Boutin Refutes Liberal Talking Points

The liberal tax-and-spend Democrats have been recently spouting their “less-than-honest” talking points in the op-ed pages of the Union Leader and other dailies across the state that they passed a responsible budget this year.

The liberal line goes like this – they “had to make difficult choices to adopt a responsible and balanced budget in these difficult times”.  The fact of the matter is that their budget is neither responsible nor balanced.

Is it a responsible budget? You be the judge. Their budget that passed in June increased from $10.4B to $11.5B, or by $1.0B which is a whopping 10.5% growth in spending.  And, I remind you spending in the previous budget grew by 12.5%. So, it needs to be said – over and over - that overall democrat spending has climbed 23% since the Democrats gained majority control in 2007.

The Democrats budget passed is a shell game that relies on inflated revenues, one-time federal handouts, a $110M raid on the private malpractice insurance fund and the downshifting of $90M of cost to cities and towns whose struggling property owners will now have to carry a higher tax burden.

Is the budget balanced? You be the judge. The Democrat budget includes an accounting gimmick (reminiscent of what we see coming out of Washington) that takes $208M of the general fund books and places it into stand-alone dedicated funds. Voila! – the tax-and-spenders claim that they have reduced spending. Not so!

To make matters worse, the tax-and-spenders left a “ticking time bomb” in a hidden closet under the state house dome before they went home for summer recess. That “ticking time bomb” is a $600M deficit projected by the non-partisan Legislative Budget Office come 2011 that could grow to over $700M if the State Supreme Court agrees with the State Superior Court and rules that the state’s raid on the $110M JUA fund is unconstitutional.

Also, if this budget was balanced and responsible as the Democrats say it is, then why are 150 cities and towns and over 50 school districts preparing a lawsuit against the state for handing local taxpayers higher bills?

Apparently, responsible budgeting is in the eye of the beholder!

Other Campaign News

Momentum grows every day in my State Senate run. New folks have signed onto my Finance Committee and onto my various campaign coalitions.

• I am attending an HYAA sponsored pancake breakfast Saturday August 22nd that is being held to raise funds for the Roger Bjonrberg Family Memorial Fund. It is only $5.00 so I hope as many of you who can attend will join me in supporting this worthy cause.
• I am marching at 11 AM in the Candia Old Home Day Parade on Saturday August 29th.  I have acquired a new banner and I will have an antique car in the parade.
• I am also marching in the Dunbarton Old Home Day Parade on Saturday September 12th. More details to come.
• I am attending the Hooksett Holy Rosary Church Picnic on Sunday September 13th. More details to come.
• I am attending the Bow Men’s Club Annual “Lobsta” Fest Saturday evening September 26th.

Please mark these events on your calendar. I will need your help at these events. If you can help me, please contact me at 203-5391.

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