{"id":68,"date":"2008-07-11T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T19:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/?p=68"},"modified":"2017-12-18T16:22:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T21:22:20","slug":"has-governor-lynch-broken-his-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/2008\/07\/11\/has-governor-lynch-broken-his-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Governor Lynch broken his Pledge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has Governor Lynch broken his anti-broadbased tax pledge<\/a> by signing the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative<\/a>? <\/p>\n

We found a WordPress blogger who thinks so.<\/p>\n

July 11, 2008
\nLynch Mob<\/a>
\nby elcabra<\/p>\n

John Lynch has introduced a broad based tax on New Hampshire and most of us don\u2019t even know it. By signing up for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), Lynch will now be taxing us through our utility companies. The money earned by the state from energy providers in the form of carbon offsets, will raise the rates on electricity<\/a>. So every home owner, renter, and business in New Hampshire, without exception, will be now hit hard by Lynch\u2019s new shadow tax.<\/p>\n

One justification in the independent report is that the extra income Cap and Trade provides to the state more than makes up for the increase to rate payers and could \u201ceven be used to offset the rate increase.\u201d That\u2019s right, it\u2019s OK for the Democrats to make the rates go up because there might be some left over to give back. And I guess it\u2019s also OK for the Governor to drive up the cost of everything else as businesses try to adjust for the increased cost of doing business at the expense of everyone in the state?<\/p>\n

You know there is actually a reference somewhere – which I can\u2019t seem to find – that claims this scam will increase jobs. Where, in the government? Between this and Lynch\u2019s business taxes we\u2019ll be lucky if we don\u2019t lose jobs. Oh, but this is good for New Hampshire!<\/p>\n

Democrats just don\u2019t get that any money a state collects is extra. It all belongs to \u201cThe People!\u201d The last thing this budget-obese administration needs is another feeding tube, and now, by laundering tax dollars through increased electric rates from the utility companies, any market changes in the cost of offsets will increase state income without any elected representative ever casting a single vote. This amounts to even less fiscal transparency in state government and can\u2019t be much different from taxation without representation. <\/p>\n

Governor Lynch has probably just violated your constitutional rights. I think he should pay for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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