The Pledge (New Hampshire)
Encyclopedia
The Pledge is a term used in the U.S. state of New Hampshire
for a promise by politicians not to support income taxes or sales taxes or other forms of what are known as "broad-based taxes."
Advocates describe it as an important tool in New Hampshire's budgetary process, an embodiment of the state's tradition of frugality and local control.http://www.thenhadvantage.com/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=58 Opponents say it creates a lop-sided and unfair tax structure, overly dependent on property taxes on individuals.http://www.nhfairtax.org
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
for a promise by politicians not to support income taxes or sales taxes or other forms of what are known as "broad-based taxes."
Advocates describe it as an important tool in New Hampshire's budgetary process, an embodiment of the state's tradition of frugality and local control.http://www.thenhadvantage.com/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=58 Opponents say it creates a lop-sided and unfair tax structure, overly dependent on property taxes on individuals.http://www.nhfairtax.org
External links
- http://www.nhfairtax.org - Granite State Fair Tax Coalition, group that opposes The Pledge.
- http://www.nhpr.org/node/11941 - 2006 New Hampshire Public Radio program about The Pledge.