Fundamental Changes That Have Affected NH

Gary Rayno of In-Depth New Hampshire writes frequently on politics in this state. His latest piece talks about the culture wars, courts, zoning and planning regulations and myriad social issues. However, a major topic is education funding and what has happened to it over the past decades. In this excerpt from his latest piece, he points to what has happened and what can be done.

Amending the Constitution is a Big Deal

For nearly 250 years NH has not had a state-wide income tax and I’m not about to vote for one. Thursday May 16, the House defeated a bill that would amend the constitution restricting this and future legislatures from adopting a state wide income tax of any kind. Income tax proposals have been consistently defeated since the founding of this state, but this time there were those who wanted to codify the income tax question in the constitution, a measure that would better be defined by law. This is my speech making that case.