Archive for Press Releases
Jack Responds to Recent Election News
Posted by: | CommentsThe race for the GOP nomination got more interesting yesterday. Voters will have to decide which candidate best represents what New Hampshire needs.
Jack Kimball has over 30 years experience creating jobs as a business owner in the State of NH. He will be the small business’s best friend in the corner office. He will provide immediate tax relief for small busniness by pushing for a repeal of the BET Tax and the LLC Tax.
New Hampshire’s overall corporate tax rate is now one of the highest in the country. Jack Kimball will lower it because he knows the drastic effect it has. Small businesses are the engine that drives the NH economy. Giving small businesses the right incentives (lower taxes, less regulation) creates jobs and , in turn, broadens the tax base. We need to be a business friendly State, not a State that drives small businesses elsewhere.
No other candidate matches Jack Kimball’s business experience. He is a proven leader and he will be the GOP nominee in September.
Contact Jack’s campaign: info@jackforgov.com or 603-828-8026.
Jack Supports the “Health Backlash”
Posted by: | CommentsJack’s on health insurance freedom:
This week, newly minted Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is poised to sign a radical new bill. Or rather, a radical new bill based on a very old principle.
Virginia, along with 30 other states, is asserting its 10th amendment right by refusing to accept government-mandated health care. These bills, generally referred to as “Health-Care Freedom Acts” declare that the government cannot force an individual mandate to buy health care on the citizens of their states, and that citizens have the right to seek care from any medical provider they wish without incurring fines or penalties. This week, the Wall Street Journal reported:
“President Obama and Democrats continue to maintain their legislation is faltering because Americans don’t understand the good it would do for the quality of their medical care. But the spectacle of “health-care freedom” legislation emerging in some 30 states suggests that voters and state lawmakers do understand that ObamaCare will alter the delivery of health care in ways that will limit choice and access.”
I applaud these states for taking a stand against Federal government intervention, and asserting their rights as states. As I have said throughout my campaign, I am a firm proponent of the 10th amendment, which states that powers not given to the Federal government in the Constitution are reserved to the states. Decisions about health care should be made by individual states, and not subject to the draconian demands of the Federal government.
I sincerely hope that New Hampshire joins the ranks of those states taking a stand for the rights of their citizens. If I am elected Governor of this state, I can assure you that I will.
For more information: CACR 30 (Rejected by the House on 2/3/10)
Government has a Spending Problem, not a Revenue Problem
Posted by: | CommentsJack wrote the following on huge fees on new businesses in Portsmouth:
Yesterday, I read with outrage about the revised city ordinance increasing the parking impact fee for restaurants in Portsmouth’s Downtown Central District. A few months ago, this ordinance required new restaurants opening in the District to pay a one-time parking impact fee of $1,300 per 100 square feet of their facility. That fee, by itself, is too high. Now, however, the City Council has increased the fee to $5,000 per 100 square feet– making it next to impossible for any new restaurant to open.
This is yet another example of a law created by people who have no idea what it takes to run a business and create jobs. We are in the middle of a major recession and drastic unemployment. The City of Portsmouth, like many businesses, is feeling the pinch. So what does the City Council do to get more money? They drastically increase a fee directly targeted at one of the industries that creates the most jobs, and is the most negatively affected by a recession. This is not only discriminatory, it is fiscally insane. Small businesses drive any economy, and restaurants are certainly key to downtown Portsmouth’s economy. But thanks to the City Council, restauranteurs looking to bring jobs and revenue to Portsmouth will now be moving elsewhere.
Clearly, the members of the Portsmouth City Council have very little respect for the small businessmen who are the backbone of our economy. The City Council has no problem increasing spending and taxes, even in a recession. It is time for all of us to take notice of who is voting for tax or fee increases. Whether Democrat or Republican, I recommend that we start acting like Americans first and put aside party politics when we vote. It is time to vote for candidates–regardless of their party–who are fiscally responsible and will reduce the size of government. We need to elect people who understand that we are taxed enough already.
