NH = MA x 2
At what point can we safely declare New Hampshire to be more liberal than Massachusetts? Are we there yet, or will it take one more election cycle?
2 comments November 4th, 2008
Posts with the tag 'New Hampshire'
Yes On Question One Launches Email Campaign
The Yes On Question One campaign (elimination of state income tax) has launched a last-minute, person-to-person email campaign they hope you will utilize to counter the millions spent by public sector unions to defeat the measure.
Here’s their pitch:
Will you please take 4 minutes right now to get another 100,000 YES on 1 votes?
Be one of 5,000 people to do this free, simple, easy, effective thing.
Send a personalized email - using the message already written for you below - to urge your friends to vote Yes on Tuesday to END the Income Tax.
Please click “new” or “compose” to start a new email message in your
mail application.In your email header’s subject line, put “A message from (your name)” - e.g., “A message from John.”
Copy the message below - starting just after COPY MESSAGE BELOW THESE DASHES STARTING WITH THE WORD “Hi”.
Then address the email to every Massachusetts person in your email
address book. All your Massachusetts family, friends, business
associates, and neighbors.Blind copy (”bcc”) it to everyone (do not send “to” nor “cc”). This
protects their privacy and spares them from the possibility of a
bothersome email discussion.We need you and your help. Please do this now.
Thanks.
Your friends,
Carla Howell & Michael Cloud
COPY MESSAGE BELOW THESE DASHES STARTING WITH THE WORD “HI’
———————————————————————-Hi,
You matter to me. What’s best for you and your family is important to me. Will you please do me one small favor - so I can do you a big favor?
Will you please take 3 minutes to read my message below?
Thanks!
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On Election Day, you get to vote on Ballot Question 1, the first big tax cut in 28 years. Ballot Question 1 will cut your state income tax by 50% this January 1st. It will cut the last 50% of the state income tax next January 1st.
Elected politicians are against it. So are the Teachers Unions - who
spent over $5 million in ads and mailers to scare you into voting
against Ballot Question 1.I’m on your side. I want you to decide what’s best for you, your family, your neighbors, and the 3,400,000 Massachusetts workers who are paying this tax.
Okay?
Why haven’t you been told these 9 huge benefits to your family and your neighbors from voting YES on Ballot Question 1?
1.You get back $3,700 each year from this tax cut - if you’re an average taxpayer. Every year. So do your neighbors, co-workers, and friends. So do the 3,400,000 Massachusetts workers and taxpayers.
2.The average Massachusetts worker is earning $2,000 less than 8 years ago, The average homeowner is paying over $2,000 more in property taxes than 8 years ago. $4,000 taken from your family. This year.
Next year. Every year.
Getting back $3,700 with this tax cut gives lets you “erase”
the $4,000 loss - and get back your family budget.3. This will end the 5.3% additional income tax taken from your family when you sell your home. If a family bought a home for $200,000 ten years ago, pays $30,000 in property taxes on it during the 10 years, and sells it for $300,000 - they pay another $5,300 income tax on the home when they sell it. That’s right $5,300 income tax on the home’s increase in value. Yes on Question 1 will end this.
4. Save families from home foreclosures and bankruptcies. Getting back $3,700 a year average from this tax cut may well save thousands of working families who are barely making ends meet.
5. Massachusetts has the 5th heaviest city and state tax burden. Ballot Question 1 reduces and relieves your total tax burden - and your neighbors - and makes taxes more affordable. After we end the income tax, our total tax burden is still higher than New Hampshire’s.
6. Keeps our children and grandchildren in Massachusetts. When our children and grandchildren graduate, tens of thousands of them are driven out of state by our heavy tax burdens. Yes on 1 keeps our families together.7. It will take $12.6 billion out of the hands of wasteful state government - and puts it back into the hands of the 3,400,000 Massachusetts workers who earned it.
8. Yes on 1 will create over 100,000 new jobs in Massachusetts.
9. Ending the state income tax will force the legislature to reduce and remove government waste, over-charges, massive overpayment for government retirement packages, patronage, sweetheart deals, and giveaways to special interests and lobbyists.
Will you do me a little favor?
Will you please vote YES on Ballot Question 1 on Tuesday?
Will you please vote YES for your family, co-workers, neighbors - and the 3,400,000 Massachusetts workers and taxpayers who desperately need this tax relief?
What’s my big favor to you? A better Massachusetts for your loved ones.
If you need more reasons to vote YES, please click here:
http://www.smallgovernmentact.org
6 comments November 3rd, 2008
Beacon Hill In Meltdown Mode
Could things be any worse for the Corruptocrats on Beacon Hill?
Just days before the election, senators are meeting to determine the fate of Bay State Bra Bandit Dianne Wilkerson (D-Robbery). They could move to oust her, but she might retaliate and finger them for their own crooked behavior.
In a particularly precarious position is mean-spirited, anger-filled Senate President Therese Murray (D-Ragebury), who may prove to have had a role in the alleged Beacon Hill bribery/extortion racket.
This makes it tough for SE Mass papers like the Patriot-Ledger, which normally lionize Murray and support corrupt, single-party rule. Today, however, that paper did report on her troubles.
Especially hilarious is watching Mayor-For-Life Mumbles Menino claim his hands are clean.
At this point, we don’t even know what impact this could have on the elections, where area Democrats now caught up in this meltdown are the very ones who’ve pushed hard for Barack Obama.
That may not affect the Massachusetts vote, but remember that Boston television and radio outlets dominate New Hampshire, where the race between Obama and McCain is very close.
With Wilkerson and the rapidly-growing corruption scandal now dominating headlines for almost two days, this can’t be good for their cause.
Meanwhile, The Felon’s sick attempt at defending Wilkerson and Beacon Hill’s corruption is making news today. From the Boston Herald’s Media Biz column:
And as Finneran defended the scandal-plagued Wilkerson yesterday, co-host Wendy Murphy let him have it.
“The fact that you want to say ‘just cause somebody’s giving me money and I happened to help them with their special legislation doesn’t mean the money was a quid pro quo’ - you can say that all day long and I hope it helped you sleep nights,” Murphy said.
Finneran cut her off and shot back: “Don’t even get up to a line let alone cross a line on that bull (expletive). I’m dead serious.”
Finneran’s foul language didn’t make it onto the air, said program director Jason Wolfe, but it was heard loud and clear on the Internet, where listeners can tune into WRKO-AM (680) live.
“When you nail him he just gets angry and resorts to abusive language,” said savewrko.com blogger Brian Maloney . “Wendy went for his throat and he couldn’t take it because he’s trying to defend the indefensible.”
Finneran didn’t return a call to MediaBiz yesterday.
Potential WRKO hosts should be required to take a character test. With last week’s arrest of Reese Hopkins, the station can add alleged child molester to its roster of ex-personalities.
Yesterday wasn’t the first time Finneran lost it on the air.
Back in February, Finneran fumed “bull (expletive)” twice on his show but the producer pushed the “dump button” in time and the profanity wasn’t heard on terrestrial radio. Offensive on-air language can mean a steep FCC fine.
Finneran has failed to attract a large audience, and it’s pretty clear why.
Mumbles, Wilkerson images: John Wilcox, Boston Herald
12 comments October 30th, 2008