The Soapbox: Taxpayers should be outraged at what the Education Freedom Accounts have become

read more…: The Soapbox: Taxpayers should be outraged at what the Education Freedom Accounts have become

New Hampshire taxpayers have every right to be angry. While we are told the state “cannot afford” to meet its constitutional obligation to public education, tens of millions of dollars are quietly being drained from the Education Trust Fund to subsidize private, religious, and homeschooling families who were never in our public schools to begin with.

The Soapbox: New Hampshire thrives when workers stand together — not alone

read more…: The Soapbox: New Hampshire thrives when workers stand together — not alone

Rep. Brian Labrie argues that the so-called “Public Employee Choice Act” is about freedom. But true workplace freedom has never meant forcing workers to negotiate alone against the power and resources of the state. In New Hampshire — a place where the middle class was built through solidarity, fairness, and collective voice — this proposal would undermine the very system that has delivered stability and economic mobility for tens of thousands of families.

The Soapbox: Manchester deserves planning, not political horse trading

read more…: The Soapbox: Manchester deserves planning, not political horse trading

New Hampshire’s transportation system does not run on back-room deals, campaign slogans, or eleventh-hour improvisation. It runs—when it runs well—on public process, engineering reality, and basic honesty with taxpayers. That is why the Executive Council’s latest clash over the Ten-Year Transportation Plan should concern every Granite Stater, and especially those of us in Manchester.

The Soapbox: Why I will be opposing the ‘cryptocurrency freedom’ bill

read more…: The Soapbox: Why I will be opposing the ‘cryptocurrency freedom’ bill

I will be opposing HB 639, the so-called “cryptocurrency freedom” bill now before the Senate. Despite its libertarian rhetoric of innovation and “financial opportunity,” the measure is a blueprint for deregulation that would invite precisely the abuses and inequalities that scholar Finn Brunton warns of in his recent New York Times essay on the true nature of cryptocurrency.

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