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Charlie Arlinghaus June 20, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader This week the governor forgot to read a bill. Instead he vetoed the subject matter and complained about things that just aren’t part of the bill. Bill sponsors always complain that vetoes are misleading or don’t fully understand but in […]
A number of people have asked about the clear factual error in the governor’s veto message on SB 372, the school choice bill. Some sections are misleading but there is one clear, undeniable, egregious factual error. Statement of Charlie Arlinghaus (President, Josiah Bartlett Center): The Governor’s Big Mistake Governors should read bills before they veto […]
Charlie Arlinghaus June 6, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader The debate over education funding in New Hampshire has always had an element of fear in it ever since the original Claremont rulings. Some fears are well founded, but many are exaggerations not necessarily based in fact or actual history. […]
Charlie Arlinghaus May 30, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader In the general debt and spending crisis that envelops Europe and is spilling across the Atlantic, we can find inspiration in unlikely places – this time, Canada. The recent Canadian experience shows what’s wrong with the rhetoric of both parties, the […]
Last week, Lamar Alexander proposed a budgeting swap that New Hampshire should support. Instead of the federal government dividing responsibility, funding and accountability for programs, they should make one entity responsible for one program. Alexander proposed starting with education and Medicaid but the principle could work at all levels of government.
A very small step for the state will be a huge leap for individual students if the legislature decides to adopt a modest school choice scholarship act today. Despite misleading accusations flying around from people who resist any change, the debate comes down to whether you want to provide hundreds of poorer students greater choice with little impact on the current system.
Elections and governments produce many tall tales. One of the tallest was the wishful thinking that the federal and state governments are in fine shape fiscally. Each month, something else emerges that tells us how bad things really are.
Charlie Arlinghaus April 25, 2012 As originally publish in the New Hampshire Union Leader Limiting access to the courts and limiting free speech are actions too often favored by elected officials who worry that you and I aren’t privy to their special knowledge and can’t possibly understand public issues. In recent years, local governments have […]
Charlie Arlinghaus April 18, 2012 As originally publish in the New Hampshire Union Leader Taxes should be passed by the legislature not imposed through regulative fiat with legislative approval or disapproval. Regulators do not have the authority to tax internet access and have created a multi-million dollar budget liability by using the audit process to […]
Charlie Arlinghaus April 11, 2012 As originally publish in the New Hampshire Union Leader Washington is an odd place with a desperate need for adult supervision. The general lack of maturity is on display in the attitude of both political parties toward budget committee chairman Paul Ryan and his willingness to discuss the federal budget […]