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The Concord Monitor published a call for new taxes by Joanne White of Sutton.
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Originally Posted by Concord-Monitor
Something has to give. No one wants to take away from the schools. But an ever-increasing property tax is unsustainable. If not another broad-based tax, perhaps a specifically directed tax would work. Rep. Schmidt suggested taxing fizzy drinks, a popular but unnecessary item. (Philadelphia just put a 1½% tax on all sweet drinks). Surely there are others.Here is a challenge to the Legislature for next session. We in the Kearsarge Regional School District will line up a list of unnecessary items, directed to be taxed for schools, and you, the Legislature put them on a statewide ballot for the voters to consider. If it passes, it will go into the constitution specifically as education tax.
Or.. we could use the money we already have more effectively, cut the wasteful "social" programs, the useless indoctrination programs and instead focus on actually teaching our children ..oh wait, that's not how government works now is it.
Or.. we could use the money we already have more effectively, cut the wasteful "social" programs, the useless indoctrination programs and instead focus on actually teaching our children ..oh wait, that's not how government works now is it.
To the individual who gave me a rep for this post and asked if I had considered running for office
"If it passes, it will go into the constitution specifically as education tax."
Unless 100% of school funding comes from dedicated tax revenues, this is no guarantee that the school funding would actually go up. The funding from non-dedicated sources can simply be reduced by however much is raised by this new tax.
As New Hampshire has a relatively high income level and very low per capita state spending I think it is time to propose the blasphemy of a narrow based state income tax.
I propose a state income tax based on all income from all sources with a deduction set at the 90th percentile level. The rate should vary between 5% and whatever is needed to bring per capita state spending (for schools to reduce regressive property taxes and the obscene rooms and meals taxes) in line with the rest of New England.
why do you desire to increase per capita state spending to match our wastrel neighboring states?
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Originally Posted by GregW
As New Hampshire has a relatively high income level and very low per capita state spending I think it is time to propose the blasphemy of a narrow based state income tax.
I propose a state income tax based on all income from all sources with a deduction set at the 90th percentile level. The rate should vary between 5% and whatever is needed to bring per capita state spending (for schools to reduce regressive property taxes and the obscene rooms and meals taxes) in line with the rest of New England.
I see no reason for NH to increase per capita state spending to match our wastrel neighboring states.
As for soaking the rich, that's how the Feds started out with the US income tax back in 1913... camel's nose under the tent. Do you honestly expect that any tax, including property, rooms, and meals, would ever be reduced?
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why do you desire to increase per capita state spending to match our wastrel neighboring states?
