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NHGOP 2010 Messaging Strategy Leaked!

by: Dean Barker

Sun Apr 12, 2009 at 06:13:37 AM EDT

The Union Leader obtained, apparently, an advance copy of the state elephants' messaging for the next election cycle.

There's a half line or so of Democratic framing in the fourth paragraph; don't know how that got in there. But all in all this is a great find. Now we know what to expect going forward.

And it's a good thing we Dems stick to the Pledge to ward off traditional GOP attacks on taxes. Phew!

Dean Barker :: NHGOP 2010 Messaging Strategy Leaked!

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NHGOP 2010 Messaging Strategy Leaked! | 1 comments

If I read graphs 2,3, and 4 from Fahey's column right (4.00 / 3)

the Democratic House increased aid to cities and towns by a total of $20 million. That's a pretty good thing to do in the worst economic recession in our lifetimes, isn't it?

Further down in Fahey's column, Bob Odell lets us know he doesn't like the capital gains tax: "I understand the need for revenue, but it's a burdensome tax, and probably has a broader tax impact than people think." Someone needs to whisper in his ear that every tax is a burden on someone, but without them we can't fund our schools, run our courts, pay for police and fire safety, protect our environment, or the host of other things we ask government to do.

In the past, our state has had a habit of passing taxes that disproportionally burden the middle class. Since the wealthy who will pay the cap gains tax pay about 1/4 as much of their income in state and local taxes as working people, maybe it wouldn't be too much to ask them to carry a little more of the burden this time.

by: Michael Marsh @ Sun Apr 12, 2009 at 05:44:31 AM CDT

NHGOP 2010 Messaging Strategy Leaked! | 1 comments

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