Joshua Elliott-Traficante September 2012 The New Hampshire Retirement System’s 0.7% investment return for fiscal year 2012 was jumped on by some as a sign the system had failed because it had not met the assumed rate of return of 7.75%. As pointed out in an earlier piece[1], for FY12, the System’s returns were about par […]
00Joshua Elliott-Traficantehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngJoshua Elliott-Traficante2012-09-05 14:22:212018-08-28 19:15:01The New Hampshire Retirement System and Investment Performance
Charlie Arlinghaus August 29, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Political party conventions are giant taxpayer funded parties that have outlived their usefulness and should be eliminated. That Congress routinely votes to spend ten of millions of dollars on themselves is a sign of their own immaturity and helps explain the […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2012-08-30 13:21:232018-08-28 19:15:12Party Conventions are Taxpayer Funded Self-Indulgence
Charlie Arlinghaus August 22, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader You’re an idiot. You’re so self-serving and adolescent that you can’t possibly have an adult conversation. That’s the barrage from political professionals. Politicians and their like should carefully avoid talking to us like we’re adults because clearly we aren’t. Anyone attempting […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2012-08-23 17:29:092018-08-28 19:15:21Too Many People in Washington Think You’re An Idiot
According to the foreclosure tracking firm RealtyTrac, foreclosure filings fell nearly 25% in July from the June figures. With a total of only 596 properties either being put on the auction block or repossessed by the bank, this puts total filings under 600 for the first time since December. While a good sign, it should […]
https://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.png00Joshua Elliott-Traficantehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngJoshua Elliott-Traficante2012-08-16 18:00:522018-08-28 19:15:28NH sees 25% drop in forclosure filings in July
Charlie Arlinghaus August 15, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader New Hampshire is not a modern state nor is it run like a modern state. Each day in the news there is some other reminder that we run ourselves like some odd backwater anachronism and pretend it is a virtue not […]
https://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.png00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2012-08-16 13:55:352018-08-28 06:19:09New Hampshire is Not Run like a Modern State
Recently the New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS) released its preliminary investment return figures for Fiscal Year 2012. Over the fiscal year, the NHRS saw .7% return on pension fund, falling well short of the assumed rate of return of 7.75%. While this shortfall will lead to a decline in the funding ratio, it is important […]
00Joshua Elliott-Traficantehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngJoshua Elliott-Traficante2012-08-09 15:52:282018-08-28 06:00:48Did NHRS Pension Fund Investments Really Do That Badly in 2012?
Charlie Arlinghaus August 8, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Good proposals often founder on the rocks of partisanship. It is a sad truth of current political wars that Republicans are meant to reject Democratic proposals simply because of the party that made them and vice versa. But even in the […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2012-08-09 14:35:512018-08-28 19:15:43Two Proposals on which We All Can Agree
Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report for July. Suffice it to say, it does not show much of an improvement over the June data. In fact, the unemployment rate increased from 8.2% to 8.3%. While it is only a tenth of a percent increase, it means that all of the […]
https://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.png00Joshua Elliott-Traficantehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngJoshua Elliott-Traficante2012-08-03 20:00:372018-08-28 19:15:52Three Takeaways from the July Unemployment Data
Charlie Arlinghaus August 1, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Election season breeds people blowing hard but spreading little other than hot air (insert your own joke here about my column). Let me shorten some of it for you but then suggest a few constructive things. Each economic report that comes […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2012-08-02 09:00:472018-08-28 06:19:09Budgets Can and Should be About Job Creation
Joshua Elliott-Traficante August 2012 The first Friday of every month, the Department of Labor releases its monthly jobs report. The figure usually reported in the media as the ‘unemployment rate’ is actually just one of six different classifications of unemployment that the Department uses. These are numbered U-1 through U-6 and as the numbers go […]
The New Hampshire Retirement System and Investment Performance
BETTER GOVERNMENTJoshua Elliott-Traficante September 2012 The New Hampshire Retirement System’s 0.7% investment return for fiscal year 2012 was jumped on by some as a sign the system had failed because it had not met the assumed rate of return of 7.75%. As pointed out in an earlier piece[1], for FY12, the System’s returns were about par […]
Party Conventions are Taxpayer Funded Self-Indulgence
TAXATIONCharlie Arlinghaus August 29, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Political party conventions are giant taxpayer funded parties that have outlived their usefulness and should be eliminated. That Congress routinely votes to spend ten of millions of dollars on themselves is a sign of their own immaturity and helps explain the […]
Too Many People in Washington Think You’re An Idiot
BETTER GOVERNMENTCharlie Arlinghaus August 22, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader You’re an idiot. You’re so self-serving and adolescent that you can’t possibly have an adult conversation. That’s the barrage from political professionals. Politicians and their like should carefully avoid talking to us like we’re adults because clearly we aren’t. Anyone attempting […]
NH sees 25% drop in forclosure filings in July
BETTER GOVERNMENTAccording to the foreclosure tracking firm RealtyTrac, foreclosure filings fell nearly 25% in July from the June figures. With a total of only 596 properties either being put on the auction block or repossessed by the bank, this puts total filings under 600 for the first time since December. While a good sign, it should […]
New Hampshire is Not Run like a Modern State
TAXATIONCharlie Arlinghaus August 15, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader New Hampshire is not a modern state nor is it run like a modern state. Each day in the news there is some other reminder that we run ourselves like some odd backwater anachronism and pretend it is a virtue not […]
Did NHRS Pension Fund Investments Really Do That Badly in 2012?
BUDGETRecently the New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS) released its preliminary investment return figures for Fiscal Year 2012. Over the fiscal year, the NHRS saw .7% return on pension fund, falling well short of the assumed rate of return of 7.75%. While this shortfall will lead to a decline in the funding ratio, it is important […]
Two Proposals on which We All Can Agree
BETTER GOVERNMENTCharlie Arlinghaus August 8, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Good proposals often founder on the rocks of partisanship. It is a sad truth of current political wars that Republicans are meant to reject Democratic proposals simply because of the party that made them and vice versa. But even in the […]
Three Takeaways from the July Unemployment Data
BETTER GOVERNMENTToday the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report for July. Suffice it to say, it does not show much of an improvement over the June data. In fact, the unemployment rate increased from 8.2% to 8.3%. While it is only a tenth of a percent increase, it means that all of the […]
Budgets Can and Should be About Job Creation
TAXATIONCharlie Arlinghaus August 1, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Election season breeds people blowing hard but spreading little other than hot air (insert your own joke here about my column). Let me shorten some of it for you but then suggest a few constructive things. Each economic report that comes […]
U-3 or U-6? Federal Unemployment Rates Explained
BETTER GOVERNMENTJoshua Elliott-Traficante August 2012 The first Friday of every month, the Department of Labor releases its monthly jobs report. The figure usually reported in the media as the ‘unemployment rate’ is actually just one of six different classifications of unemployment that the Department uses. These are numbered U-1 through U-6 and as the numbers go […]