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LETTER: He loves New Hampshire, but ...  

As I sit here smoking my cigarette, I figured I'd share a thought or two about my first five years of residency in the state of New Hampshire. . . . My average wage was $6.25 per hour., and the jobs, well not so good. However, I was able to afford basic items to live (food, shelter, car, and cigarettes).

In the past five years, things have become increasingly harder to get by. Constant tax hikes on cigarettes and other items constantly being raised . . .

I propose that Governor Lynch stops raising the cigarette tax every time Massachusetts does and learns to keep things a little more in check than Massachusetts does, so that New Hampshire's residents can say they love their state. I still say it, but lately while shaking my head and forking over in some area's 100-150 percent more than I did five years ago for the same basic living items. . . .

In closing, may the great people of New Hampshire "Live Free or Die."

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