New Hampshire: New Hampshire Advantage Coalition

March 12, 2009 - 02:53 pm

Guest Post: We don’t need new taxes, but who will tell Washington?

The road to economic recovery is not paved with new taxes.

by Mike Biundo

New Hampshire’s delegation in Washington needs to share that bit of cold New England logic with their congressional colleagues as they evaluate the Obama administration’s budget proposal.

That proposal includes a giant energy tax increase, although that’s not what the administration’s economic team is calling it. They’d prefer us to think of it as revising Section 199 of the U.S. tax code. That might sound agonizingly dull, but don’t nod off. The revisions they are looking for amount to a $31.5 billion annual tax increase for U.S. energy producers, and that means more economic trouble for the rest of us.

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March 11, 2009 - 02:25 pm

NEWS FEED: New Hampshire Presidential Watch

Town meeting day round-up

By lawsonbri@gmail.com (Cosmo)

Zandra Rice Hawkins, from Granite State Progress, has a great round-up of stories from town meeting day.

Here is her story: Town Meeting Round-Up

Meanwhile, the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition released this statement about their success with spending cap warrants.

NHAC statement:

The call for controlled spending and efficient government from taxpayers across New Hampshire is getting louder and louder each election cycle. This year’s town meeting has proved to be no different. Tuesday’s resounding win in five of the six towns that spending cap warrant articles were on the ballot prove that taxpayers are tired of government continually reaching into their pockets and they are looking for relief.

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March 11, 2009 - 01:30 pm

NEWS FEED: GraniteGrok

Five Out of Six Towns Pass Spending Caps. Town Meeting Taxpayers Send Clear Message…

Lower Spending = Lower Taxes.

Nashua, NH - The call for controlled spending and efficient government from taxpayers across New Hampshire is getting louder and louder each election cycle. This year’s town meeting has proved to be no different. Tuesday’s resounding win in five of the six towns that spending cap warrant articles were on the ballot prove that taxpayers are tired of government continually reaching into their pockets and they are looking for relief. Spending cap warrants appeared on the ballot in the towns of Kingston, Hampstead, Allenstown, Salem, Hudson and Rindge. With only the Hudson warrant articles not passing.

“Taxpayers across this state are sending a clear message that an efficient government that spends their money wisely is the only path to lower taxes.

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March 9, 2009 - 09:14 pm

NEWS FEED: GraniteGrok

Spending/Tax Cap Momentum Builds

Claremont and Somersworth File for 2009 Spending Cap Vote

Nashua, NH - Today, Claremont resident Cynthia Howard in association with the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition (NHAC) filed a petitioner’s committee affidavit with the Claremont City Clerk to begin the petition process for a spending/tax cap charter amendment for the city’s budget. On Tuesday March 10th, Somersworth resident Real Roseberry, also with the help of NHAC plans to file a petitioner’s affidavit with the Somersworth City Clerk.

Michael Biundo, Chairman of NHAC stated;

“We look forward at NHAC to continue to work with the taxpayers of both Claremont and Somersworth on this effort. In these tough economic times it is even more important that government spends taxpayer money as frugally and efficiently as possible.

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Mon, 11/24/2008 - 11:42