We need to elect legislators who will solve budget problems by decreasing spending, not by raising taxes. How about some tax cuts? Tax cuts work to increase revenue every time they are tried. Don’t complain to your friends or neighbors about your high business or property taxes if, in fact, you are voting for people who are always increasing them. Let’s end this assault on our wallets and pocketbooks before we have nothing left to spend. It’s up to each and every one of us to change the way we think about how much government we want in our lives.
As for me, I want as little as possible,
Jack
WMUR Reports: President Obama’s Approval Plummets in NH
Posted by: | CommentsIn an article posted today, WMUR reports that New Hampshire is tired of President Obama. Overall, only 48% of Granite Staters polled approve of President Obama’s performance, 47% disapprove. Since last year, approval has dropped by a third, while disapproval has more than doubled. Clearly, the people are getting tired of ineffective partisanship and bloating government.
In the WMUR article, the UNH Survey Center’s Andy Smith highlighted the most concerning thing for the President and his fans: independent voters are rapidly falling away from the President.
Real New Hampshire, independents and Republicans alike, doesn’t support the President or his local minions. We look forward to next week’s WMUR poll. New Hampshirites need to send a strong message to the politicians that support President Obama. Politicians like John Lynch who campaigned for and still supports the President.
Jack Kimball is a three decade resident of New Hampshire who has built a real business, gaining real leadership experience. He is not a partisan politico. He belongs in Concord.
Invitation to Formal Announcement January 14th
Posted by: | CommentsInvitation
Your presence is requested to witness my formal announcement of my candidacy for
Governor of the State of New Hampshire.
Date: Thursday, January 14th
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: LOB Building Lobby, 33 North State St., Concord, NH 03301
I would appreciate your support as I end my Exploratory Campaign and formally begin my run as a candidate for the Governorship of the State of New Hampshire. This is a critical time for our State and our Country. Your presence will let all citizens of New Hampshire know that we intend to take back the corner office. Please put this important date in your calendar.
Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, January 14th.
Jack Kimball
Candidate for Governor
HOUSE DEMOCRATS REJECT KIMBERLY CATES CAPITAL MURDER LAW
Posted by: | CommentsPORTSMOUTH, N.H.—Yesterday New Hampshire House Democrats on the Rules Committee, Chaired by House Speaker Terie Norelli, voted unanimously to reject the late filing of the Kimberly Cates Capital Murder Law for the 2010 House session. The four Republicans on the committee were unanimous in support.
The filing was prompted by the October home invasion in Mont Vernon in which four teens allegedly hacked Kimberly Cates to death in her bed with a machete and left her daughter for dead. The murder took place eight days after the House deadline.
“What a shame. The necessary standard to allow in a late filed bill is that there is a significant intervening event. According to the Democrats on the Rules Committee the taking of a life in Mont Vernon on October 4, 2009, was not a significant intervening event,” said exploratory candidate for governor, Jack Kimball.
“Once again Governor Lynch has wavered. While he claims he supports the death penalty, he gave cover to the Rules Committee Democrats by signing legislation to study abolishing it,” said Kimball. “The citizens in New Hampshire have made their views known repeatedly that they favor the death penalty as punishment for gruesome crimes like what happened to Ms. Cates, this fall, and Suzanne and Half Zantop in 2001. Governor Lynch must get off the fence and make his views known—is he going to stand against home invasion murder or not?”
An identical proposal to expand the New Hampshire death penalty to include home invasion murder is moving ahead in the Senate. It is sponsored by State Senator Sheila Roberge (R-Bedford) and will be taken up this winter.
NEW LLC TAX IS AN INCOME TAX ON SMALL BUSINESSES
Posted by: | CommentsPORTSMOUTH, N.H.—The Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) will hold a hearing on Wednesday to discuss the proposal of a new LLC tax. Business owners across the state are rightfully concerned about what this will cost them.
The 13.5 percent LLC tax would be composed of a five percent “Dividends” Tax and an eight and a half percent “Business Profit’s” Tax on all individuals who own LLC’s and Partnerships in New Hampshire.
