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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
There is an old myth that “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” Here in New Hampshire, the Democrats have fiddled us back to a ‘60s counter-cultural radicalism while letting the state’s economy “burn.” That’s a reality, not just an old myth.Few…
As part of the state budget, legislators closed a tax loophole that applied to limited liability companies. For too long, this inadvertent tax loophole in New Hampshire’s tax system has meant that two nearly identical businesses are treated differently for…
President Obama and Congress demonstrated foresight and strong leadership when including $8 billion in grants for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects in this year’s economic stimulus package. The U.S. lags far behind the rest of the world in utilizing…
In a recent op-ed piece in the Concord Monitor, U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg referred to the health-care reform bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate as a “disaster.” The senator went on to complain about partisanship and lamented that it…
To the editor:Just two years ago we had opened our sixth and seventh restaurants in Laconia, where we created some 75 new jobs in the area. Three years prior to that, we created another 75 new jobs when we opened…
To the editor:In their zeal to deliver a health-care bill by Christmas, Senate Democrats have inserted an 11th-hour jobs-killing provision that unfairly singles out the construction industry and threatens the viability of area small home-building firms and countless others across…
As we begin 2010, populism appears to be the exclusive province of the passionate right-wingers. But it remains an opportunity for Democrats in the coming election.Democratic Party insiders consider me somewhat of a boat-rocker (untitled is unmuzzled). I've always been…
Despite the rebounding stock market, many Main Street investors remain outraged as they continue to suffer the consequences of the unbridled risk-taking and large-scale financial fraud that battered financial markets last year.Against this backdrop, Congress is considering sweeping legislative changes…
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