GRANITE STATE FAIR TAX COALITION
PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS:
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S PRIORITIES AND BUDGET
A panel discussion and community conversation
We are set to have the forum in Keene broadcast on channel 8.
When: September 21, 2010
Where: KPL Auditorium
6:30 Doors open
7:05 Economic Expert: State Budget
Spending
What we spend on: mandated and discretionary
Spending increases: principal factors
Biggest drivers and why
What is and isn’t a real cut?
What are long-term costs of short-term cuts?
Revenue
Where does it come from?
2 pies: taxes & fees; federal and other $; focus on state revenue
Tax policy fundamentals (equity, adequacy, simplicity, exportability, neutrality)
Who pays, and how? (ITEP income bracket charts)
State+local property taxes=60+% of all tax revenue: implications for tax payers
Deficit: Structural + Cyclical=Gap
7:15 Local Government Official: Relationship between state and local budgets
“Shared burden”
Ramifications of state budget for this locality: decision points and options
Consequences of maintaining status quo
7:25 Human Impact Speaker: Consequence of Budget Decisions in Human Terms
7:30 Panel Q and A
Moderator to panel/panelists to each other:
Solution options?
a) program cuts (quick review of discretionary options)
b) Revenue reform (quick review of options)
c) Plan to do nothing, and make last-ditch decisions under
Deadline pressure
Consequences of doing nothing?
7:45 Audience Q and A
Contact-
Cathy Silber
Executive Director
Granite State Fair Tax Coalition
P.O. Box 3431
Concord, NH 03302
603-986-7696
csilber@nhfairtax.org
www.nhfairtax.org
