GSFTC has succeeded in infiltrating 89 town meetings and have had various warrant articles placed on the ballot. Some towns may have amended the article that will appear on the ballot to reverse the meaning so read carefully before you vote.

Basically these articles would like you reject the Pledge by discouraging candidates from taking it or not voting for candidates who have taken it so they can leave the dialog open for more discussion about ‘fairer’ taxes. This is a non-binding resolution. But it is the first step in the demonization of the Pledge and those who take it, under the premise that they are preventing the legislature from considering more ‘fair’ ways of taxation.

You cannot legislate away the ‘free speech’ of candidates. Candidates will continue to take the pledge as offered by CNHT as seen here: (and hopefully at our annual picnic on July 5t, 2008)

http://www.cnht.org/images/pledge.jpg

Even Governor Lynch signed our Pledge.

Taking the Pledge simply means that fiscally responsible legislators promise to reject any broad-based new tax such as a sales or income tax. Along with the goal of getting candidates to reject the Pledge, the articles may even be amended to specifically state the consideration of an income or sales tax.

Instead of asking for yet another tax, and that is just what this is, why aren’t these ‘fairness’ crusaders of the deceptively named “Granite State Fair Tax Coalition” instructing people on how to go to their town meetings and vote NO on excessive spending? Why are they instead bent on DEFEATING SB2 - secret ballot voting? Makes no sense.

Accusing Pledge-takers of keeping taxes high, is an unproven foregone conclusion and an insult. Studies such as the Yankee Institute of Connecticut’s “Fifteen Years of Folly” proved that the added burden of a state income and sales tax made NO significant impact on the lowering of property taxes.

Link: http://www.yankeeinstitute.org/files/pdf/fifteen.pdf

Can GSFTC shows us even ONE document that proves otherwise? No.

Finally, GSFTC is NOT a bona-fide ‘grassroots’ group but a well-funded branch of a larger cabal of groups influenced by national and international outside interests, who are themselves tax-exempt. Because of who they are, they DO NOT belong in town meetings looking to pave the way for more taxation at the state level, even if this were an appropriate place to lobby for such taxes.

CNHT is a true user-driven NH-only taxpayer advocacy group that gets no outside funding or influence. It’s truly grassroots and funded by small donors in the state of NH.

You can explore GSFTC’s list of supporting groups here: http://www.nhfairtax.org/aboutus/organizations.php

The last link on that page should be updated to: http://www.uuactionnetworknh.org/

Kick these outsiders out and vote NO on their silly warrant articles if they suggest the rejection of the Pledge. The Pledge is our NH Advantage.

Thank you.

• Jane Aitken, CNHT

I think that you really can judge people by the way they comment different stuff. Some people, even expressing negative thoughts, are still polite and they respect and understand other people. Some people are not even trying to be nice, they just don’t care. I think self-confident person will always act nice, no matter what other people do

And your point is what?

The newspapers hardly ever tell the full story of who funds this GSFTC group from outside NH. The papers only print positive articles about them, going along with the idea they are trying to reduce taxes, completely ignoring the many letter writers who wish to point out the outsider influence that exists.

If this were a group wishing to influence people to pull back on taxes, you can bet the funding and origination of the group would be exposed, and even in some cases, they would be asked for lists of who is a member and who gave what money.

If the truth is ‘not nice’, it’s not the writer’s fault.