Paid time off a necessity
To the editor:Tens of thousands of New Hampshire workers do not have a single paid sick day they can use when they fall ill, or when their children need care. Faced with the prospect of losing pay, many have no…
Opinion
‘N.H. does not need its own Watergate’
The following are excerpts from a letter sent Feb. 22 to House Speaker Terie Norelli by Portsmouth Reps. Jim Splaine and Paul McEachern. We ask you to authorize the House Commerce Committee to begin a formal inquiry into the process…
Wind record a human triumph
There is an old saying that goes, “If you marry a mountain girl, you marry the whole mountain.” For many of us, who live in the shadows of Mount Washington, we can’t separate the mountains from ourselves, or for that…
Universal health fits with N.H. values
The founders of New Hampshire were religious people who understood the scripture’s call to aid the needy. They believed that government could be an instrument of God’s work and adopted laws to assist the poor even before New Hampshire became…
More than words killed health reform
To the editor:In response to an article submitted by Dr. James W. Squires on health care (“Triumph of the words,” Jan. 29-Feb. 11 NHBR):According to Dr. Squires, the failure of health-care reform can be blamed on a few dishonest words…
Repeal the interest and dividends tax extension
New Hampshire prides itself on having an open and transparent legislative process, where all who are interested and affected by public policy decisions benefit from the public-vetting process, including public hearings.In fact, New Hampshire requires that all bills introduced in…
Here’s the truth about the ‘LLC tax’
Most of what has been written about the so-called “LLC Tax” is not true. A recent change in the law to close a loophole is being characterized as an unfair tax on the self-employed and small businesses, even though the…
N.H. tax policy hurts small business
To the editor:I read with interest Tom Katsiantonis’ defense of the added tax on LLCs “Close loopholes, tax businesses fairly,” Jan. 15-29 NHBR).The assumption that because there is already one unfair business tax, that of double taxation on Subchapter S…
Not just Republicans oppose LLC change
To the editor: In a letter from State Rep. Tom Katsiantonis in the Jan. 15 issue of NHBR (“Close loopholes, tax businesses fairly”), he states that “Republicans ... are ... screaming ... (about) this … new tax.”With regard to the…
On court decisions and coincidences
It is funny sometimes how seemingly different and disconnected events can be tied together as themes in politics and life. Recently, Doris “Granny D” Haddock celebrated her 100th birthday and shortly thereafter was given a lavish birthday party in the…
U.S. will lose if it ignores Law of the Sea pact
The United States is the world’s leading maritime power but has tied its hands in the ability to act the part. Having the longest coastline and largest exclusive economic zone in the world, with jurisdiction over fisheries and mineral resources,…
After the LLC tax, get ready for other shoes to drop
Small businesses in New Hampshire are the economic backbone of our state, creating 65 percent of all new jobs. Now, Governor Lynch and the Democratic leadership in the Legislature inexplicably want to impose newly passed taxes on these entrepreneurs at…
A possible, temporary solution to the H-1B visa shortage
Q.Clean Green Energy Systems LLC, a development-stage company in the greater Salem area, is looking for ways to commercialize its break-through understanding of photosynthesis in seaweed and how that process can be used to produce low cost, low carbon energy…
Payday loans do fill a need
To the editor:New Hampshire legislators’ efforts to further limit access to short-term payday loans are an example of this country’s glaring problem with economic illiteracy (“N.H. lawmakers stall loan cap expansion, electric bill subsidy,” Jan. 6 NHBR.com).Short-term “payday” lenders have…
Bring community back to N.H. Music Festival
To the editor:As manager of the New Hampshire Music Festival 35 years ago, I lived, breathed, played and worked for the cause with such proud identity that even my license plate read, “NHMF.” The community of musicians, board and audience…
Let’s hope the next decade is better than the last
As I watch the various perspectives and recaps of the last decade pop up in numerous media sources, I am struck by their lack of breadth.This has been a turbulent and eventful decade full of changes, issues, happenings, problems and…
It’s time for Senate to OK test ban treaty
Shortly after the atomization of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Albert Einstein wrote, “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.”Einstein was, of course, talking about the “bomb” and…
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