New Hampshire Tax Increases put on Hold, For Now

 It’s an election year and nobody wants to raise taxes in an election year. Unless you are New Hampshire Governor John Lynch, then you are so sure of your re-election prospects that you have no problem raising taxes. Unfortunately, for Governor Lynch, not all legislators in New Hampshire are as sure of their re-election as he is, so they have put a halt on the governor’s proposed new taxes. At least for now.

The governor had proposed raising New Hampshire’s tax for a third time in his four years in office. (Give him credit for consistency.) But instead, Rep. Dan Eaton, D-Stoddard, a former store owner, put forth a particularly clever compromise that could well stave off the tax hike. His plan, about to pass the House, suspends the tax hike if sales in the first quarter of the fiscal year show the expected growth from the cross-border sales boom.

 It looks as though this will effectively stop the tax hikes, and so I give credit where credit is due. However, we can not just rest assured that these taxes will not be revisited once Democrats have held on to power after November. All of these politicians have showed a soft spot in their hearts for raising taxes, but other than Governor John Lynch, none of them are stupid enough to raise taxes during an election year.

 Do not be fooled New Hampshire voters. If this same liberal tax and spend legislature is returned to power you can count on the taxes coming back. Just look at Governor Lynch’s tax record since he was given a Democrat majority. It stands on it’s own.

 New Hampshire can’t afford another Governor Lynch term, especially if he still has a Democrat majority.