{"id":7420,"date":"2018-01-31T15:14:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T20:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/?p=7420"},"modified":"2018-01-31T15:14:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T20:14:52","slug":"cnht-testimony-on-hb-628","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/2018\/01\/31\/cnht-testimony-on-hb-628\/","title":{"rendered":"CNHT Testimony on HB 628"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Ed Naile<\/em><\/p>\n

As you may know, The Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers collects the anti-broad-based tax pledge simply known as – THE PLEDGE.<\/p>\n

We have been collecting The Pledge<\/a> from candidates since 2000. Luckily, no direct vote on a sales or income tax has appeared in that time.<\/p>\n

As a taxpayer activist since 1988 I pay attention to the support of sales or income taxes from the general public and the groups we work with.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t that long ago, early 90\u2019s, that you might hear someone at a meeting or public forum bring up broad based taxes as a solution for NH\u2019s budget problems.<\/p>\n

Not for a long time have I had to dispel that option as bad for \u2018The New Hampshire Advantage.\u2019
\nThe aversion to a sales or income tax by the voters in this state is as strong as ever.<\/p>\n

This bill HB 628 however worded or intended does look like an unnecessary step in the direction of creating a pathway to an income tax \u2013 when no reason exists for NH to get involved in the deduction of anything from a NH citizen\u2019s paycheck.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t long ago the Democrats left NH with an $800 million deficit that was supposed to lock in a broad based tax to solve. Heroic efforts by a Republican Legislature stopped that in its tracks. Let\u2019s not have another example of what could sneak a payroll tax in our State.<\/p>\n

We are not now calling HB 628 an \u2018income tax\u2019 but we are going to let our activists and contacts know this bill should not proceed any further.<\/p>\n

The Coalition of NH Taxpayers hopes for your support in this effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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