I've spent most of my life in New Hampshire. The only exceptions were a few years here and there when we lived in CT, MA, ME, and for a brief period, in PA. (During most if those times I was either a minor, so I had no choice in the matter, or was away at college.)
That said, I have to say I've been disheartened by the changes in our congressional delegation and the fiscal irresponsibility of the state legislature since 2006. Hopefully we can fix that in November 2008.
While property taxes have been going up, we still pay less property taxes than so many of the other more, umm, progressive states. And they have sales taxes, income taxes, or both.
An interesting trend I noticed during this recent town meeting season was the number of towns holding the line on spending. My home town of Gilford managed to keep their spending in check, meaning our tax burden is likely to stay unchanged...except for the county portion of those taxes, but let's not get me started on that thread. Other towns have cut spending, some have increased it, but not by much. When folks get their property tax bills with the new tax rates, some people will actually come to see that their taxes can be controlled by watching the town's spending. Maybe they'll finally get the message that ultimately they are responsible for the rise and fall of their own property taxes.
Then again, maybe not....
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