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All rights reserved. ken@sunacom.com (Ken Schuster) http://sunacom.com/rss.xml http://sunacom.com/sunlogowhite_short.gif 21 May 2013 13:34:00 EST http://sunacom.com/columnists/grantham/grantham-05-21-13.html May 21, 2013 - Lorie McClory's Grantham area news column is online now at Sunacom.com. http://sunacom.com/columnists/grantham/grantham-05-21-13.html http://sunacom.com/columnists/bowers/bowers-05-20-13.html In his May 20, 2013 column on Sunacom.com, Spec Bowers writes, 'Nobody is predicting which way the [casino bill] vote will go.' 'The vote will be bipartisan for and against.' /// /// 'In the short time that the House committee has been evaluating the bill, the committee discovered all sorts of problems.... but one month was not enough time to find solutions.' /// /// '...opponents think that the words of that bill are badly flawed.' /// /// '...lottery machines are allowed in thousands of businesses all over the state.' 'A casino would be a state-protected monopoly allowed in just one place.' /// /// 'Very few casino customers would come from Massachusetts where there will be bigger and brighter casinos.' /// /// 'The proposed casino location is very close to the Mass border and workers could easily commute from Mass....' /// /// 'If [Governor Hassan] is like too many politicians she will promise one thing to one representative, something else to another, promising whatever it takes to get the member's vote...' " http://sunacom.com/columnists/bowers/bowers-05-20-13.html http://sunacom.com/columnists/jeff/feingold_05-19-13.html In his May 19, 2012 commentary on Sunacom.com, Jeff Feingold writes 'Jeanine Notter, a Merrimack Republican... has what she initially called a "shrine" to Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general.' '[Lee] was responsible for the deaths of almost 5,000 New Hampshiremen alone...' '...nowadays, enemy generals who oversee that kind of destruction end up before war crimes tribunals.' /// /// '[Judd Gregg] almost immediately found himself revolving over to Goldman Sachs... [and is] reportedly the leading contender for the job as CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association – one of the very Wall Street lobbying firms that had then-Senator Gregg's ear in '08.' '...benefits and compensation of $3 million or so.' '...an interesting choice for the man who was the leading Republican author of the TARP bailout...' /// /// 'Kelly Ayotte: It doesn't help when you're singled out as 'Stooge of the Night' by David Letterman.' /// /// 'Bobby Jindal: The Louisiana governor takes his 'stop being the stupid party' tour to Manchester, where he denies claims he was testing the 2016 presidential waters.' /// /// 'Wouldn't it be a kick in the pants if the gambling bill actually does make its way through the legislative process – and the casino ISN'T built in Salem?' http://sunacom.com/columnists/jeff/feingold_05-19-13.html http://sunacom.com/columnists/odell/odell_05-19-13.html In his May 19 column, Senator Odell writes, 'The Supreme Court ruled... that states cannot be mandated to sign on for Medicaid expansion, and about half the states have decided to not join up...' /// /// 'Governor Maggie Hassan is a strong advocate of expanding Medicaid...' 'The House also supports expansion...' '...expansion could add between 40,000 and 63,000 to the 130,000 residents who already receive Medicaid benefits.' /// /// '...local school districts over the years have added $1.5 billion dollars to property tax payers' burden for the promise not kept by Washington.' /// /// '[Congregate housing services program] costs were to be shared... 40 percent by the federal government...' 'Federal funding ended and all government costs were shifted to the state.' /// /// '...can [the Federal government] be trusted to not shift costs for Medicaid expansion back to states?' /// /// 'If the Senate decides to not go along, then Medicaid expansion could be the biggest issue separating Republicans from Democrats, and the Senate from the House and Governor...' http://sunacom.com/columnists/odell/odell_05-19-13.html http://sunacom.com/columnists/lozito/lozito-05-18-13.html In her May 18, 2013 column on Sunacom.com, commentator Marie Lozito writes, 'The communist world is a place where all people are good, kind and generous.' 'No one has private ambitions or agendas.' '...flow with the good feelings it generates and ignore reality.' /// /// Those countries that still retain 'communism' have altered the system.' '...they no longer try to follow the communist manifesto...' /// /// 'Pravda said our society is illiterate.' 'If you don't understand what you read or hear, how could you possibly be able to analyze it?' /// /// 'The communists and socialists leading our education system have worked to accomplish... the unthinking acceptance of whatever is presented by an authority figure'...' /// /// 'If you have imbibed the drink of illusion, it is not hopeless.' 'Even though reality may not create a good emotional feeling, knowing reality is the only way we will be able to fix the problems here...' http://sunacom.com/columnists/lozito/lozito-05-18-13.html http://sunacom.com/columnists/smith/smith-03-31-13.html In his Mar. 31, 2013 column, Representative Smith writes,'Families here in Sullivan County have been struggling to make ends meet while their salaries have remained stagnant, and the price of everything has gone up.' /// /// 'This country began with a fight over taxation without representation.' 'We Representatives are your oversight on government spending.' '...the Democrat leadership in Finance wants us to give up that power to Governor Hassan. This is not how NH government is supposed to work.' http://sunacom.com/columnists/smith/smith-03-31-13.html http://sunacom.com/columnists/fernald/fernald-03-21-13.html In his March 21, 2013 Sunacom.com commentary, Mark Fernald writes, 'Democrats want to gradually decrease spending, and increase revenue, so that the two balance somewhere near 21% of GDP.' /// /// 'During the Clinton budget years (1994-2001), federal outlays as a percentage of GDP declined from 21% to 18.2%. During the following eight Bush budget years (2002-2009), that percentage rose from 19.1% to 25.2%...' /// /// 'A balanced approach of revenue increases and benefits adjustments makes sense to many - unless you are a Republican sworn to oppose all tax increases...' /// /// 'The fight is over money, but the larger debate is over the size and scope of the government.' /// /// 'The defense budget can be cut by eliminating weapons the Pentagon does not want, and by bringing home troops that are stationed in countries that no longer need our military assistance.' /// /// '...we could eliminate special tax rates for hedge fund managers and investment income, enact a financial transaction tax... and limit or eliminate deductions for luxuries, such as the mortgage interest deduction on second homes and mansions.' http://sunacom.com/columnists/fernald/fernald-03-21-13.html