{"id":840,"date":"2020-06-04T07:03:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T11:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carrollcountyrepublicans.org\/carroll\/?p=840"},"modified":"2020-06-04T07:03:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T11:03:52","slug":"house-democrats-protect-tax-increase-during-global-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carrollcountyrepublicans.org\/carroll\/2020\/06\/04\/house-democrats-protect-tax-increase-during-global-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Protect Tax Increase During Global Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 3, 2020
\nCONTACT: joe@nhgop.org<\/strong><\/p>\n

CONCORD – Today, the New Hampshire House Rules Committee voted 6-4 along party lines to reject a Republican proposal to delay tax hikes on New Hampshire small businesses. Following the Democrats blocking the tax hike delay the NHGOP released the following statement: <\/p>\n

“House Democrats are failing to take action by allowing a tax increase during a global pandemic,” said NHGOP Chairman Stephen Stepanek. “We will make sure every New Hampshire voter learns of today\u2019s vote when Democrats refused to work with Republicans to prevent a tax hike on our small businesses, and the people of New Hampshire will elect new Republican majorities to the House and Senate to work with Governor Chris Sununu to repeal the Democrats\u2019 business tax hike.”<\/p>\n

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BACKGROUND:<\/strong><\/p>\n

See below for the House Republican Office release:<\/p>\n

House Democrats Decline Bipartisan Input on Process, Reject Republican Business Tax Proposal<\/p>\n

CONCORD – House Republican Leader Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) offered statements following the House Rules Committee Action on Wednesday where House Democrats denied the ability for a Republican bill to come forward that would eliminate the possibility of business tax increases in the coming year. The committee also voted along party lines for a Democrat supported timeline for completion of House business, which Republicans said lacked clarity and bipartisan input.<\/p>\n

On disagreements on a timeline moving forward, Hinch offered the following assessment.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans have a roadmap forward. We have a realistic and comprehensive set of dates for deadlines that we believe meets the needs of a thorough legislative process,\u201d Hinch said. \u201cWe are not here to obstruct and we agree that the people\u2019s work needs to be addressed. But we are here to ensure the spirit of bipartisan cooperation, the spirit of the rule the House adopted in March, is not pushed aside during this pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hinch continued, \u201cRepublicans have a number of concerns about the proposed schedule in the Democrat plan, such as a very quick time frame for public hearings on Senate bills, when the House has little experience in running virtual public hearings. The House held its first remote public hearing on a bill yesterday, and there were several concerns brought to my attention about its function and execution. Asking us to process dozens of bills on this platform in a matter of a week or two seems like it would cause problems. In addition it skips long established steps in the process including committees of conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pertaining to Democrats\u2019 rejection of Republicans\u2019 business tax relief proposal Hinch offered the following remarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy not allowing this simple modification to have an up or down vote by the House is the same thing as Democrats saying that they are OK with increasing taxes on our struggling small businesses by as much as 12.5% during a global pandemic and economic recovery,\u201d Hinch said. \u201cBy rejecting this proposal, Democrats may have decreased our economy\u2019s ability to bounce back quickly, and prolonged the time it will take for our small businesses to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Speaker and Majority Leader said that they believe this is not urgent, and can wait until 20201. My message is that we cannot wait. Our businesses cannot wait, \u201c Hinch continued. \u201cThe rate is scheduled to change on January 1, well before legislation could be fast-tracked through the House and Senate. Businesses are making decisions now and will be through the rest of this year based on the prospect of that rate change. This affects their hiring decisions this year. This affects their ability to purchase capital equipment this year. To ask businesses to \u2018wait and see\u2019 if the legislature does something in 7 months doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d Hinch concluded.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats love taxes. This is a demonstration that they are willing to pursue higher taxes even in the worst of times for many businesses. It\u2019s like kicking them when they’re down.\u201d<\/p>\n

The motion to recommend the Democrats\u2019 schedule passed by a party line vote of 5-4.<\/p>\n

The motion to deny introduction of Republicans\u2019 business tax relief proposal passed by a party line vote of 6-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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