{"id":649,"date":"2020-01-09T19:46:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T00:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carrollcountyrepublicans.org\/carroll\/?p=649"},"modified":"2020-01-09T19:46:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T00:46:30","slug":"here-we-go-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carrollcountyrepublicans.org\/carroll\/2020\/01\/09\/here-we-go-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Here We Go Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Hon. Frank McCarthy<\/em><\/p>\n

I would like to take a moment to describe something very different from the norm\u2026Democrats have turned their noses up at a 46 million dollar gift from the federal government, in the form of a no-cost grant for public education. <\/p>\n

The democratic controlled Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee recently voted, not once, but twice, to turn down a $46 million dollar federal grant to expand education innovation and charter schools in New Hampshire. Thanks to Commissioner Edelblut and his staff, the approved grant was twice the amount approved for any other state. Under the terms of the award, funding would be prioritized for programs seeking to serve NH\u2019s \u201ceconomically and educationally disadvantaged students\u201d by awarding up to $1.5 million dollars to school districts and independent charter schools seeking to serve these populations. Additionally, funding would also be available for expansion or replication of high-quality programs.<\/p>\n

One Democratic State Representative, ignorant of the fact that charter schools are, in fact, public schools, wrote on her Facebook page: \u201cF— private schools and religious schools.\u201d If a Republican had said that, they would have been impeached?<\/p>\n

In a letter dated 12\/18\/19 Governor\u2019s Councilor Volinsky demonstrated a pathetic lack of civility or compassion when he referred to the $46 million dollar grant as a means to \u201cundermine public education in our state\u201d. In September 2017, Councilor Volinsky described public charter schools as a tool to advance the \u201cextreme right\u2019s agenda\u201d. My question is, isn\u2019t that what they\u2019ve been doing for the past forty years. You can\u2019t make this stuff up! And now, he\u2019s running for Governor? God help us!<\/p>\n

Even worse, is the fact that It\u2019s been stated by at least one democratic member of the fiscal committee that the grant will never be approved until charter schools are unionized! It seems the Democrats on the committee talk big about supporting the children and what\u2019s best for them, but when it comes to voting on the matter, their true colors become blatantly evident and the education, of all of our children, takes a back seat to union bosses. Here are the good and the bad ramifications of the fact that charter schools, although public schools, they are not unionized. First and foremost, it\u2019s quite evident, they must be punished for not being unionized! Second, charter schools don\u2019t actively search for new positions to be hired, to ensure the union\u2019s coffers remain full. And third, they don\u2019t keep excess buildings or classrooms open when not needed. I wonder if that could be part of the reason why, relative to unionized public schools, over the last several years, student enrollment in the state is down several percentage points, yet the hiring of teachers, administrative staff and others is up more than a combined 40%! <\/p>\n

Commissioner Edelblut is currently working with the US Department of Education to see what options are available to make certain the entire $46 million dollar grant is not lost. Upon being informed of the anti-education vote, Governor Sununu made the following statement. \u201cI\u2019m sickened by the vote, and now the Democrats must explain to every single student why they rejected an unprecedented 46 million dollar grant for public schools. <\/p>\n

A new subject… HB 735 FN, otherwise known as the \u201cCARBON TAX.\u201d Although tabled during today\u2019s legislative session, the plan could be, to bring it back at some later date. Either that or the democrats are catching on to the fact that every time they foolishly pass one of these off the wall bills, knowing it will be vetoed, it costs them dearly. This bill, sponsored by Democrats, creates a tax on any product that has a carbon footprint. History teaches that the cost of any tax is ultimately borne by the consumer. This proposed tax would be levied on the amount of carbon emitted, starting at $20.00, per unit of CO2, increasing incrementally over four years to $53.05 per unit of CO2. It would create revenue of $300 million dollars in its first year, up to $800 million dollars in its fourth year. <\/p>\n

Although the tax would be collected from numerous entities, the real cost, $800 million dollars\u2019 annually, would ultimately be passed down to the consumer in higher electric bills, and more. In just the first year of the tax, the Public Utilities Commission states that the cost to the consumer would be an increase of $45.00 per short ton of coal, a $0.20 increase per gallon of fuel oil, a $1.06 increase per cubic foot of natural gas, plus an undetermined increase in the cost of electricity as well as the cost of a gallon of gasoline. Is this what we need when we are already one of the highest priced electricity cost states in the country… I think not!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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