Archive for June 2009
Mythical Spending Cut
by Charles ArlinghausCharlie Arlinghaus takes issue with a recent attempt to claim that the spending increase in the current budget can be described as a cut by one measure. He explains how intellectually misleading the report is and where the error occurs.
Behind The Scenes of The New Hampshire State Budget
by Grant BosseThe Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy has published a running diary of the hectic final fourteen hours of the marathon Committee of Conference on the budget.
Lead Investigator Grant Bosse provides an unprecedented behind the scenes report on the issues, arguments, and maneuvers that went into the two-year, $11.6 billion budget that will be considered by the full House and Senate.
The minute by minute reprint of Bosse’s live blog from inside the State House show’s the fascinating ins and outs and horse trading that goes on as the deadline looms over negotiations.
You can read the running diary in the attached document and follow his up to the minute reporting on budget details online at the Josiah Bartlett Center’s NHWatchdog blog at NHWATCHDOG.BLOGSPOT.COM
The Great Turnpike Robbery of 2009
by Charles ArlinghausThe transportation plan endorsed by the Senate budget writers and the governor is a radical scheme that ends the requirement to spend toll revenue maintaining toll roads so they can transfer tens of millions of dollars each year out of the turnpike fund. It is the most cynical of public policies and the worst of the three options currently before policymakers.
