By Grant Bosse All three of New Hampshire’s Liquor Commissioners have lost the use of their state-issued cars, after racking up thousands of miles in personal use last year. Under a new law, state agencies have to reassign cars that are used more than 15% of the time for Non Business Use, unless a panel […]
By Grant Bosse December, 19 2011 State employees drove 1.5 million miles in state vehicles for non-business use last year, according to a report presented to the Legislature by the Department of Administrative Services. Starting in Fiscal Year 2011, DAS is charged with determining how many miles each state vehicles was driven for official and […]
00Grant Bossehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngGrant Bosse2011-12-19 14:35:322018-08-28 19:28:21NH state workers drive 1.5 million personal miles a year
By Charlie Arlinghaus December 14, 2011 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader You would think that the most significant budget cut in modern history would have squeezed any potential waste and inefficiency from state government. You would be wrong. Despite a roughly 11% actual cut to the state budget, New Hampshire’s government […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2011-12-16 15:55:342018-08-28 19:28:30The Least Efficient State in the Nation
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2011-12-15 16:47:452018-08-28 06:19:12Presentation on the New Hampshire Economy
By Charlie Arlinghaus November 2011 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader In many ways, most of what those of us on the right are trying to achieve today is just recycling the efforts of John Sununu from thirty years ago. It is fitting that he is being honored next week as an […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2011-10-26 17:11:422018-08-28 19:28:44Sununu’s Legacy of Liberty and Reform
With mounting unfunded liabilities in their pension systems, made worse by the recent economic turmoil, many states have begun looking at other retirement benefit options. In recent years, policy makers in a number of states have turned away from the pure pension model, instead opting for plans that are not only fair to the employees but also free the taxpayers from being left with the bill for huge deficits. Given the scale of the pension funding crisis, several reform minded states have instituted a variety of systems to replace their pension systems, which are outlined in the following paper.
Pure Defined Contribution System:
A pure defined contribution system functions in the same way as a private sector 401(k) does. However, rather than having employee contributions matched by the employer up to a certain percentage of salary, state plans tend to fix the contribution rates, similar to a defined benefit plan. Under a defined contribution plan, all of the risks and rewards of the investments are placed with the employee. Due to this shift in risk from the employer to the employee, there will never be an unfunded liability under a defined contribution system because there are no liabilities other than the initial contribution by employers.
00Joshua Elliott-Traficantehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngJoshua Elliott-Traficante2011-10-04 15:53:312018-08-28 06:22:29Defined Contribution Models in Other States
Odd as it may sound, in the next big budget battle the state government could learn a lesson from Washington in how to balance our books. In transportation spending, the state government regularly plans on spending much more than it has available. The state should reverse this practice and turn the highway plan from a wish list back into a plan.
The federal government may make significant cutbacks to the gas taxes it sends back to New Hampshire but who can blame them? Last year, like most years, the Highway Trust Fund took in $35 billion of revenue but authorized spending of $50 billion. That tells you just about all you need to know about how Washington works.
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2011-07-21 17:00:442018-08-28 06:19:12On Highways, The One Good Idea in Washington
The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, New Hampshire’s free-market think tank, today announced the election of Richard Ashooh as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Ashooh has served on the Center’s Board since 2010, and succeeds Manchester attorney Eugene Van Loan, who remains on the Board himself. Ashooh takes over an organization known for […]
https://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.png00Editorial Staffhttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngEditorial Staff2011-07-19 18:46:092018-08-28 19:29:09Rich Ashooh assumes chairmanship of the Josiah Bartlett Center
In 2008, New Hampshire joined a ten-state regional compact designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade program on electric generation facilities. This report examines how that program has been implemented in New Hampshire over the past two years, how much revenue has been generated from the sale of carbon allowances, and how New Hampshire officials have spent that money.
https://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.png00Editorial Staffhttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngEditorial Staff2011-07-15 20:00:242018-08-28 19:30:14RGGI in New Hampshire: The First Two Years
Fleet Week: NH takes the keys from Liquor Commissioners
REGULATIONBy Grant Bosse All three of New Hampshire’s Liquor Commissioners have lost the use of their state-issued cars, after racking up thousands of miles in personal use last year. Under a new law, state agencies have to reassign cars that are used more than 15% of the time for Non Business Use, unless a panel […]
NH state workers drive 1.5 million personal miles a year
TRANSPORTATIONBy Grant Bosse December, 19 2011 State employees drove 1.5 million miles in state vehicles for non-business use last year, according to a report presented to the Legislature by the Department of Administrative Services. Starting in Fiscal Year 2011, DAS is charged with determining how many miles each state vehicles was driven for official and […]
The Least Efficient State in the Nation
BUDGETBy Charlie Arlinghaus December 14, 2011 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader You would think that the most significant budget cut in modern history would have squeezed any potential waste and inefficiency from state government. You would be wrong. Despite a roughly 11% actual cut to the state budget, New Hampshire’s government […]
Presentation on the New Hampshire Economy
BUDGETBelow is the presentation given by Charlie Arlinghaus to the Joint House and Senate Fiscal and Weighs and Means Committees on December 16, 2011
Sununu’s Legacy of Liberty and Reform
LOCAL GOVERNMENTBy Charlie Arlinghaus November 2011 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader In many ways, most of what those of us on the right are trying to achieve today is just recycling the efforts of John Sununu from thirty years ago. It is fitting that he is being honored next week as an […]
Libertas Dinner Highlights
PRESSPresident Bush Salutes Gov. Sununu
Defined Contribution Models in Other States
BUDGETWith mounting unfunded liabilities in their pension systems, made worse by the recent economic turmoil, many states have begun looking at other retirement benefit options. In recent years, policy makers in a number of states have turned away from the pure pension model, instead opting for plans that are not only fair to the employees but also free the taxpayers from being left with the bill for huge deficits. Given the scale of the pension funding crisis, several reform minded states have instituted a variety of systems to replace their pension systems, which are outlined in the following paper.
Pure Defined Contribution System:
A pure defined contribution system functions in the same way as a private sector 401(k) does. However, rather than having employee contributions matched by the employer up to a certain percentage of salary, state plans tend to fix the contribution rates, similar to a defined benefit plan. Under a defined contribution plan, all of the risks and rewards of the investments are placed with the employee. Due to this shift in risk from the employer to the employee, there will never be an unfunded liability under a defined contribution system because there are no liabilities other than the initial contribution by employers.
On Highways, The One Good Idea in Washington
BUDGET, TRANSPORTATIONOdd as it may sound, in the next big budget battle the state government could learn a lesson from Washington in how to balance our books. In transportation spending, the state government regularly plans on spending much more than it has available. The state should reverse this practice and turn the highway plan from a wish list back into a plan.
The federal government may make significant cutbacks to the gas taxes it sends back to New Hampshire but who can blame them? Last year, like most years, the Highway Trust Fund took in $35 billion of revenue but authorized spending of $50 billion. That tells you just about all you need to know about how Washington works.
Rich Ashooh assumes chairmanship of the Josiah Bartlett Center
PRESSThe Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, New Hampshire’s free-market think tank, today announced the election of Richard Ashooh as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Ashooh has served on the Center’s Board since 2010, and succeeds Manchester attorney Eugene Van Loan, who remains on the Board himself. Ashooh takes over an organization known for […]
RGGI in New Hampshire: The First Two Years
ENERGYIn 2008, New Hampshire joined a ten-state regional compact designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade program on electric generation facilities. This report examines how that program has been implemented in New Hampshire over the past two years, how much revenue has been generated from the sale of carbon allowances, and how New Hampshire officials have spent that money.