henryp Loc: New York, NY

See www.bandh.com/payboo. You do pay the tax, just as you did yesterday and last week. What's different if you choose to use this program is that B&H returns the amount of the tax paid so net-net it hasn't come out of your pocket. Technically you paid the tax as you're supposed to.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Yep. And we've gotta keep those drive through state run "packies" in the rest areas clear for all you pigeo..., err, "visitors"!

Spoken as a lifelong Masshole who's had two decades of paying Mass Income Tax and NH Property Tax....

Andy

blue-ultra Loc: New Hampshire

I am from New Hampshire and I resent your remarks about "outrageous" property taxes and "lousy" services. Yes our property taxes are high mostly due to the school tax, however we must educate our children. As far as "lousy" services go I have no idea what you are speaking of. Perhaps because you come from Mass and expect the government to do everything for you. We in NH and me in particular believe that the government has a limited role in our lives. such as police and fire protection. We are pretty capable of doing the rest for ourselves.

Of course much of this is changing, a result of people who lived their lives in states like MA. RI, Conn and NY who retire sell their homes for outrageous amounts of money and move here buy a similar home for a lot less money then demand all those services you speak of, the result is the "outrageous" property taxes you mention.

I guess you will not be happy until enough of you move here and get an income and sales tax enacted...

Meanwhile NH along with Alaska have no income or sales tax... and we have a very healthy economy and a high quality of life...

blue-ultra Loc: New Hampshire

Andy do you have a problem with our state liquor stores. We have one of the lowest cost for wine and sprits in the nation. This is the result of a corruption free management.

therwol Loc: USA

Did you read the fine print at the bottom? This is a credit card with a 29.99% interest rate. If you don't pay in full each month, then you may not come out ahead. (Though the interest goes to Synchrony Bank, not them.) Also.. not valid in Alabama, District of Columbia, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

Don't blame B&H for regressive taxes and predatory banking, folks. Don't let the demagogues steer you toward the wrong targets.

Mike

FTn

A trip to Hunt Photo in Manchester New Hampshire is looking really appealing now. Just need to plan my purchases a little better.

Drew

BebuLamar

My credit card has lower interest rate but not by much 19.99% but it makes no different as I wouldn't carry any balance.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Nope. I like our liquor costs.

Folks from "away" find it difficult to believe that our state makes a healthy slice of its revenue by selling liquor to out of staters at rest areas on our highways. It certainly is a little odd...

Andy

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Our education system is in very poor shape, at least by the standards of neighboring states. The twenty some miles of New Hampshire highway I travel each day are literally crumbling, and have been for the two decades I've lived here. Mental health services are a joke and opioids are killing off our children, even in the smaller and more rural towns. We are progressive in a number of things, unless they cost money, and then we'll make only a token effort.

And as to our property taxes - this is the most regressive form of taxation, hurting lower income folks and seniors the most, possibly even more than a sales tax. I know I'm not a native, I guess twenty years doesn't make me a full citizen. But if it ever comes on the ballot again, I will gladly vote for a statewide income tax and support candidates who support it. I see the results of this property tax dependence in the falling down homes and code deficient rental units literally every day. Of course, since there aren't enough funds for senior programs, code enforcement, or even policing, it's not noticed as much as in more developed states.

We're not like resource-rich states like Alaska or North Dakota - our packies and our tourism taxes are among the limited options for raising revenue, especially from out of staters.

Andy

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

It used to be "live free or die." Now it is "you are free to die."

Mike

therwol Loc: USA

I pay my balances too, but some can't pay off a large purchase all at once, otherwise why charge it? The thing I object to is that if you go to their site and read about it, you don't realize you're applying for a 29.9% credit card unless you scroll all the way down and read some very fine print.

BebuLamar

Why charge it? If I buy anything online I use the credit card it's easier than any other method of payments. Also the credit card company gives me some cash back. So I buy a lot of things with credit cards but never carry balance.
Well I tried to buy the car with the credit card but they won't accept it so I had to write them a check.

therwol Loc: USA

I charge things myself, like airline tickets and some merchandise, but mostly I use my debit card for any transactions under 5k. The 29.9% interest is an eye opener, predatory as far as I'm concerned. If you don't pay off the balance each month, and many people can't pay off a large charge in one month, then you might have well have used another card, depending on how long you take to pay it off.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Or Alaska....