gsg newsletter vol. 1 issue 1 - final
Post on 07-Apr-2018
218 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
8/6/2019 GSG Newsletter Vol. 1 Issue 1 - Final
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/gsg-newsletter-vol-1-issue-1-final 1/2
NH Budget Passes – Brace Yourself!
EVERYTHING NEW HAMPSHIRE
Are we blindly following
our state legislators over
a cliff?
In This issue:
NH Budget and the
“Downshift and Shaft”
NH’s Deficit: O’Brien
Repeats Mistakes
NH’s Legislature Gets
Rid of Minimum Wage
The Legislature’s promise is “survival of the fittest,” and for those who are unemployed and uninsured, there will be NO relief, aid, or hand up from the state.
Coming soon: www.granitestateguardian.com
assistance from
Medicaid which is 50
funded by the state.
Here is how the hosp
shell game works:
people will still be
getting sick and need
hospital attention, an
hopefully, hospitals w
not turn them away
simply because they
unemployed and can
pay. However, when i
comes time to figure
the rates, it will now
pass along its extra co
and lack of state and
federal matchingdollars, to the cost of
private insurance for
those of us who can s
afford it. The
legislature’s promise
“survival of the fittes
and for those who ar
unemployed and
uninsured, there will
no relief, aid, or hand
from the state. The
burden will fall on the
towns and private
charity. We will all be
shafted with this
budget.
JULY 4TH
INAUGURAL EDITION
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
“Promises made and
promises kept,”‖ is the
quote in the Nashua
Telegraph from Bill
O’Brien, NH’s Speaker of
the House, about the
Budget that passed in
June. But is it good for
families, hospitals,schools, and small
businesses? First of all,
the Budget eliminates
hundreds of state
positions at a time when
we need every job.
It also will impact those
who work in the
university system, since
higher education will be
cut by 45% -- this
translates to about 400
jobs. Students will bear
the new higher tuition
fees as schools will beforced to make up the
revenue. Additionally, the
people who are out of
work, including the newly
unemployed state
workers, have decreased
family income, and may
not be able to pay for
basic needs. If not, they
now become welfarerecipients of the local
towns. This is called “the
downshift and shaft.”
The law states no town
can deny those who live
there the assistance
needed for basic needs
such as food, shelter
and healthcare. Local
welfare is supported by
your local property
taxes. In addition, the
former state employees
and other folks who
have lost health
insurance, may seek
8/6/2019 GSG Newsletter Vol. 1 Issue 1 - Final
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/gsg-newsletter-vol-1-issue-1-final 2/2
NH’s Deficit: O’Brien Mimics National Policies of
the Past
ust As We Suspected Dept: The national Republicans like Reps. Bass & Guinta
and Sen. Ayoyte are now driving cuts to health, education, social services and
every other remotely useful program just at a time when the Bush-era tax cuts
for the rich and two ill-advised wars - not the economic downturn - are shown to
be responsible for the massive debt our nation faces (see the Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities widely cited chart below). As usual, the visuals speak louder
than any numbers.
Adapted by and used with permission of Mark Fernald
Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan
Bush-era
Tax cuts
Economic Downturn
Recovery measures
5,000 workers descend on
the Capitol on March 31st .
The downshift and shaft
inevitably leads to higher
property taxes.
NH Minimum Wage RepealedDespite the fact that the minimum wage was originally championed by at least two
well-regarded Republican governors and despite the fact New Hampshire has had
its own minimum wage since 1949, both the House and Senate resoundingly
passed a bill that repealed New Hampshire’s minimum wage. That legislation has
now reached the Governor who swiftly vetoed it. Unfortunately for our workers
and for the traditions of our state, HB 133 repealing the minimum wage passed
both the House and Senate by veto-proof majorities (239-106 in the House; 19-5 in
the Senate). After seven decades, New Hampshire no longer has a minimum wage
law.
Coming soon: www.granitestateguardian.com
Now House Speaker O’Brien
and his tax cuts will lead to a
similar educational and welfar
deficit in NH. By cutting taxes
satisfy his wealthy friends at t
same time education and
welfare reductions are impose
NH is creating a future where
NH businesses will be unable t
attract the talented and skilled
workers to sustain our
traditional NH advantage whil
local towns are forced to abso
the welfare costs for their
residents.
top related