I do actually. I can try and help you understand them as well, if you'd like.

You are OK with your property taxes? Must be nice

You don't even know what those words mean

It's rather difficult for one branch of the state government to hold the other two in contempt; it's not like the Supreme Court can lock the General Court and governor in their respective spaces until everyone agrees on something which won't cause *someone* to head right back to a lawyer's office.

Also, with the Claremont decision the state is required to fund an adequate education but "adequate" was left undefined, leading to years of squabbles around how much this nebulous concept of adequacy costs and what adequacy is in the first place. Remember, the Supremes only declared the old funding method unusable, they didn't (and couldn't) dictate the whats and hows of any new method.

And honestly, just look at the Google Reviews and you'll see I'm not the only one who used "honest" and fair priced to describe them. So you don't need to trust me...plenty of others have had the same awesome experience!

Speedy Lube on 2nd Street. Brian, the owner, is a great guy...Eagle Scout. Very honest. I always trusted him to do car repairs (the ones they're able to do) because he isn't looking to make a big buck off on the repairs. As he told me once, his main business is oil changes, which requires building trust for repeat service.

I occasionally still go there even though I'm a bit of a hike away now. My family has been going there for over 2 decades.

https://www.speedylubemanchester.com/

I've only been to two. One in Laconia and one in Amherst. I think it was 603 in Amherst but unsure. Did prefer that one over the two though.

TDS or Comcast

You’re kidding? In the country? Wow!

Thats some upside down thinking like trickle down economics

If it benefits everyone we don't need to fund it publicly... because everyone stands to benefit from it existing.

You know, like UL.

Would love a tldr, if anyone feels like helping a sister out

TDS

I'm saying his idea won't work well. If anything we need more funding for education not relegating it down to volunteer based. And to your point if we have something that clearly benefits everyone we would be stupid to not fund it publicly.

The state has lost twice in court already. I grew up in Claremont where they were the first to sue the state over educational funding and it was found back then the way educational funding is done in the state is unconstitutional. I’m no lawyer or constitutional expert but I don’t understand how the state has lost multiple times now and has pending lawsuits going on again and yet they’re not forced to make changes.

The New Hampshire Way is broken. It doesn't work. It's horribly inequitable.

I just want to add that winter is taking a short vacation this week

Everyone benefits from many things, that doesn't have any bearing on whether what he's saying will work or not.

I went to a new car dealer of another vehicle brand and they were straight. There’s no financial incentive for them to play you

That's not how public services work or survive. What you're speaking to is libertarian naivete at best and selfishness at worst. Everyone benefits from a well educated society.

I believe it is, or was towns wealthier in property taxes taken in paying that money to the state who then redistributes the money. So a "donor" town feels they should keep their taxes and spend it on their own children rather than help "poorer" towns with lower tax revenue. I think.

The idea of a donor town is that it's a town that pays more in taxes than it received in statewide education funding. IMO this is a pretty terrible way to rate anything, since it's a statewide funding scheme whose entire point is to move resources from affluent areas to less-affluent ones. But it's something folks in those affluent areas have taken up as a term to convince themselves/others that they're the victims here.

As good a place to start as any.

I like their Fire burger. But only when I'm getting a pineapple shake.

I enjoy their Blizzard ice cream thing, but the rest of their food is pretty bad. Anything on the menu I should try besides their nasty chili dogs?