{"id":1306,"date":"2016-08-31T12:34:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T16:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2016-09-06T22:46:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T02:46:09","slug":"2016-house-and-senate-candidate-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/2016-house-and-senate-candidate-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 House and Senate Candidate Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Granite State Taxpayers<\/em> surveyed primary candidates for their positions on topics of interest to taxpayers. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Candidates for the New Hampshire House and Senate were asked the following questions:<\/strong><br \/>\nWill you oppose any income or sales tax, or any increase in the overall tax burden in New Hampshire?<br \/>\nWill you support decreasing state spending or at least stopping any increase in state spending?<br \/>\nWill you support limiting voting to persons who have been New Hampshire residents for at least 30 days?<br \/>\nWill you support using the same residency standard for all NH services (voting, in-state tuition, hunting, vehicle registration, etc.) that require residency?<br \/>\nDo you believe that state public school funding should be set by the legislature and not by the courts?<br \/>\nDo you support additional school choice, such as more charter schools?<br \/>\nWill you support passing Right-to-Work legislation?<br \/>\nWill you support reducing business taxes to encourage economic development and improve retention?<br \/>\nWill you support pension reforms for government employees including a transition from defined-benefit to defined-contribution plans?<br \/>\nWill you vote to terminate expanded Medicaid if the Federal contribution is cut?<br \/>\nWill you oppose casino gambling?<\/p>\n<p><strong>To review the <em>GST<\/em> ranking of NH House and Senate candidates, please click on the following links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GSTCandidateSurvey2016Alpha.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Survey by Name<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GSTCandidateSurvey2016District.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Survey by District<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GSTCandidateSurvey2016Score.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Survey by Score<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>To download a read-only spreadsheet with survey data and specific candidate answers and comments, please click on the following links<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GST2016SurveyLegislature.xls\">GST2016SurveyLegislature<\/a>GST 2016 Survey Spreadsheet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Granite State Taxpayers is New Hampshire&#8217;s oldest statewide taxpayer association.  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