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Mark Mackenzie

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Working families: the real New Hampshire Advantage

Labor Day traditionally conjures up images of cookouts, extra time with our families and a day off from work. But it's also a day to recognize the dignity of work and the people who do it - our teachers and construction workers, our firefighters and small business owners, our scientists and manufacturing workers. And it's a day to recognize the people of our state who are toughing… 1

September 5, 2011
My Turn

Jobless still need Washington's help

We all know one of them. Maybe we are one of them. The teacher who made it through the first round of budget cuts, only to be handed a pink slip before the school year started. The construction worker left in limbo when jobs dried up. The college graduate who was the last hired, first fired. The retail clerk who was let go when sales slipped and never picked up. Legislation to… 0

November 19, 2010
My Turn

Worry and opportunity

It's Labor Day again, a time when families get together for picnics, parades and barbecues - all in the name of workers. But this Labor Day is different. We have a whirlwind of economic problems and, at the same time, an unparalleled opportunity to turn around America. 1

September 7, 2009
Pro / Con

Give workers fair shot to unionize

All parents want their children to do a little better than they've done. A little better education. A little more saved. But today, too many people think that American Dream is a pipe dream. America's working families say they are falling behind, even as those at the very top of the economic heap make out like bandits. Wages, health care costs and retirement security are all trouble… 0

February 27, 2007
our turn

Romney's health plan penalizes middle class

As Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney lays the planks of his 2008 presidential platform, voters in New Hampshire and around the country will get an earful about his "personal responsibility" brand of health-care reform and the miraculous, free-market coverage it can provide. But the reform bill Romney pushed through the Massachusetts legislature this spring was no miracle for middle-class… 0

July 8, 2006
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