My argument with the good senator is not that he played and beat the long odds and won the Powerball. Good for Senator Gregg, I wish him well and all other lottery winners. My argument is that the NH tax system will tax people, like the elderly and others, who have no income but still have to pay a tax that gets bigger every year. An income tax is a more fair way for the state to go than its' cuurrent local property tax method. Lottery winners should be taxed as part of the same income tax system. Do they have the ability to pay? Yes, they do.
What other state uses a local property tax to pay for 14 different county level nursing homes, court houses, prisons and more and has 14 different administration systems and not just one. One state income tax would be equal all across the state and could be applied to incomes and pensions.
Property values are way up and so is the median age of the state's population so where is our current system going...?
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She's back! Arnie Arnesan, NH's best talker, is back starting tomorrow ,Sundays, for one hour from 11-12 on the television, WZMY-TV with interviews and talk. Gov Bill Richardson, Fergus Cullen, NH-GOP rah-rah guy, and others are on tomorrow.
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I want to hear her rapid-fire Brooklyn voice on the FM-radio as I'm cruising down Rt 93 in my 18-wheeler......10-4.....Arnie.......hooonk!