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Fishy Cover · 11-15-2006, 08:30 AM

I read that the reason for the budget shortfall is that fewer fishing and hunting licenses are now being sold because fewer people fish and hunt. If this were a business it would have to adjust to a decrease in customers by downsizing and becoming more efficient while simultaneously finding a way to attract more customers.

This sounds like a case of a government organization that wants to continue spending and protect itself despite a significant change in the need for its services. The strategy of increasing taxes when the cause of the budget shortfall is that there are fewer users is not the New Hampshire way.

11-15-2006, 08:30 AM	#3
Fishy Cover Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 135 Thanks: 10 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Why not spend less? I read that the reason for the budget shortfall is that fewer fishing and hunting licenses are now being sold because fewer people fish and hunt. If this were a business it would have to adjust to a decrease in customers by downsizing and becoming more efficient while simultaneously finding a way to attract more customers. This sounds like a case of a government organization that wants to continue spending and protect itself despite a significant change in the need for its services. The strategy of increasing taxes when the cause of the budget shortfall is that there are fewer users is not the New Hampshire way.