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NH Senate set to intervene for local auto dealers
CONCORD) The New Hampshire Senate is about to send in reinforcements in the ongoing battle between local car dealers and auto manufacturers. Senators are likely to approve SB 126-FN, a bill that would...
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Legislature shouldn’t pick sides in fight between auto dealers, makers
FOR THE MONITOR Ever since Henry Ford decided to distribute the Model T through a chain of independent dealers instead of selling it directly to his customers, car dealers have been fighting the...
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Shrinking government would shrink corporate welfare
FOR THE MONITOR When the New Hampshire Senate voted last week to tighten its control over the franchise agreements car makers sign with local car dealers, it also expanded the law to cover farm...
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Foster’s Supports Car Dealer Protectionism
Foster’s Daily Democrat has an editorial endorsing SB 126, arguing that tightening New Hampshire’s already strict limits on the franchise agreements that local car dealers sign with the manufacturer is...
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Portsmouth Herald wants state to pick sides in car battle
The Portsmouth Herald family of newspapers runs a editorial this morning at Seacoast Online urging support for SB 126, an expansion of the Auto Dealers Bill of Rights that would let local car dealers...
View ArticleAuto Dealer Bailout cruising through NH House
Kevin Landrigan reports in the Nashua Telegraph that the Auto Dealer Bailout bill, which would let local auto dealers tear up their contracts with the factory, has easily cleared a House Committee and...
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Auto Dealer Bailout could lead to lawsuit
(CONCORD) A bill giving New Hampshire auto dealers the ability to tear up their existing contracts with the factory could land the state back in court. SB 126 would not only strengthen the current Auto...
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Real Free Markets are none of the Government’s Business
FOR THE MONITOR To paraphrase Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride, politicians keep using the phrase “Free Market” a lot. I don’t think it means what they think it means.* All too often, when a...
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Equipment Manufacturers sue NH over Auto Dealer Bailout
(CONCORD) A group of equipment manufacturers has filed suit against a new law giving local franchises special treatment, and is asking the court to block the law’s requirements. The companies claim the...
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