America’s Watchtower endorses John Stephen for governor

  I have finally made my choice for governor and his name is John Stephen. I suppose this is no surprise as he far and away the front-runner in the Republican primary, but I wanted to give the other candidates a good look before making my decision.

  John Stephen’s “First in the Nation Plan” is exactly what this state needs at this time. He promises to stimulate growth by cutting taxes that affect small businesses as well as repealing many of the taxes and fees that John Lynch has imposed on the people over his time in office. (Anyone registering a car this year knows exactly what I am talking about as we were hit with a temporary surcharge.)

  Here is John Stephen on taxes:

The impact of tax and fee increases on the working families of New Hampshire has been devastating. From new fees to register cars, to new taxes on beer and wine, to taxing gambling winnings and even requiring a license to go salt water fishing, there seems to be no end in sight to the ways the folks in Concord will try get into our wallets. We will repeal some of these taxes and fees on New Hampshire citizens passed over the past two budgets so that people in the State House know that nickel and diming the citizens of New Hampshire is not an acceptable practice.

  He is also pledging to fight for an amendment to the state constitution that would require a super majority 3/5ths vote on any bill that would raise taxes in the state. I think that this is a great idea.

John Stephen on state’s rights:

States like New Hampshire face a seemingly never ending assault on their rights by an ever encroaching federal government. We must stand up to Washington and let them know they may not run New Hampshire the way they have mismanaged their level.

One of my first acts as Governor will be to direct the Attorney General to have New Hampshire join the 22 other states that have filed suit against the federal government to block the Obamacare overreach into states‟ rights. We simply cannot and will not accept the outrageous mandates from Washington that this bill presents – over $1 billion in cost shift to state taxpayers over 10 years. That‟s unacceptable and we will not lie down and get steamrolled by the federal government.

We will also join with other states to stop the growing efforts to regulate states through mandates and micro-managing state and local functions like health care, education and law enforcement. We need to remind Congress and the Administration that there is a 10th Amendment and that we expect them to follow it.

  It is encouraging to know that if elected New Hampshire will join the lawsuit against the mandates in the healthcare reform legislation, and also that he intends to protect New Hampshire from the over-reaching federal government.

  As far as the second amendment goes. John Stephens believes that New Hampshire should adopt the “Castle Doctrine” which basically states that a man or woman can defend his or her home and property without first having to try to retreat.

  John Stephen is on the right side of every issue and we need a person like this in New Hampshire–a man who will defend our state from an over-reaching federal government, a man who will stop the out of control spending of Governor Lynch,a man that will repeal many of the onerous taxes that have been thrust upon the citizens of New Hampshire, and a man that we can count on to uphold the second amendment.