New Hampshire State Legislative Election 2016 Political Courage Test

Abortion & Reproductive

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- No Answer

2. Should abortions be illegal after the first trimester of pregnancy?
- Yes

3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- Yes

4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes

5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No Answer

6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No Answer

7. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures?
- Yes

8. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- Yes

9. Other or expanded principles
- My wife and I have 4 daughters and 4 granddaughters. If any of them asked me about abortion, I would try my best to discourage any abortion. The bottom line is that it is their life, and their body. I will support any decision they make.,

Budget, Spending, & Tax

1. Tapping into New Hampshire's "rainy day" fund
- No

2. Decreasing funding for public universities
- Yes

3. Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions
- No

4. Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees
- No

5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No

6. Other or expanded principles
- Follow up on audits of various departments, to assure that they are following the laws, and have policies and procedures that are considered "best practice". That will allow us to have a more efficient Government, and employees who are well trained, and motivated to serve their customers. We should also allow them to have some common sense in dealing with their customers. Stop the rules and regulations that hamper business expansion.

1. Education (higher)
- Slightly Decrease

2. Education (K-12)
- Maintain Status

3. Environment
- Greatly Decrease

4. Health care
- Slightly Decrease

5. Law enforcement/corrections
- Maintain Status

6. Transportation/infrastructure
- Slightly Increase

7. Welfare
- Maintain Status

8. Other or expanded categories
- Energy: We need to be pro-active in reducing the unit cost of energy, and reduce the subsidies on non-competitive forms of energy. It is not the Government's business to pick and choose winners and/or losers.We can and should support energy efficiency initiatives, which lower the peak energy needs, and reduce the overall cost. This cost reduction will help to grow our economy not only in the manufacturing sector but in every thing NH citizens use: grocery stores, hospitals, shopping centers, movies, doctors, schools, churches, etc.

1. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status

2. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Decrease

3. Small business taxes
- Greatly Decrease

4. Gas/Oil taxes
- Maintain Status

5. Property taxes
- Slightly Decrease

6. Income taxes (low-income families)
- No Answer

7. Income taxes (mid-income families)
- No Answer

8. Income taxes (high-income families)
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- NH does not have an income tax, therefore no answer to those 3 categories.The citizens and businesses know how to allocate their own assets. The Government should stay out of that realm.We should require an analysis of the cost to citizens & businesses before implementing any regulations, and we should go back and review current regulations to minimize those impacts. That will help to grow our economy.

Campaign Finance & Government Reform

1. Individual
- No

2. Political Action Committee
- No

3. Corporate
- No

4. Political Party
- No

5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- No

6. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes

7. Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting?
- Yes

8. Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls?
- No

1. Other or expanded principles
- I support exposure to the spending and donations to the candidates. We have a citizen legislature in NH, and at $100/year, no one should get rich. If they do, there should be some light shed on how that happened.Then the next set of voters will know how to react.

Crime & Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes

2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes

3. Do you support legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana?
- Yes

4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- Yes

5. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- Yes

6. Do you support delaying the seizure of assets by law enforcement officials until after a conviction?
- Yes

7. Do you support additional funding for programs intended to reduce drug addiction in New Hampshire?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economic

1. Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

3. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes

4. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- No

5. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- No

6. Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits?
- Yes

7. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- No

8. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- No

9. Do you support an increase of the minimum wage?
- No

10. Should employers be able to ask about applicants' criminal history before interviewing them?
- Yes

11. Other or expanded principles
- The Government does not create jobs. It only can put a damper on job creation through useless regulations.Employers know what they need in the way of training, and should be prepared to support such training.Lowering taxes does not in and of itself promote growth. Spending reductions in Government would reduce taxes, and thereby promote growth.Expanding access to unemployment benefits would only increase unemployment through abuse. We should put a work requirement on any public benefits offered.

Education

1. Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative?
- No

2. Do you support a merit pay system for teachers?
- Yes

3. Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers?
- No Answer

4. Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school?
- Yes

5. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- Yes

6. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- No

7. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from New Hampshire high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- No

8. Other or expanded principles
- I support local control of education. Parents should be the decision makers about their child's education.The DOE should be a resource for providing information about excellent education, and not a pass through for Federal money with strings.I have no data to support the question in part c.We have public charter schools in NH, and they should be funded as such: same per pupil $ allocation.

Environment & Energy

1. Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- No

2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- No

3. Do you support state funding for improvements to New Hampshire's energy infrastructure?
- No

4. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- Yes

5. Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

6. Do you support increased regulations of the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
- No

7. Other or expanded principles
- See my comments earlier regarding energy efficiency vs. renewable energy. I support energy efficiency because that reduces the overall energy usage, and thus reduces the unit cost of energy.I do not support the Government picking winners and/or losers in any of the energy areas. The Government does not have the technical expertise, nor the ability to forecast the future, to correctly predict same.The same is true for "Greenhouse Gas Emissions". The Government can not predict the cost/benefit relationship involved in the this effort. Let's hear from the experts and help them help us

Gun

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

2. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No

3. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
- Yes

4. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- Three considerations:1) Guns do not kill people. People do.2) if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.3) If the Government keeps guns out of the populace, there is no recourse for bad government, either local or at the State/Federal level. That should not be allowed to be a consideration.

Health

1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- No

2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes

3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- Yes

4. Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

5. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- No

6. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- Yes

7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social

1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- No Answer

2. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in New Hampshire's anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer

3. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in New Hampshire's anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer

4. Other or expanded principles
- I support the Government not be involved in any of the above.

Legislative Priorities

In the following area, please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- The unit cost of energy must be reduced in order to improve our economy. That will impact our standard of living, improve the business climate, improve the family structure, and reduce the impact of crime and drug abuse.We need to empower businesses to grow and thrive with only regulations that improve the safety of their workers, not those that reduce the barriers to entry, or cause them to be inefficient compared to their competition.We need to empower Government workers with common sense, and the ability to meet the needs of their customers quickly and efficiently.