New Hampshire protests union-busting, punitive budget
New Hampshire is already 48th out of 50 in per capita state spending. Today, 5,000 people rallied against a disastrous budget that would make huge cuts and remove collective bargaining rights from public workers.
Remember that New Hampshire is small—just 1.3 million people in 2009. A protest of 5,000 people is massive given the size of the state; in fact, the partisan Republican Union Leader said it was: