New Hampshire Governor Refuses to Agree to a Campaign Spending Cap

Today was the last day to file if a person decided to run for office in New Hampshire. No more Republicans filed so our nominee is Joe Kenney. Joe Kenney agreed to a voluntary campaign spending cap of $1.2 million and he challenged our liberal spend-aholic governor to do the same. He refused. Big fucking surprise there. Governor Lynch has no problem spending money as we have learned the hard way in New Hampshire. If he had agreed to an actual spending cap it would have been the first fiscally responsible thing this man has done since becoming governor.

Here is what Joe Kenney said about signing the speding cap pledge:

“I want to make this about people, not about money,” Kenney said. “By taking the spending limit cap on my campaign I am also illustrating what I would do as governor. I will implement real spending limits in our state budget as well.”

Governor Lynch on the other hand would rather raise and spend money than make the candidacy about people. Joe Kenney went on to attack Governor Lynch for his miserable spending record:

He attacked Lynch for lack of fiscal discipline, referring to him as a multi-millionaire several times. He said he has hurt the state with increases in taxes and fees, and for signing a two-year budget that increased spending by $500 million. He also criticized introduction last week of a $90 million borrowing bill that Democrats passed without any public hearing. “We need to get the reins and a hold on the New Hampshire budget,” Kenney said. “We need to keep New Hampshire, New Hampshire,”

To which the teflon governor replied:

“We will continue to be fiscally responsive but at same time be sure we are addressing the needs of our most vulnerable citizens,”

He still tries to claim he is fiscally responsible. I am getting sick and tired of this man playing me and all New Hampshire residents as fools. How fucking stupid does he think we are? Fiscally responsible, what a joke. This man is a fool. Or rather, he is playing us for fools.

Here is a little more information on Joe Kenney:

“Someone has got to take on John Lynch and I can’t think of any other better person than a U.S. Marine who grew up in this state,” he said. “I learned long ago that no one is unbeatable.” Kenney, a legislator for 14 years including the last six in the Senate, is a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve lieutenant colonel who has been called up twice since the war in Iraq began. He is a 1984 graduate of the University of New Hampshire. He pledged to veto any sales or income tax, and has signed a pledge to keep state spending within the rate of regional inflation. He said he will cut spending and improve government efficiency, reduce energy costs by blocking the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, boost job growth and business recruitment, and push for a full-service hospital for veterans.

John Lynch has also pledged to veto a sales or income tax, but he knows with a Democrat majority in the state house and senate his veto will be overturned and he will get what he truly wants, a sales or income tax. Maybe both. And in typical John Lynch fashion, his name won’t technically be attached to it. The teflon governor strikes again.

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