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Ropetow · 06-30-2008, 08:09 PM

Less: Show us a list of cities, towns and/or states that, when they added a tax, or significantly increased an existing tax, other taxes fell in a proportionate amount or greater.

There are folks in the NH House (I know a few of them) who are lusting for the chance to enact a sales and/or income tax. Not to reduce our overall tax burden, or make it more 'fair', but to increase spending! They believe in the power of government, not the power of people.

You have your beliefs and are entitled to them. They are practiced in MA and ME. See how folks there like it. I was born a Mass---- and voted with my feet (actually, my car's tires and those of the moving van) and escaped to NH. I am certainly not wealthy to enjoy waterfront property on the Big Lake. I am grateful to be able to afford a 19-foot bowrider and a rented slip.

In 2002 an initiative petition was on the ballot in MA to eliminate the state income tax. Despite being exponentially out-spent (they spent less than $90,000 in advertising) more than 45% of MA residents voted to abolish the state income tax. A similar measure will be on the ballot this fall with 45% of those polled favoring abolishing the tax with 9% undecided.

Can pigs fly? Can MA become a haven for low taxes while NH becomes Tax-A-Hampshire?

Is that what you want, Less? Is that what WE want?

06-30-2008, 08:09 PM	#18
Ropetow Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Rochester, NH / Bartlett, NH Posts: 322 Thanks: 228 Thanked 33 Times in 13 Posts	show us the money Less: Show us a list of cities, towns and/or states that, when they added a tax, or significantly increased an existing tax, other taxes fell in a proportionate amount or greater. There are folks in the NH House (I know a few of them) who are lusting for the chance to enact a sales and/or income tax. Not to reduce our overall tax burden, or make it more 'fair', but to increase spending! They believe in the power of government, not the power of people. You have your beliefs and are entitled to them. They are practiced in MA and ME. See how folks there like it. I was born a Mass---- and voted with my feet (actually, my car's tires and those of the moving van) and escaped to NH. I am certainly not wealthy to enjoy waterfront property on the Big Lake. I am grateful to be able to afford a 19-foot bowrider and a rented slip. In 2002 an initiative petition was on the ballot in MA to eliminate the state income tax. Despite being exponentially out-spent (they spent less than $90,000 in advertising) more than 45% of MA residents voted to abolish the state income tax. A similar measure will be on the ballot this fall with 45% of those polled favoring abolishing the tax with 9% undecided. Can pigs fly? Can MA become a haven for low taxes while NH becomes Tax-A-Hampshire? Is that what you want, Less? Is that what WE want?