Funding Education with a Gross Receipts Tax

State Representative Andy Peterson has a proposal
he says will solve New Hampshire's education funding problem. He's proposing a business tax of 1% on gross receipts. The tax will be on sales and services a business provides. Laura talks with Rep. Andy Peterson, a Republican from Peterboro (www.andrewpeterson.org)
and Doug Hall, Executive Director of the NH Center for Public Policy Studies (www.nhpolicy.org)
For more information about this and other proposals being considered in the NH legislature, go to www.nhpr.org and check out NHPR's online tax calculator. Find out how you will fare
under the various plans, give us your comments, and learn more about the proposals.