NH is not a blue state. We may elect Democrats federally (Hassan and Pappas are more right leaning than most Dems too), but Republicans rule state government and our laws and governance is very libertarian (no seatbelt laws, no mandatory car insurance, no income tax, no sales tax, very low state spending/minimal welfarism, expansive gun rights, school choice/lots of homeschooling, etc.).

If youre wanting an actually blue state and want to live in the northeast VT, MA, RI, and CT would be more up your alley. If you dont care either way thats also an option, but just be aware Democrats have held government majority in NH for 4 years in the states entire existence.

How anti immigrant of you.

The House Majority Leader is a Free Stater.

Beauty pageants are literally only about superficiality. If she was a hot trans woman very few people would give a shit (aka no one cares about Miss America anyways), but this is just literally a joke. Its so blatantly obvious the subversion of the event itself for a political statement. Come on now. All the other women have to be facepalming.

People are free to strike, youre just not allowed to prevent people from being hired to do your job as you strike. Abortion is legal up until 24 weeks and Republicans do not want to change that. Anywhere else in the world you propose abortion legal to 24 weeks youre called pro choice, but yes Republicans need to be more clear so voters understand where their position is (Id say 60% FSers self identify as pro choice anyways).

NH GOP expanded overall freedom in the last legislative session. I know lots of good bills coming down the pipe (that most Dems would also classify as good).

This is one area I disagree with Anti Federalists about. The 10th amendment should have been the defacto writ of personal rights because its not specific and when you get specific you then get shit well its not expressly mentioned so that right doesnt exist. Constitution should have been only about restricting the Government (and for the most part it is), not about codifying any specific right.

Should the Government....no.

They tried those things when they had majority power in 2007-2010. Even recently they tried passing off some welfare scheme to end run an income tax by not calling it while "taking money out of your paycheck for it".

As for recent events: https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2022/06/03/after-uvalde-shooting-little-chance-of-new-gun-laws-in-new-hampshire/

Rep. Casey Conley, a Dover Democrat who had helped fight for Rogers’ background check bill this year, said that that withdrawal was strategic.

The reality was, after the election two falls ago, there was not going to be much appetite for gun safety legislation, unfortunately,” he said. “So I think lawmakers made the decision that: ‘Why go down this road for something that’s going to be have no chance?’”

"I would say that that may well be part of it,” Cote said of firearms legislation. “I’m not sure what individual members plan to do and what things they plan to emphasize.”

NH GOP caucus had a roaring 2020-2022 legislative agenda and passed a ton of stuff. You keep conflating the national GOP with NH state GOP.

Youre getting no center left economic bills through (GOP caucus is unified there, plus we control Senate and Gov), but theres a good chance more police accountability, civil asset forfeiture reform/abolishment, drug legalization, civil liberty improvement bills will make their way through. Basically the Dems have no power to push stuff like gun control, taxes, or welfare spending. Thats DOA.

We have more FSers and NHLA aligned reps now than last election. Iirc we have 97 now compared to 94 last session.

Theres no sales tax here. What on earth is your guys obsession with taxing shit.

Pat Buchaninism plays well in the south, not in NH. Anyone with two brain cells understands this. I still cant believe the GOP want anything to do with loser narcissist extradonaire. The bright side is these candidates won their primaries with barely mid 30s votes so hopefully people will repudiate them from now on. That part of the party is not the majority. As a Republican I cant wait til they become irrelevant.

I dont think youve reflected on your position and if you have the callousness towards the unborn is truly astonishing.

Do you honestly believe that or do you hope thats the case? If its the former youre setting yourself up for lots of emotional distress.

SS is a pseudo ponzi scheme. They use the SS tax to pay recipients. Theres no SS fund. The best you can say is SS is mostly held (and props up) treasury bonds, that which isnt siphoned as general fund fungible money (which is vast majority). In that vein its pretty identical to a pyramid/ponzi scheme, however those schemes also require intent to defraud. I dont think SS intent is to defraud folks. Half and half.

The main problem with SS is of course its abyssmal failure. Rate of return over its lifespan is 1.5-1.9%, teetering on being under inflation over that timespan. Theres also fact SS is taxed as income, has onerous requirements (you cant work more than iirc 10-15 hours / make more than 15,000$/year and collect SS), isnt inheritable beyond your spouse, etc. Compared to Roth IRA / 401k, or traditional 401k that SS withholding is losing you vast sums of money.

Of course, because some people would not use that SS withholding to build their retirement, everyone is punished to SS misery and thats an inherent failure of socialism. Equal misery. SS is barely livable if that. An abject failure on all accounts. If you put that money into a Roth youll get 6-7% yearly return over its lifespan, tax benefits, if you die your family inherits, and so much more. Of course, the sensible option of letting people opt out, they cant do because SS requires workers paying tax to fund it. That SS that was withheld 12 years ago, 6 years ago, 3 years ago, is gone. Its a scam and I'd do anything to not have my money thrown away "for my own good".

And they say Democrats arent conspiracy theorists. Ha.

Not sure, but get a CPA. My hunch would be theres some benefit, otherwise why would so many corps HQ in Delaware.

By them you mean your neighbors. So many NIMBYs crowing about keeping old "New England" at all costs. Zoning is a destructive weapon.

Net national product has nothing to do with the tax rate you pay. How do we pay other states taxes? Fed taxes are uniform; you pay what your bracket is. The only adjustment you can perhaps argue for was SALT deductions, but yeah, their methodology has nothing to do with state tax burdens.

I do enjoy you ad hominem the credentials / character of my source rather than its methodology or factual tax rates and collections. Anyone can see what bogus BS that is.

Yeah, I bet you didnt take one second to look at methodology.

Here from your "experts":

[Quote]In this study, we define a state’s tax burden as state and local taxes paid by a state’s residents divided by that state’s share of net national product. This study’s contribution to our understanding of true tax burdens is its focus on the fact that each of us not only pays state and local taxes to our own places of residence, but also to the governments of states and localities in which we do not live.[/quote]

Lets just say, using [net national product] as a component of state TAX burden is preposterous. If you want to know how much tax youre likely to pay, dont use that tax foundation "study".

2%? Not even.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/blog/blog-better-government/blog-transparency/new-hampshire-tax-burden-dramatically-less-than-massachusetts/#:~:text=Overall%20Tax%20Burdens,Massachusetts%20(see%20figure%201).

You said Legislature which includes the Senate. Regardless at the state level NH has always been solidly Republican and that appears to be continuing. Voters really hated the only time the Dems ever held a majority (07-10).

NH is still red. Dems have only held a trifecta for 4 years. Republicans have done so for 11 years. This is recent history. NH of course, is not as red as it used to be, but old NH was redder than Oklahoma or Wyoming is now.

Thats not true.

https://ballotpedia.org/Party_control_of_New_Hampshire_state_government

Republicans have solidly held control.

People keep saying this, but Dems have only had a majority trifecta (Gov, Senate, House) for 4 years in the states entire history. If you break down the last 20 years Republicans have controlled Governor, House and Senate for 11 years to Dems 4. NHites saw how awful Dem control was from 07-10. I dont foresee Dems being a trifecta majority again in my lifetime here.

As for fed elections, most of us dont care. The shittiest politicians are bussed to DC. Most NH folks care about Concord, not DC.