In the Union Leader, David Mirsky argues that New Hampshire Democrats are quietly renewing their past support for broad-based taxes.

From the time of his election in 2004, Democratic Gov. John Lynch was able to gain the support of a wide cross-section of New Hampshire voters, Republicans and independents as well as Democrats, by refusing steadfastly to capitulate to the demands of many liberal New Hampshire Democrats who favor an income tax to pay for the type of increased government spending we are now seeing on a national level with Democrats in Washington, D.C. Republicans and independents have favored Gov. Lynch largely because of the clarity and consistency of his opposition to a statewide income tax.

That clarity and consistency is apparently coming to an end, as Gov. Lynch has embraced the move by some Democrats in the Legislature to begin instituting major changes in our tax structure with little or no input from the people of New Hampshire. That is what is happening right now as our leaders in Concord continue to contemplate the details of a new tax on the income of small business people who have chosen to organize their businesses as limited liability companies, or LLCs.