Today the Huffington Post ran a slideshow of the richest state's in America. New Hampshire actually topped the list with a median income of $66,303 and a 7.1% poverty rate, which is the lowest in the country. New Hampshire also has the fourth lowest unemployment rate in the country, checking in at 5.2%. New Hampshire has money, but very little of it is paid to the state universities. You know, the places where our students go to be educated before working, many of whom will get jobs right here. UNH isn't getting any money because, to put it quite simply, the state's republicans don't want to and anyone who has ever picked up a copy of the Union Leader with a front page editorial blasting UNH (which seems to happen about once a week) knows that the people at the UL will do anything to make UNH look bad. It's the "number one" paper in the state and as one of my literary heros Hunter S Thompson once put it, it's the "worst paper in America."
New Hampshire residents have money, the governor wants to give it to us, but the state senate won't let that happen. Because of all this, I think President Huddleston needs to adopt a new theme song for UNH. I think this would be appropriate:
Every single department took a cut in funding, even Governor Lynch's plan involved cuts across the board. The Democrats ran up a deficit during their 6 years in power and the recession hit the state's revenue hard. Since New Hampshire has a balanced-budget amendment the state can't spend more than it takes in. Republicans had to slash spending because the money wasn't there. You think New Hampshire has the money to spend? I guess you didn't know state revenue is down 7% since 2008. Revenue from August 2011 alone was $6.9 million less than August 2010. Governor Lynch can't provide more revenue, there is none. Median income is high because New Hampshire doesn't have an income tax.
ReplyDeleteTake a student blog's opinion more serious there Nicholas Azarian, you could be getting close to being on par with UNH Dining.
ReplyDeleteJust wait until the free staters sell UNH to some private corporation. Then you guys will be in deep shit.
ReplyDeleteThanks Anonymous for the input. I'll be sure to throw it in the NGAF bin.
ReplyDeleteMaybe... New Hampshire's high median income and low unemployment are a result of not spending money. Sometimes not spending is an option. By keeping the state economy strong the state becomes attractive and thus UNH stays strong. If the state and the ecomomy as a whole fall apart so will UNH. As we have seen since 2008 and in Europe ( think Greece), sometime taking a step back in spending is neccesary. You can not always keep spending.
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