As our economy struggles with the worst recession in recent memory, the New Hampshire House of Representatives has passed a measure that would hit low- and middle-income Americans directly in the wallet.

As our economy struggles with the worst recession in recent memory, the New Hampshire House just passed a measure that would hit low- and middle-income Americans directly in the wallet. The mechanism is an effort to nearly double the state gas tax.

They came to protest socialism, communism and fascism. They booed Barack Obama and John Lynch, bankers and bailouts, the gas tax and the estate tax. Some wore pistols on their hips, others hung tea bags from their ears, and a few hoisted plywood pitchforks.

Americans for Prosperity- New Hampshire (AFP) today launched a statewide grassroots effort involving local restaurant owners opposed to the proposed increase in the Rooms and Meals Tax.