Your Budget. Your Future.
New Hampshire Republicans have run up the tab, and they are driving up your property taxes to pay the bill.
House Republicans officially passed their version of the state budget, which makes massive funding cuts to health care, higher education, and public safety. The House GOP budget also increases costs for Granite Staters with 90 new or increased fees, and it undermines the health, safety, and well-being of Granite State communities.
Now, the budget is with the State Senate, which will decide what pieces of the House budget to keep, reject, or expand. Just like House Republicans, the Senate Republicans have only hosted one public hearing on the budget — which attracted hundreds of Granite Staters who showed up to protest the GOP’s higher costs and excessive cuts.
Senate Democrats are hosting public input sessions across New Hampshire so Granite Staters can weigh in on how the GOP budget would raise costs and hurt their communities. Parents, students, educators, business owners, medical professionals, and public safety leaders continue to demand a better budget. While Democrats are listening, Republicans are hiding.
Learn more about how the budget will increase your costs.
How will the budget impact Granite Staters like you?
Hover over each family member to read more about them.
John is a state employee at the NH Department of Health and Human Services, which helps ensure Granite Staters have access to Medicaid, mental health and disability services, and more.
Mary is a lifelong Granite Stater who moved in with her family after she couldn’t afford the property taxes on her home.
Susan is Mary’s daughter and a small business owner who relies on childcare services to balance her time between her family and business.
Jen, age 11, is enrolled in the neighborhood public school and relies on special education to succeed in school and thrive outside of the classroom.
Josh, age 17, is graduating from high school this year, but he isn’t sure if he can afford to attend one of New Hampshire’s public universities.
House Republicans passed their budget that undermines the health, safety, and well-being of New Hampshire communities and it raises costs across the board.
BUDGET UPDATES
House Democrats proposed their own state budget — a Better Budget for New Hampshire — that presented a bold and responsible alternative to the House GOP’s disastrous plan. Unfortunately, House Republicans rejected the Better Budget proposal, instead advancing their budget that forces Granite Staters on Medicaid to pay new, excessive health care costs. The GOP budget would result in the highest in-state tuition hike in over a decade and would slash funding and lay off nearly 100 Corrections Department employees, putting public safety at risk.
The budget is now in the hands of Senate Republicans. Stay tuned for more updates about the Senate budget by signing up below.
How did we get here?
New Hampshire Republicans have spent nearly a decade pushing fiscally irresponsible policies that have bailed out large, out of state corporations, downshifted costs onto communities, increased property taxes, and created a massive revenue shortfall that will ultimately hurt working families and small businesses the most.
We know this because we’ve seen it before – in 2011, the last time Republicans in New Hampshire held a super majority in the legislature, they cut funding for public education, retirement benefits for first responders, and services for the developmentally disabled. Granite Staters are still suffering from those cuts today.
The budget comes as Granite Staters are already struggling with a housing crisis, childcare crisis, and high property taxes.
New Hampshire Republicans have run up the tab and now they are passing the bill on to you.
The New Hampshire Advantage no longer benefits hardworking Granite Staters, families, individuals, and small businesses who will bear the brunt of Republicans’ budget cuts.
