Granite State Priorities is pleased that Question 1, an attempt to amend NH's state Constitution to forever ban any new tax on income, failed. We thank our supporters, our partners and our allies for their role in defeating the amendment.

It's important to remember this was not a referendum on the voters' desire for tax reform, nor was it an informed debate on the merits for or against an income tax. The main argument for a ban centered on a political gimmick that Granite Staters have been sold since the Nixon Administration: that we are "advantaged" solely by our state's tax policy. There has been no serious study to prove or disprove this theory since the pledge was coined for use on a campaign yard sign.