I'll See Your Summit And Raise You One Vigil
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 05:46AM They say that income tax champion Democrat State Rep. Susan Almy’s two day “tax summit” is now over. That may be true.
I can say that the “tax summit vigil” held by taxpayer activists from all over this state is absolutely not over.
For me, standing vigil outside the Legislative Office Building for most of two days with activists from Salem, Exeter, Whitefield, Manchester, Nashua, Laconia, Deering, Hillsboro, Dover, and a host of other towns and cities was a hoot. Veteran activists had a great time meeting people who responded to emails sent by an array of center-right groups.
There was no format to our vigil just a plan to have anyone who wanted to stand and watch our legislators, think tanks and the special interest groups come and go from the “summit” in which we taxpayers we could have no public say. That is fine – taxpayer activist networking will have to do.
I am still stunned by how many people walk up to you and say they are recently retired or finally so upset with our state and federal government they have decided to get involved in any way possible. And the timing could never be better.
Yes, we had to deal with several moonbats who wanted to “debate” or berate those of us who they know deep down inside are hard-hearted, racist, greedy, capitalist monsters. But we are used to those liberal feeling points and dealt with them accordingly – laugh the moonbat off the street. One even came back for more humor abuse from our side. I love that about moonbats.
Here is the deal.
I have been a taxpayer activist for some twenty years and it is a well known fact that when you meet a first-time activist at a workshop, rally, public meeting, or on a campaign a percentage “get the bug.” They find out that by working with other conservative activists protecting our state from liberal tax and spenders and various other liberal moonbats you can be successful and have a good time. Almost everyone I met Wednesday and Thursday at the anti-income tax vigil wanted to know when the next event would be held.
There is the common feeling among us conservatives that November 2010 can not get here soon enough. From the rate new, energized people are still showing up at our functions maybe its good we have time to meet more of them.
So did the Almy income tax summit make a lasting mark in our continuing discussion of why NH should be like New Jersey or Massachusetts? I don’t particularly care. Our conservative groups are picking up solid new activists every day, people I will work with for the next twenty years.
Thank you moonbats!
Reader Comments (11)
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/committees/committee_websites/waysmeans/
It is the written testimony of the people from around the state and elsewhere who chose to discuss a serious subject in a serious way with our citizen legislature.
Government cannot exist without the fruits of other peoples labors. To wage fiscal war on them then imply that their objection is juvenile is an interesting tack. I'm sure you'll get a lot of mileage out of that, and please, by all means--continue to take that approach.
I love the colorful language..." an iceberg by overspending and then drives the ship of state" ... "wage fiscal war on the [people]" . Another GOPer with a bad case of the vapors. What is with these pooir sad sacks, anyway?
Didn't Lynch sign our Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers Taxpayer Pledge?
Why yes he did!
How about that Raybo.
Bona-fide taxpayer groups were indeed "excluded" from the session - groups that work with and for the taxpayers, and who are funded by the NH people, voluntarily.
Instead, out-of-state think tanks and fraudulent groups posing as 'grassroots' but which have big elitist global money funding them, were allowed to shill for more new taxes (VAT, income, sales) instead.
http://www.cnht.org/news/2009/10/22/controversial-tax-summit-raises-concerns/
Links to all testimony are at the bottom of that article.
http://www.redhampshire.com/big-money-backs-tax-summit-attendees/
People are starting to realize now why Democrats must perpetuate the 'myth' of the well-funded conservative, and instead have discovered that the Democrats themselves are actually the 'party of the rich and selfish'.
Have any inside Va. news on the governor's race?
Why... if openness is the byword of the Demoncrat legislators do most hearings follow an order of public testimony that starts first with other legislators, then paid lobbyists and then citizens... and the latter group has those in favor of the Demoncrat position all go first then those in opposition go last (time permitting)? While the Republicans were not much better (Reps and lobbyists still before the unwashed), at least they alternated the for and against crowd.
It probably makes no differnce though since Rep Alchmeist had her mind made up before it started.
Thanks!
I knew we could count on ya.
Stacking how testimony is given at hearings is a time honored tradition.
Here is a new wrinkle though.
I testified at an Election Law Committee hearing about voter fraud - and brought examples to hand out.
The chairman and two other Democrat members claimed I was intinmidating the committee.
Ask Rep. Jim Splaine.