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What the Democrats have done to New Hampshire

In the 2006 election, New Hampshire voters did what they had not done since 1874, the year Republicans were routed nationally because of scandal and an immensely unpopular Reconstruction agenda: They handed Democrats control of every elected branch of state government. Now they are paying the price – literally. The orgy of taxing, spending, and regulating in which Democrats have indulged is threatening New Hampshire’s status as the New England state most hospitable to business and individual liberty.

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Andrew Cline

Andrew Cline is the president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, New Hampshire’s free-market think tank.

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What the Democrats have done to New Hampshire

In the 2006 election, New Hampshire voters did what they had not done since 1874, the year Republicans were routed nationally because of scandal and an immensely unpopular Reconstruction agenda: They handed Democrats control of every elected branch of state government. Now they are paying the price – literally. The orgy of taxing, spending, and regulating in which Democrats have indulged is threatening New Hampshire’s status as the New England state most hospitable to business and individual liberty.