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This War’s “Victory Gardens”

Posted on June 9, 2008 - Filed Under Republicans, Pelosi, economic recession, disorder in the courts, Obama, Taxpayer Pledge, Reid, tax pledge, World politics, Global Warming, Taxes, Media Bias, Democrats, National Politics | Leave a Comment

In World War II the people of the USA rallied to their country’s call with a patriotic effort to relieve pressure on the food production processes needed to feed our troops by growing food in their own backyards.
This war, which involves energy, should be producing a new “Victory Garden”. We should be developing energy sources […]

NH Democrats trash Representative Government

Posted on June 8, 2008 - Filed Under dirty tricks, Republicans, NH Income Tax, Taxpayer Pledge, tax pledge, Democrats, New Hampshire, Legislators, Taxes, NH Politics | Leave a Comment

From Rep. Sorg:
Legislative “Special Session” Trashes Representative Government
Citizens of New Hampshire who fail to follow the activities of their state government do so at the peril of their freedom and property. A stark demonstration why took place this week.
On Wednesday, June 4th, Governor Lynch invoked an obscure, nearly obsolete provision of the New Hampshire Constitution […]

A message to the infidels

Posted on June 8, 2008 - Filed Under tax pledge, Democrats, Republicans, Taxpayer Pledge, McCain, positive values, general nonsense, World politics, Global Warming, Legislators, Taxes, Media Bias, National Politics | Leave a Comment

Received this in an e-mail - no attribution to any author and I think I’ve seen it before - but I’ll pass it along - there is truth in it:
God gave this country all the resources we need and we would be fine, if we weren’t too stupid to harvest them.
The OPEC minister will look […]

Taxpayers for Common sense on Cost overruns

Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under Shaheen, Reid, Pelosi, economic recession, tax pledge, McIntyre, National Politics, North Carolina, Legislators, Taxes, NH Politics | Leave a Comment

The TCS Wastebasket
Congress Needs to Take On Cost Overruns — Too often, the lawmakers can’t agree on where there is waste in government. The problem is that everything in Washington, D.C. seems to have an army of lobbyists and powerful lawmakers playing defense at the slightest hint of trouble. But we think a recent […]

Renters bailing out reckless home buyers?

Posted on May 4, 2008 - Filed Under NH Income Tax, economic recession, Taxpayer Pledge, tax pledge, Taxes, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Legislators, National Politics | Leave a Comment

An interesting clip from angryrenters.com - it also applies to people who are responsible about their housing - buying or renting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaDrM3rMXs

HT to GraniteGrok

Democrat Led Government Hiring Spree Result of Economic Troubles or a Cause?

Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under Shaheen, tax pledge, Republicans, NH Income Tax, Taxpayer Pledge, economic recession, Democrats, general nonsense, North Carolina, National Politics, New Hampshire, Legislators, Taxes, NH Politics | Leave a Comment

USA Today has a piece on how the only sector still growing the number of new hires is state and local government. It talks about how this is softening the blow of a private sector reduction in new hirin and that government hiring can be a result of economic downturns.
Problem is, it also points out […]

$300 million now a Billion by July ‘09????

Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under NH Income Tax, economic recession, Taxpayer Pledge, Republicans, tax pledge, New Hampshire, Legislators, Taxes, NH Politics | Leave a Comment

From the NH Advantage coalition:

How bad will it get?
New Department Head Revenue Projections Show NH Deficit is closing in on $300 Million

Manchester NH- Despite raking in revenues at a higher pace than last year, testimony by department heads before the House Ways and Means Committee on April 9, 2008, […]

Biofuel vs Food - Stop putting Corn in my Gas

Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under Pelosi, Reid, Fair Tax, economic recession, McCain, Taxpayer Pledge, tax pledge, Democrats, Global Warming, North Carolina, Travelling, World politics, McIntyre, Legislators, National Politics | 1 Comment

I’ve been ranting for a long while (since before I started blogging) that turning corn into a “fuel” was bad policy and stupid economically (except for “Big Corn”).
Turns out other people have finally come to the same conclusion.
At a weekend conference in Washington, finance ministers and central bankers of seven leading industrial nations called for […]

Lynch and Dems - nearly a Billion for Education plan

Posted on March 26, 2008 - Filed Under NH Income Tax, Republicans, economic recession, disorder in the courts, Taxpayer Pledge, Shaheen, tax pledge, New Hampshire, Legislators, Taxes, Democrats, NH Politics | Leave a Comment

The NH Supreme Court has decreed that as of July 1 if the legislature has not done an “adequate” job that the court will usurp the authority of the legislature and act to provide the opportunity for an “adequate” education to every child in the state. Last summer, the Dems in the legislature passed and […]

Breazeale Signs Earmark Pledge

Posted on March 19, 2008 - Filed Under Pelosi, Reid, Republicans, economic recession, Taxpayer Pledge, tax pledge, McIntyre, North Carolina, Legislators, Taxes, Will Breazeale, National Politics | Leave a Comment

Washington, DC – Declaring his intention when elected to Congress to forego “Earmarking,” - the practice by which members of Congress divert taxpayer funding to special projects outside of the normal competitive and merit-based review process – Congressional Candidate Will Breazeale (R NC-7) has signed the “Earmark Pledge”.
Striking a cord for fiscal responsibility, Breazeale said […]

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