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Unwise taxes, gambling and runaway spending has become the Democrats' hallmark
Jump to full article: Foster's Democrat, 2009-06-07
Intro: Gov. John Lynch and the Legislature are reported to have already reached agreement on a potpourri of tax increases likely to punch an additional dent in the state's economy -- a kick upward of the state's tax on meals purchased in restaurants, on stays in hotel rooms and the cigarette tax.
The Senate says it will match the bet of the governor and the House on the cigarette tax and raise it a dime, hiking the tax by $1.78 per pack.
We have expressed support for increases in the cigarette tax in the past, but only when it looked like New Hampshire was going to be able to maintain its competitive edge in relation to its three neighboring states. The fiscal chaos that exists at the Statehouse dismisses the certainty of anything.
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