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2 days agoI’m guessing you are referring to Minneapolis? I am not sure how that’s related, haha.
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What about running for office is fascist? If anything, its democratic, right?
11·2 days agoI use qBitController to manage downloads on my home computer from my Android device.
Do you want something to download onto your android device? I thought LibreTorrent was fine 🤷
Okay 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/
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.
I cannot speak for Texas, but the roads are well maintained in New Hampshire!
Lol, fair enough
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?
Haha. I would be surpised to learn that we have any billionaires in New Hampshire!
Yes and no. In the mid 2000s bears began to encroach on Grafton residents and attack people. In response, some residents hunted the bears.
There is a great book written about the Free Town Project if you are interested in learning more.
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” ~ Benjamin Franklin
I’m more favorable to eliminating car inspections though. They get abused by mechanic shops who have a captive customer.
It’s already done! 🙂 https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/mandatory-annual-car-inspections-eliminated-new-hampshire/
If you’re gonna get rid of those things you might as well go all the way and stop requiring a license to drive.
Hopefully we can one day!
There is a saying: How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. You are right. Seat belt laws are a small victory, but you start somewhere and build momentum.
This year we eliminated car inspections, and we are the only state in the US that doesn’t require auto insurance. If you cannot pass the small things, you definitely won’t win the big things.
I hear you. In New Hampshire we have a very high concentration of libertarians, but still not enough to beat the Republicans or Democrats.
As an alternative, many pro-liberty Republicans and Democrats have gotten elected in New Hampshire (about 80 of them) and they make up the Liberty Caucus. It’s similar to the position of Thomas Massie or Rand Paul in US Congress… both are registered Republican, but pro-liberty.