Not so New, News You Could Use Before Voting

There are 8 candidates running for 3 seats representing Amherst in the NH House. 3 are incumbents, 2 are former members of the House, and 3 who have proclaimed to be generally in agreement with the politics of the former House members. Below are indisputable facts regarding their policy.

Laws in 2007-2010 passed by the prior majority party that gave the citizens of New Hampshire 100 new or increased taxes and resulted in the 24% increase in spending.

RSA 78-A:4 RSA 147-A:4 RSA 147-A:5 RSA 147-A:6-a RSA 147-F:9
RSA 147-F:14 RSA 490:24, II RSA 261:141(g) RSA 261:141(h) RSA
261:141(o) RSA 78:7 RSA 485-A:17 RSA 482-A:3,a RSA 482-A:3,b
RSA 131:3 RSA 478:17, g RSA 208:1 RSA 214:9 RSA 490:26-A,II RSA
281-A:59 RSA 82-A:5 RSA 482:8-A RSA 397-B:4 RSA 483-B:5-b RSA
400-A:29 RSA 490:26-a.III RSA 21-L:4 RSA 597:20 RSA 490-D:12, III
RSA 326-B:4 & 8 RSA 330-C:8 RSA 400-A:29, XXII RSA 78:7 RSA
178:28 RSA 310-A:188 RSA 261:74, d RSA 397-B:4 RSA 503:4, II RSA
211:09-a, II RSA 78:7 RSA 78-A:6 RSA 78-A:6 RSA 260:15, II RSA
263:42, II RSA 486:14, I(b) RSA 485-A:30, I & I-a RSA 331-A:24-b RSA
188-F:31RSA 651:5, IX RSA 214:9, XVI (e) RSA 270-E:5, I RSA 270-
E:5, II(a) RSA 270-E:5, II(c) RSA 270-E:10RSA 270-E:22-23RSA 339-
F:6 RSA 78:1 and 7-c RSA 490:26-a RSA 159:6, I RSA 261:89-141, III &
VII-263:52, I-II RSA 143-A:12, II RSA 151:5 RSA 356-B:51, VII-356-
A:5, VII RSA 261:141RSA 77:38 RSA 178:28RSA 78-B:1-a, VI RSA 78-
A:8-b-21-J:43-78-A:4, I RSA 77-A:6 RSA 77:1-a77:3, I(b)77:4, III RSA
151:36 RSA 399-D:5 RSA 399-D:9 RSA 318-B:10, VII RSA 146-E:3, II
RSA 502-A:28, III RSA 214-A:4 RSA 215-C:39 RSA 215-A:23, IV &
IV-a RSA 178:29, I RSA 78-A:3, III RSA 400-A:29, I and II RSA 405:29,
I RSA 400-A:31, IV & 33 RSA 215-A:23 RSA 214:9-c RSA 215-C:38-a
RSA 78-A:8-b, I-a RSA 430:38, III RSA 146-E:3, II RSA 215-A:22 & 23
RSA 215-C:37 RSA 78-A:8-b, I-a RSA 215-21 RSA 397-A RSA 106-F:8
RSA 178:29 RSA 485-A:35 RSA 217-A:7a RSA 392- 22, 23,25 RSA
216-A:3-g RSA 78:7-c RSA 77:1-a-77:4, III-77:14-a through d, RSA
437:3, RSA 457:29, RSA 5-C:10, RSA 400-A:32, I(a).

The non-partisan Legislative Budget Assistant Office compiled this list. There are no duplicates.

Laws in 2011-2012 passed by the current majority party that gave the citizens of New Hampshire new or increased taxes.

NONE.

Further, additional facts regarding the history of the previous legislature reveals that, the former members of the House seeking re-election, spent their way into a 800 million dollar deficit created by a 2 term 21% increase in state spending, and were forced to borrow 170 million dollars which you, your children and grandchildren are forced to repay in order to create the illusion of a balanced budget. As deftly as a magician plys his trade the former legislature created the illusion of a balanced budget by a multitude of accounting tricks.

Clearly, in these terrible unpredictable economic times, we cannot afford a return to these suicidal economic policies. Given the record of the 2 former House members and the proclaimed affinity for their beliefs by all of the non incumbent candidates there is no other choice but to return your current legislators to the House, unless of course you prefer to burden future generations with the debt created by the fiscal irresponsible spending of more than what we have. Some folks live that way but it always catches up to be addressed in the future either by you, your kids, or your grandkids, perhaps all 3! You have a choice, a sensible one is always acceptable.