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41·7 days agoIt has to be approved in both houses and be signed by the Governor to become law. So far it has passed the New Hampshire State House.
1·9 days agoOkay bear with me here. So school budgets will still go up by the rate of inflation. Inflation is how much more expensive things have become, so in inflation-adjusted dollars, they will be getting the same amount of money. Does that make sense?
Not increasing funding is not a cut. In fact, the schools will still get more money every year. 🙂
In the period from 2001-2024, per pupil spending in New Hampshire has doubled on an inflation-adjusted basis, but test scores have remained the same… https://jbartlett.org/2025/06/per-pupil-spending-in-nh-nearly-doubles-from-2001-2024-as-district-public-schools-spend-1-25-billion-more-on-54000-fewer-students/
2·12 days agoLinus Tech Tips did an exposé on those boxes a few years ago
We still have to pay federal income tax. There is no state income tax.
Yes we have public schools and hospitals, yes we pave our roads. I think a lot of people have been led to believe it is either or, but it turns out when taxes are lowered, government starts prioritizing their spending better.
We have a lot of taxes for specific uses, where only tbe user pays it: a tax on liquor, toll roads, a tax on gambling profits and a tax on hotel stays. None of these are essential goods or services. So if you don’t use them, you don’t pay it. 🙂
New Hampshire has no sales tax either. At the local level we have property tax. We also collect a decent amount of money from toll roads, a tax on liquor, a tax on gambling profits and a tax on hotel stays and restaurants. Oh and there is a payroll tax.
As you can see, we rely more on user fees than broad based taxes. The way to lower your taxes is to not partake in these services.
As you mentioned, both income and sales tax are basically a tax on living your normal life.
11·18 days agoWell, New Hampshire is pretty wooded ✅
I think the vast majority of Americans love our society. We all just disagree about how to make it better!
We probably have the coolest state motto, haha!
You’re right. There’s still work to do!
Weed is legal for medical use, and a bill for recreational use passed the house this year, but it died in the Senate.
Also, there is legislation to cap property taxes at the rate of inflation.
I cannot speak for Texas, but the roads are well maintained in New Hampshire!
Lol, fair enough
It is. Broad-based taxes take money from everyone whether they use the service or not. With a user fee, the way to avoid paying it is to not use the service.
You got me! 🙂
- Yes, our property taxes are kind of high. There is legislation proposed this year to cap them at inflation.
- I don’t think our Business Enterprise (payroll) tax is that high, but there is also a rollback planned for this year, from 0.55% to 0.50%.
- We receive our share of federal gas tax, and we have tolls on the major highways which generate money for road repairs. That’s more of a user fee than a tax, which is much better!
All of that still doesn’t change the fact that our workers take home 100% of their pay (from the state at least)! 🙂
Well, I don’t think they are doing a good job then. Our entire federal delegation (Congress and Senate) are all Democrats.
The Liberty community is much more interested in improving New Hampshire than Washington DC. 🙂
Well I think one the Koch brothers passed away a few years back. I think the other lives in the Midwest somewhere?
No, the roads are great. My neighborhood was just repaved this summer! 🙂
Well. You have to start somewhere. 🙂
We have a big community on Signal and Discord, but Lemmy hasn’t quite taken off.
Yep! There is a Liberty community on this server and several others 🙂
I was agreeing with you 🙂