{"id":6924,"date":"2011-02-28T13:17:57","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T17:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/?p=6924"},"modified":"2011-02-28T13:19:30","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T17:19:30","slug":"nh-has-regional-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/2011\/02\/28\/nh-has-regional-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"NH Has Regional Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Economic Power of New Hampshire<\/a>
\nby Steve MacDonald<\/em><\/p>\n

Looks like we do have regional influence.<\/p>\n

From this morning’s Union Leader, a Politico story quotes Pete Shumlin the Democrat governor of Vermont\u2026
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\n\u201cMy problem is, on the eastern side of me, I\u2019ve got the state of New Hampshire,\u201d he told Politico. \u201cSarah Palin said that she could do foreign policy because she could see Russia from her house. Well, I\u2019m the first governor in 40 years that can see New Hampshire from my house. So I can do tax policy. And I can tell you, we\u2019ve got no more capacity. They\u2019re killing us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Shumlin manages to appear dumb \u2013 the Palin quote was Tina Fey on SNL not the Alaska Governor, and smart – \u201dThey\u2019re killing us,\u201d at the same time.<\/p>\n

We are and we will continue to \u201ckill them\u201d along the border as the GOP super majority makes the state even more business friendly. And as long as Vermont persists in their \u201cmore government\u201d socially liberal policies\u2013which suck incessantly off a tax cow they have to continually feed\u2013Vermont will remain to the left of New Hampshire (on the map and just about everywhere else) and behind New Hampshire economically.<\/p>\n

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But it is nice to see the Democrat giving it go. Not sure how long before he realizes he can\u2019t feed his ideology and pretend to be a fiscal conservative at the same time but we can grab some popcorn and watch the experiment unfold. I\u2019m a strong supporter of Vermont\u2019s sovereign right to hold the line on taxes, and for them to try because of New Hampshire\u2013well, it doesn\u2019t get much better than that. It is as if we are projecting economic power throughout the region.<\/p>\n

So while we wait for change to come to Vermont, here are a few tidbits that explain some of the disadvantages Vermont has handicapped itself with and why they work to New Hampshire\u2019s growing advantage, a report funded by Vermont to understand what the problem is and how much it is costing them. And more motivation, perhaps, to keep New Hampshire that much further ahead of the rest of New England.<\/p>\n

Boston.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Unintended Consequences [PDF]<\/a><\/p>\n

Steve Mac Donald
\nTwitter @nhstevemacd <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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