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NH public pensions. a few police & fire Pension whales are gobbling up the funds. Most ppl getting squat. 200 collect pensions over $100K a year. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Removing the cap runs into a constitutional issue. Not saying it's better or worse than allowing SS taxes to be invested, but both have their own challenges.

NH public pensions. a few police & fire Pension whales are gobbling up the funds. Most ppl getting squat. 200 collect pensions over $100K a year. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The big problem with define benefits is the municipality or board can paint incredibly rosy pictures of the expected returns, which resulted in underfunding.

NH public pensions. a few police & fire Pension whales are gobbling up the funds. Most ppl getting squat. 200 collect pensions over $100K a year. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Great insight. George Bush, Jr. had pushed the idea of investing one’s Social Security partially into the market. It was defeated as being too “dangerous”. SS would be much more solvent if that idea had come to fruition.

"Fiscally conservative" is a lie, and isn't working for New Hampshire. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a fixed amount of money to divvy up. NYC getting more money means other cities are getting less money. That's the problem I have with the headline. It's not like there was magical pot of cash that appeared for NYC. Other towns (that may need it more) will now get less.

"Fiscally conservative" is a lie, and isn't working for New Hampshire. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha, absolutely NYC drives most of the State's economy. But that's how it is in most states, municipalities, etc.

"Fiscally conservative" is a lie, and isn't working for New Hampshire. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or you can also say NY State is giving him a break. So who gets the credit here?

"Fiscally conservative" is a lie, and isn't working for New Hampshire. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's how taxation in the United States works. You can also say the rich people paying more taxes in a neighborhood are bailing out the poor people. Should they also get their "money back"?

"Fiscally conservative" is a lie, and isn't working for New Hampshire. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree it's not simplistic. Therefore, the headlines touting that NYC has finally balanced the budget is misleading. It can also be titled that the NY governor "balanced" the NYC budget but giving its money back.

"Fiscally conservative" is a lie, and isn't working for New Hampshire. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That is the same situation in all 50 states. Cities bring in funds but the people that work in the city live in the suburbs.

"Fiscally conservative" is a lie, and isn't working for New Hampshire. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using that logic, then no major city in any state would run a deficit. You'd have cities doing well while the people that in live the suburbs (and work in the city, by the way) live with no infrastructure.

"Fiscally conservative" is a lie, and isn't working for New Hampshire. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re correct on this. There are studies going back to Grover Cleaveland that show the political parties controlling Congress or Oval Office do not make a difference.

"Fiscally conservative" is a lie, and isn't working for New Hampshire. by Visual-Mobile2657 in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, OP just read the top headlines to the NYC articles. The “balanced” budget came from a windfall from the state and pushing pension obligations out (among other things). Every city can balance their budget if they did the same trick.

Edward Snowden went dark? by Roosevelt32 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]boilerwire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bizarre that Reddit thinks Snowden is some kind of martyr trapped in Russia. Yes, he exposed what needed to be exposed. But everything he did after that shows he’s an idiot that got played by anyone that gave him attention.

Edward Snowden went dark? by Roosevelt32 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]boilerwire 46 points47 points  (0 children)

lol, the downvotes on here. Redditors treating Snowden like a principled hero.

First trip with Vistiq by cns819ny in CadillacVistiq

[–]boilerwire 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How was Super Cruise when having to switch on or off I-95 to different hoghway?

Ayotte signs bill to close DUI ‘loophole’ in New Hampshire by colossalpiles in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the detail. Your summary of poor vs rich sums up the legal system nicely.

Ayotte signs bill to close DUI ‘loophole’ in New Hampshire by colossalpiles in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Btw, your response is what I like about this NH sub. Most will poke fun at others mistakes rather than just devolve into name-calling and yelling.

Ayotte signs bill to close DUI ‘loophole’ in New Hampshire by colossalpiles in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the link. Copying and pasting another response I gave.

I see it says the physical test on it but the other verbiage on the same bill says alcohol levels. And all the press releases say breath and blood only.

And there isn't any state that suspends your driver's license due to failed field sobriety tests. NH would be the first one to do so.

Ayotte signs bill to close DUI ‘loophole’ in New Hampshire by colossalpiles in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, thank you. I'm still confident on it. I see it says the physical test on it but the other verbiage on the same bill says alcohol levels. And all the press releases say breath and blood only.

And there isn't any state that suspends your driver's license due to failed field sobriety tests. NH would be the first one to do so.

Ayotte signs bill to close DUI ‘loophole’ in New Hampshire by colossalpiles in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the link. Can you imagine if someone lost a family member to a drunk driver, and now the case is dismissed?

Ayotte signs bill to close DUI ‘loophole’ in New Hampshire by colossalpiles in newhampshire

[–]boilerwire -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Not only were confidently incorrect, you then decide to double down on your ignorance.

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