Real Change
Republicans running for state office have been very effective in selling a myth. Time after time, they tell us they are the party of low taxes and that cutting business taxes will result in more state revenue, a New Hampshire variant of Ronald Reagan’s trickle-down economic theory. It didn’t work for Reagan, and it is certainly not working in New Hampshire. The only thing which trickles down is the tax burden. Republicans fail to grasp that property taxes are indeed taxes and they are going up as a result of their policies.
During this last budget cycle, all those tax cuts did not result in increased revenue, indeed, they resulted in a shortfall. The legislature covered this by shifting more of the financial burden onto cities and towns, cut services and imposed various taxes which they cleverly disguised by calling them fees.
Enough. Hoping for this legislature and this governor to change course is an exercise in futility. If we want change, if we want the state to stop funding the government on the backs of property owners, if we want the state to accept their responsibility to fund public education and halt this slide into pay as you go education, we must stop sending the same people who are responsible for this lunacy back to Concord. Perhaps 215 unemployed Republican representatives and one unemployed governor will convey the proper message.