[Lakegeezer]

If the government can't control spending, where does the money come from. Property taxes can't fund an out-of-control situation.

The school funding issue in NH is not settled. There are still towns that need more welfare funds to properly operate their schools. What I don't understand is, why doesn't the welfare come with less local control. Franklin and Claremont are the two poster children for towns that lost their industry and can't seem to make ends meet. While I understand that they need help getting back on their feet - and educating their kids is part of that - why shouldn't the people of NH, who are funding the towns, have some say in how they run their local government - for example, attracting new industry? Additional taxes are a threat to the NH way of life, and throwing money at towns with no initiative to recover their economy seems to only increase the threat.