p>In her column, Arnesen says, \u201cWhat better time than now to question NH\u2019s Political shackle known as \u201cThe Pledge\u201d? The 50 year-old tax pledge, concocted by two reactionary conservatives, represents the \u201cfor me, not you\u201d mentality that prohibits healthy and constructive growth.\u201d<br \/>\nArnie must have missed all the great news of the recent record-breaking growth and prosperity with an all-time record of those employed under Governor Chris Sununu and President Trump just before the Coronavirus hit our economy. <\/p>\n<p>The only reason I\u2019m responding to this article is that she is calling out my late Father, former Governor Meldrim Thomson, who served N.H. for three terms from 1973 to 1979 and is not here to defend himself, and I know he would have done a much better job than I.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Thomson.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2862\" src=\"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Thomson.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1870\" width=\"362\" height=\"322\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it was my father who galvanized \u201cThe Pledge\u201d in N.H., every governor; Democrat or Republican since then has taken \u201cThe Pledge\u201d to get elected except for one time when Gov. Jeanne Sheehan ran for a third term and refused to take \u201cThe Pledge\u201d. Sheehan won her third term but her push for a statewide Sales Tax went down in defeat on the morning of April 19, 2001 and I believe my Dad waited until the Sales Tax was defeated before he passed away that afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Pledge\u201d my father believed in was very simple. <\/strong><br \/>\nAs a Candidate for Governor you should be honest with the Voters of N.H. before they vote, and tell them \u2013 Yes, I support a Sales or Income Tax (or both) or No, I oppose a Sales or Income Tax. My father always opposed a Sales and Income Tax and was famous for his slogan \u201cLow Taxes are the Result of Low Spending\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Because of \u201cThe Pledge\u201d we have the \u201cNew Hampshire Advantage,\u201d meaning, No Sales or Income Tax, which is the only state in New England and because of that folks from all our neighboring states flock to N.H. to purchase everything, which brings in millions upon millions of dollars to our state\u2019s economy. In addition, many move here to enjoy the low tax environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Governor Thomson left a record during three terms that most elected officials could only dream of:<\/strong><br \/>\n1.\tHad a surplus every year as Governor<br \/>\n2.\tHe had a triple \u201cAAA\u201d State Bond Rating, which was the best in New England.<br \/>\n3.\tNH had the lowest unemployment in New England, which was 3.4%.<br \/>\n4.\tNH had the lowest State Gross Debt in New England.<br \/>\n5.\tThe only state in New England with neither a Sales or Income Tax.<br \/>\n6.\tNH had the lowest State and Local Taxes per capita in New England.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Arnie Arnesen, the progressive liberal who ran for N.H. Governor in 1992 and refused to take \u201cThe Pledge\u201d lost to Republican Steve Merrill, who took \u201cThe Pledge\u201d and won by 56.02% to Arnie Arnesen\u2019s dismal 39.95% and Miriam Luce received 4%. Then in the Governor\u2019s race in 2002 Democrat Mark Fernald also famously refused to take \u201cThe Pledge\u201c and supported an Income Tax and ran against Republican Craig Benson who won by 58.62% to Mark Fernald\u2019s 38.21% and John Babiarz received 2.94%. To me it seems pretty clear that not taking \u201cThe Pledge\u201d is a good way to get less than 40% of the Vote in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Progressive liberal Arnie Arnesen once again is wrong. <\/strong><br \/>\nIf you want to be a New Hampshire Governor be sure to take \u201cThe Pledge\u201d and promise the Taxpayers before they vote that you will Veto a Sales or Income Tax if it comes to your desk as Governor. If you do so then everyone will enjoy the \u201cNew Hampshire Advantage\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Tom Thomson<br \/>\nTree Farmer<br \/>\nOrford, NH <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Hampshire Pledge Should Not be Scrapped! New Hampshire Business Review on 6\/19\/20 published a letter titled \u201cIsn\u2019t it time to scrap The Pledge\u201d. Tom Thomson (son of GST co-Founder Mel Thomson) wrote this response, presented with his permission. The New Hampshire Pledge Should Not be Scrapped! Recently, I was amused by a letter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[25,11],"class_list":["post-5717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-secial-alerts","tag-taxes","tag-thomas-thomson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The N.H. 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