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ShortUSA t1_izc2kaf wrote

Reply to Plow truck hit me and plowed me off the road in Manchester NH and it’s the plows fault and the police report says so, but some lady in an office sent me a letter and said it’s 51% my fault and they’ll pay nothing, my 2016 Ford Fusion is destroyed and I’m in debt. I What can I do? by Vegetable_Medium_458

You already tried to work directly with the city department, so...

  1. Your Insurance Co. No joy, then
  2. Your selectman. No joy, then
  3. lawyer
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ShortUSA t1_iybsul8 wrote

Reply to Personalized license plates by Several_Acadia

A few years ago I learned NH had the second highest percentage of vanity plates. First was VA.

Regarding your question as to why so many... They're called vanity plates for a reason!

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ShortUSA t1_iw9f1lb wrote

Reply to Best Sicilian pizza in the state? by drdactyl

Flame me for saying so, and I know, I know, it does not answer your question, but the bakery in Micucci Grocery, Address: 45 India St, Portland, ME has better Sicilian style pizza than anywhere I've tried in NH, and most places that even attempt it in the North End of Boston.

If you're ever in Portland, ME, try it!

By the way, if you like a crisp crunchy bottom (yes, with soft thick base on that, you are not talking about Sicilian pizza. Sicilian pizza is not "fried" on the bottom.

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ShortUSA t1_ivwujrj wrote

Reply to comment by Spngebobmyhero in What was the bar called in Manchester where the Thirsty Moose is before it was JW Hills by [deleted]

I think this is right.
Between Capri Pizza and J.W. Hills a gut rehab was done. The inside is now completely unrecognizable to when it was Capri. Even the outside was restored and cleaned up. A beautiful job was done.
I do not think it was anything between Capri and J.W. Hills.
Buiness records have it as something Elite Restaurant Lounge Mgmt, DBA Incognito Wine Lounge, but I do not ever remember that. It might have been someone's dream that never came to fruition, then J.W. Hills came along.

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ShortUSA t1_ivukstr wrote

Reply to comment by pahnzoh in Why has NH gone more to left theses days? by BoringAccountName78

There is nothing conservative about providing tax cuts, primarily to the wealthiest Americans, and dramatically increasing spending. Which is exactly what has happened, and generally all that was significant that happened, on each occasion Repubs had control over the past 35 years. In spite of the talk of the cuts increasing revenue, it was debatable the increases had anything to do with the cuts, and the increases never came close to catching up with spending, in effect the experience was one of increasing deficit. This started with Reagan, as documented by his economic advisors in a book they wrote after the presidency. That was in the days when conservative politicians actually cared about things like deficit spending, budgets, etc. How they care, but only as for the talking points to beat Democrats over the head with. Just look at a chart of deficit spending and you will see the greatest increases in Repubs have control. As a recent example, look at Trumps first two years. The Repubs had even greater majorities than the Dems do now, and they cut taxes and increased spending. I fear you're getting caught up in the words and politics. Repubs love to beat up Dems for spending, but in the last 40 years the generally the only spending Repubs fight is that for Americans. If the spending is for global corporations they are all in favor of it. If the tax cuts are for global corporations they are all over it. If the cuts are for Americans, such as payroll, etc, they fight them.

Favoring large corporations is not a Republican thing. Dems do it too. The difference is, as always, the Repubs are ahead of the Dems and are generally not attempting to help Americans. The Dems are still doing little things to placate Americans. The Repubs just do that not in actions but words. Both kowtowing to global corporations is systemic, in that the way our government operates causes that focus. Focus on global corporations due to their wealthiest owners and execs, industry groups, and lobbyists providing the bulk of money to politicians and their parties.

In a nutshell, neither party well represents Americans or even America, due to the system. One can't really win a federal seat if they spurn corporations, many of which are financially larger than most countries. The best recent evidence of this broken system is American picking alternative candidates: Trump, and while he didn't make it, Sanders. The odd thing is that average Americans of both parties are unhappy and seeking alternatives. And they are generally unhappy for the same reason, financially we're in a time when this generation is not doing as well as the previous. This is clear in the US's fall in standard of living relative to other countries, and fall in percentage of the global economy. The US has been in decline for at least 4 decades. And Americans are feeling the pinch, if not knowing why. The parties are taking advantage of the stress by suggesting the problem: immigration (when many more jobs were lost to automation, which is not discussed), over taxation, when pretty much all other countries have higher taxation, but that is changing. And distracting people from the corporate largess.

Why do Americans, who used to have some of the best prices in the world for most all products and services, now spend more than most citizens of other developed countries. Simple, the government supports it, as it is good for corporations. Rather than fostering competition and lower prices the government subsidizes outrageous pricing. This is no more evident in healthcare. And now Dems are making motions at fixing it, but even they are really not doing anything significant, they can't afford to lose the campaign and PAC money the healthcare industries contribute (insurance, Rx, hospitals, etc, etc). The Republicans don't even try, they talk about nonsensical things like cross state boarder competition for health insurance, when most of the insurance companies are in most all states. The real reason Republicans want this is at the behest of insurance companies who do not want to deal with individual states regulations - insurance regulation state controlled and pain for companies to deal with each state individually. I could go on and on, but I have already been too long.
No campaign finance reform, no joy.

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ShortUSA t1_ivp36ia wrote

Reply to comment by pahnzoh in Why has NH gone more to left theses days? by BoringAccountName78

If you wanna play here, and not just be patted on the head and put in a corner, you have to think just a little and not merely parrot talking points.

Case in point, you know most stuff passes with most representatives voting for it, largely unanimously, so even Republicans vote with Biden most of the time. Most stuff isn't controversial. You only hear about the controversial stuff. So 95% doesn't mean much, in fact I suspect it is higher.

No bills, none, zip, were brought to the floor for a vote that would grab anyone's guns. NH would hate that, but there you go mindlessly writing about gun grabbing. You're welcome for me trying to help you find a clue.

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ShortUSA t1_ivp0sau wrote

Reply to comment by Bahariasaurus in Why has NH gone more to left theses days? by BoringAccountName78

Exactly! NH is largely fiscally conservative and socially liberal. In other words, keep government lean and get out of peoples personal lives. Republicans generally always win with this position, but as of late far too many Republicans have been nosing into people's lives: gay people, womens reproduction, marijuana users, etc. Avoid that shit (and don't demonstrate you're insane - a recent Repub problem) and Rs will never lose in NH. They just can't help themselves.

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ShortUSA t1_ivoypwo wrote

Reply to comment by pahnzoh in Why has NH gone more to left theses days? by BoringAccountName78

I'm socially liberal and fiscally conservative, I think like most NH folks. The problem is that at the federal level neither party is fiscally conservative, not in the bills they pass. I'm more interested in actions not words and the fact is both parties are in a race to spend more more more. Both parties kowtow to global corporations, their biggest contributors. Both just pour tax dollars and debt to global corporations. But the Dems sometimes have the money run through average people's hands first, providing average for some benefit. The Republicans, always being ahead of the Dems, have long ago given up the facade of caring about the average American. Yeah, the words are otherwise, but the actions are clear.

The US has been in decline for decades due to this ever increasing serving of global corporations, and at most placating average Americans.

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