New Hampshire Supreme Court strikes down Governor Lynch’s budget scam
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch is your typical tax and spend liberal. During his time if office he has consistently raised spending; naturally to pay for this he has raised various taxes and fees. He was warned by Republicans that his last two budgets were not sustainable and that his revenue projections were inflated in a trick to balance the state budget. He did not listen; he, and the rest of the state Democrats, continue to claim that they have passed responsible budgets over the last two years.
It turns out that the Republicans were right; his revenue projections were vastly inflated and we are faced with a budget deficit. A $65 million deficit in the 2009 budget and a $45 million deficit in the current budget. New Hampshire’s constitution requires a balanced budget so the governor had to resort to trickery in order to ”balance” last year’s budget as well as the current budget. Governor Lynch came up with a plan to find additional revenue to use to balance the budget that was honestly more than just trickery– it was outright theft.
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Governor Lynch decided to steal $110 million from the Joint Underwriting Association, a private fund used to protect New Hampshire doctors from malpractice lawsuits. He claimed that the state had the right to seize unused funds, but it was challenged in court and he lost. Governor Lynch appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court and yesterday, on a 3-2 decision, the court ruled that John Lynch could not steal these funds.
New Hampshire is now left with a two year budget deficit of $110 million, with no backup plan on how to pay for the governor’s irresponsible spending. Most people realized that the theft of this money was going to be ruled unconstitutional and urged the governor to come up with another plan just in case, but the governor refused to do so.
New Hampshire taxpayers now appear to be on the hook for an additional $110 million. Where is this money going to come from? I think we all know the answer to this.
Governor Lynch has been fiscally irresponsible and New Hampshire residents are sure to pay the price for this; if there is any justice in this world, Governor Lynch will also pay the price in November.
It is time to vote this man out of office. It is time to teabag Governor John Lynch.
NH Tea Party Coalition
Yea, we all know where the needed money will come from. I guess NH will be too small to fail. I think bankruptcy, although a bitter pill, would provide a good lesson.
I would agree, but we all know that the taxpayers are going to get the shaft again.
Oh my gosh! Can the governor be criminally charged for what he has done?
I don’t know, but I think that it should be looked into.
Why the wait till November? Is there nothing in place to remove this man from power?
There is no recall process in New Hampshire, he would have to be impeached. With the Democrats controlling both houses in the state legislature there is no way that will ever happen.