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State budget in a word? Sorry, ‘lean’ is not it

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

July 12, 2009
Peter Bragdon for the Telegraph

Have you heard the latest spin by the tax-and-spenders who control state government these days?

The Democrats say the new budget passed by the House and Senate and signed by Gov. John Lynch is “lean.” They say we are doing more with less. And they say spending is reduced.

Don’t believe a word of it!

At a time when 50,000 Granite Staters are out of work and paring down their home budgets to fit declining incomes, government spending continues to grow at breakneck speed.

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Peter Bragdon, of Milford, is the Republican leader in the New Hampshire Senate.

GOP Boss Sununu: Democrats sold out

Friday, June 26th, 2009

June 26, 2009
Seacoast Online

Ex-governor blames state budget and gay marriage on Legislature serving special interests

PORTSMOUTH — John H. Sununu, former Republican governor and current chairman of the state GOP, said Thursday the state budget passed by the Legislature this week is a deliberate step by Democrats toward a state income tax.

And, he said, the time the Legislature spent on social issues — particularly the passage of a same-sex marriage law — is a kickback to “radical left groups” from out of state that funded Democrats’ campaigns in 2006 and 2008.

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