The Question is Why Aren't you Fighting Against the 1.7 Million Dollar Budget?

 

What is Wrong with Freedom and Prosperity?

Some in town lament libertarians and the Free State Project.  Let us talk about freedom and what some libertarians and a republican lead house, senate, governorship, and executive council has helped New Hampshire to become. 

I borrowed this from Carla an outspoken proponent of freedom. 

New Hampshire is 

"#1 in social and economic freedom even beating Florida. 

Expanded school choice, monies follow the child. 

Unemployment rate 2.5%.

Cuts in interest and dividend taxes.

No sales or income taxes .

Best quality of living. 

Third highest median household income. 

A decrease in property taxes for business. "

If high taxation is what you desire and you find freedom abhorrent there are plenty of states from which to choose.  

When the $800,000 budget remains in place on May 7th.  There are plenty of other cities with higher taxes if that is a desire of my readers.  Now is a good time to sell before the housing market crashes there will be plenty of people who will want to move to the lower property tax town of Croydon, New Hampshire.   Have you checked out housing sales and the history in Croydon?  Could be a good time to get top dollars for your home. 

Cathy Peschke 

Advocates of New Taxes are Neither Compassionate nor Benevolent

 Advocates of new taxes are neither compassionate nor benevolent.

"Proponents of tax increases frequently state that they have no problem paying 

more in taxes so, of course, they support the increase. They adorn the cloak 

of compassion and benevolence because they want to pay more. They are so sweet!

No, they are not.  This misses the point entirely. It is a ruse. It is fraud.

These proponents can pay more now. They can write a check to the State or to a 

charity or to their neighbor. They don't need a tax increase to do so.

They need the tax increase to make OTHERS pay more.

The desire to make others pay more is neither compassionate nor benevolent." 

D.K. Williams

They Think You are Stupid

Let's talk about the $800,000 budget.  What if it does succeed and what does it mean to your family?  

In the first year depending on the size of your home you can save $1000-$3000 or even more if you live in an expensive home.  

In the fifth year your family could save a total of $5000-$15,000. 

In the tenth year, assuming the community is intelligent enough to keep smaller budgets you could save  a total of $10,000-$30,000. 

In the twentieth year, your family could save a total of $20,000 - $60,000.   

As time progresses the amount would be greater depending on inflation.  

What could you do with that money?  College for your children?  Pay off your home?  Save money for retirement through investments that money you save could triple by retirement.  

It is not greedy to want to protect your own money.  We are not asking you to protect our jobs, we are not school teachers with conflicts of interest.  We are not asking you to protect a broken or bloated system.  We are asking you to give this $800,000 budget a chance.  This is a David and Goliath moment that can mean great change for the greater good and your own financial security in the future. 

Cathy Peschke

Character

 

How Taxation is Like Slavery.

Croydon property owners have become somewhat of slaves to the Croydon school district.  We don't really own our homes, if we don't pay the ransom to the Croydon School District we lose our homes.   

To read the full story, click on the title.

Cathy Peschke

Frederick Douglass, Tax Rebel

by Jeffrey Tucker

"Draining me of the last cent of my hard earnings, he would, however, occasionally—when I brought home an extra large sum—dole out to me a sixpence or a shilling, with a view, perhaps, of kindling up my gratitude; but this practice had the opposite effect — it was an admission of my right to the whole sum. The fact, that he gave me any part of my wages, was proof that he suspected that I had a right to the whole of them. I always felt uncomfortable, after having received anything in this way, for I feared that the giving me a few cents, might, possibly, ease his conscience, and make him feel himself a pretty honorable robber, after all!"

"Chattel slavery is a grave moral evil, on a level incomparable to bad tax policy. Nonetheless, commerce, in the life of Douglass, served as the inspiration and the means for obtaining freedom – and freedom from what? From his personal equivalent of the tax man who dared to take from his hands that which his own hands had earned."

Resignation

 I have resigned my position as Supervisor of the Checklist in Croydon. Our Municipal attorney said we would be following the law and not be suppressing the vote if we did not hold a public meeting until May 31st.   I believe allowing a 47% quorum by adding voters goes against the intent of the law, which calls for 50% to reach quorum. I really don't want to be a part of making that happen. It goes against my principles and my character and is a slap in the face to those who made the effort to register to vote before February 26th and/or on election day March 8th, and to those that attended the meeting on March 12.  It is a slap in the face to the tradition of town hall meeting day. I could not live with myself.  Principles matter greatly to me.

Allowing people to register to vote when otherwise ineligible encourages more outrageous behavior and I don't want to be a part of it.  It would be a horrible example to my children.

 I will not be attending the May 7th meeting, as I don't want quorum reached.  I encourage all Croydon voters to stay home as well. $10,000 per student is generous, $22,000 is greedy. I ask my fellow residents who believe school taxes are too high to just stay home on May 7th.  If you don’t want your school taxes to go up 113%, just stay home.  If you want your property taxes to drop about $1000-$4000 (depending on home value) just stay home.  Don’t let the status-quo tax-and-spend crowd reach the 283 people needed to overturn the democratic process in Croydon.

Cathy Peschke