A great disappointment (Concord, Gilford, Meredith: apartment, tax, live in)

[rmcewan]

Originally Posted by seamusnh

If the Dems go through with the idea of eliminating the 401k tax exemption, we will all be saving less for retirement...

That's not going to happen. You're taking election-time conservative rumors and presenting them as part of the Dem manifesto. It is nothing of the sort.

[sgthoskins]

You're right Greg, Lynch is a victim of the republican party... Same old spin, the sad thing you actually believe it.

http://www.zimbio.com/Governor+John+...ch+Budget+Plan

[Brave Stranger]

Originally Posted by GregW

Get it straight for a change. The 17% increase in the budget was created by adding the Republican off budget items. The actual spending remained about the same.

I asked you before to PROVE this with a link ??? You are just making this up. Give me a source, anything to prove this ?

[Brave Stranger]

Originally Posted by sgthoskins

You're right Greg, Lynch is a victim of the republican party... Same old spin, the sad thing you actually believe it.

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch’s Budget Plan: Tax, Borrow, Spend - Governor John Lynch - Zimbio

Thanks for posting this What freaks me out.....and should freak out EVERY NH resident is Lynch & his gang, for the first time in NH history, have bonded school construction costs. There was a reason the Republican party had control of the NH house for over 100 years.....cause they did not do stuff like this !

And this, among other things, is the reason we just picked up 20 seats in the NH house, and will get control of the state again in 2 years.

[seamusnh]

Originally Posted by rmcewan

Your tax numbers do not make the case that the richest few pay proportionally less income tax than the majority of us.

The data shows that the rich pay proportionately more income tax than the rest of us. More in terms of $$$ and more in terms of %....

[seamusnh]

Originally Posted by GregW

Get it straight for a change. The 17% increase in the budget was created by adding the Republican off budget items. The actual spending remained about the same.

You have stated this repeatedly on this forum. Do you have anything to back that up?

[seamusnh]

Originally Posted by rmcewan

That's not going to happen. You're taking election-time conservative rumors and presenting them as part of the Dem manifesto. It is nothing of the sort.

You must have missed this:

"Inside Today's Bulletin
Dems Consider Taxing 401(k)s
By Michael P. Tremoglie, The Bulletin
10/28/2008

Congressional Democrats might enact legislation taxing 401(k) plans if they obtain a supermajority in Congress after the next election. They have shown an interest in revamping the current system and in eliminating the current tax exclusion from contributions.

During the past two weeks, U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support have entertained proposals that would tax 401(k) plans.

Both held hearings laying the groundwork for future legislation that could eliminate most of the $80 billion in annual tax breaks that investors receive by placing their money in the $3 trillion 401(k) system."

The Bulletin - Philadelphia's Family Newspaper - Dems Consider Taxing 401(k)s

[rmcewan]

Originally Posted by Brave Stranger

Thanks for posting this What freaks me out.....and should freak out EVERY NH resident is Lynch & his gang, for the first time in NH history, have bonded school construction costs. There was a reason the Republican party had control of the NH house for over 100 years.....cause they did not do stuff like this !

And this, among other things, is the reason we just picked up 20 seats in the NH house, and will get control of the state again in 2 years.

That's a stretch. 20 out of 400 is kind of margin of error numbers. The votes for governor, executive council, and state senate show no such swing back to red (yet - I do agree that they will).

[Brave Stranger]

Originally Posted by rmcewan

That's a stretch. 20 out of 400 is kind of margin of error numbers. The votes for governor, executive council, and state senate show no such swing back to red (yet - I do agree that they will).

The Republican party is in tatters right now. From what I understand from party sources if they had the money & leadership that they had even 4 years ago they might have got close to 40 seats and took the house, or came within 4 or 5 seats.

The fact that we did not lose senate seats & EC seats in this bad environment for Republicans tells me we have hit rock bottom. I suspect, from what I am hearing, that soon to be ex-senator John Sununu will be running for governor. Even if it's not Sununu it will be a big Republican name, and Lynch will not run for a 4th term, so I expect the next governor to be a Republican.

The Repulican party in NH was due for some downtime....lol, they ran the NH house for over 100 years, an the NH senate for almost that long. That's really an amazing thing. And.....the NH Democratic party is very much a middle-of-the-road sort of party that will not dare run someone for governor who would back a sales or income tax, and that's because of the NH Republican party.

[rmcewan]

Originally Posted by seamusnh

You must have missed this:

"Inside Today's Bulletin
Dems Consider Taxing 401(k)s
By Michael P. Tremoglie, The Bulletin
10/28/2008

Congressional Democrats might enact legislation taxing 401(k) plans if they obtain a supermajority in Congress after the next election. They have shown an interest in revamping the current system and in eliminating the current tax exclusion from contributions.

During the past two weeks, U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support have entertained proposals that would tax 401(k) plans.

Both held hearings laying the groundwork for future legislation that could eliminate most of the $80 billion in annual tax breaks that investors receive by placing their money in the $3 trillion 401(k) system."

The Bulletin - Philadelphia's Family Newspaper - Dems Consider Taxing 401(k)s

They hold a lot of HEARINGS at committees with members from BOTH parties. They HEARD a lot of stuff. It ain't gonna happen. You are reading political spin.