“If passed, this will be stifling to any sort of economic recovery in New Hampshire,” said Jack Kimball, exploratory candidate for governor. “Small businesses are the largest part of the state’s economy responsible for over 90 percent of the job creation in New Hampshire. At a time when jobs are at an increasing low in the state, we should be finding ways to create incentives that encourage entrepreneurs to begin new businesses, bring new small business to New Hampshire, and ensure that current small businesses do not leave,” Kimball said.
Limited Liability Corporations, or LLC’s, make small businesses like local stores, restaurants and labor based operations possible by being taxed as individual operators. The net profit of an LLC is what the LLC owner takes home as an income. Subsequently, this proposed new LLC tax will equate to an income tax for small business owners. LLC’s already are taxed through the K1 portion of the Federal Tax Return and the Business Enterprise State Tax. In addition, the State is trying to impose a five percent Personal Income tax on the owners of LLCs and Partnerships that borrow money to grow or expand their business.
“Small businesses are overburdened by state taxes as it is. This tax is especially sinister in that it taxes the owners of LLC’s and Partnerships twice. They are already taxed once on the income that nets down to them on the K1. Not only that, but the state’s Department of Revenue Administration intends to audit New Hampshire businesses and arbitrarily determine if a business owner is making more than ‘reasonable compensation,’ which is completely subjective. If this isn’t bad enough, the DRA also plans to tax bank borrowing or refinancing at a rate of five percent. Therefore, if a small business owner chooses to borrow money to expand his/her business or to supplement capital due to losses, the state intends to tax the business owner five percent of that borrowed money as they feel it is the same as personal income,” said Kimball.
He continued, “John Lynch sees nothing wrong with this—he has no problem with killing jobs in New Hampshire when we need them the most. This will clearly be the final nail in the coffin for many small businesses that are barely getting by. I understand this because I am a small business man myself.”
STATEMENT ON VETERAN’S DAY
Posted by: | CommentsToday, especially, we should all recognize the incredible sacrifices the members of our armed forces have made to defend the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. This is a particularly somber Veteran’s Day in light of the tragedy at Fort Hood.
We honor the memories of the fallen and keep faith with their families, whose quiet courage stand as an example for all Americans.
In my role as a Pease Greeter I have had the honor to welcome hundreds of our brave men and women home and see them off as they are deployed into harm’s way. From this experience, and as a Navy veteran myself, I appreciate that the men and women we honor on this day have paid the price of our freedom in times of conflict and that they are our shield in times of peace. We remember those who have given the last full measure of devotion, and we honor those who serve today. We owe each of them a great debt for their duty.
God bless New Hampshire, America, our armed forces, our veterans and their families.
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S OWN GOVERNMENT BAILOUT
Posted by: | CommentsState agrees to guarantee loan up to $187,500 for failing daily newspaper
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.—The Executive Council recently approved a working capital loan guarantee, which would secure 75 percent of a $250,000 loan to the new owner of the Eagle Times in Claremont. The loan would be administered through the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA). The Eagle, which collapsed previously, was bought out of bankruptcy last September by a Pennsylvania based newspaper chain.
“Newspapers across the country are finding ways to cope with technological change without the aid of government,” said Jack Kimball, New Hampshire exploratory candidate for governor. “In addition, we have seen the downright failure of the bailouts from Washington to produce any economic growth. At a time when New Hampshire’s budgetary situation is shaky at best, this is not an appropriate expenditure of state funds. Allow the free market process to work rather than allowing government to choose winners and losers.”
The loan from the Charlestown-based bank is expected to close this week, according to Mike Donahue, a senior credit officer at the BFA. The Charlestown bank reportedly has ties to the Eagle’s previous owner and publisher.
“I am very concerned. This decision defies common sense,” said Kimball. “As soon as a government entity takes part in the financial rescue or condition of a newspaper, that newspaper clearly loses its objectivity. Not only is this an issue of fiscal irresponsibility and lack of accountability, it is an issue of morality. The problem is clear—if you rob Peter to pay Paul you will have Paul’s support every time. The Bill of Rights guaranteed a free press in part to act as a watch dog over our government.”
