David Coffin
Historical Details
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH abolish partisan primaries and adopt the "Top 2" primary system?
Opposes a top 2 primary system
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH allow binding referendums?
"Yes, as long as the legislature still controls the budget. California has shown us what happens when the public is allowed to vote itself goodies from the public treasury."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"I'll meet the socialists halfway with an income tax that applies only to NH state salaries and pensions. This 'tax' would be deducted at the source, needing no forms and no means of enforcement." Opposes a sales tax.
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"I'll meet the socialists halfway with an income tax that applies only to NH state salaries and pensions. This 'tax' would be deducted at the source, needing no forms and no means of enforcement." Opposes a sales tax.
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH authorize one or more casinos?
Opposes the expansion of gambling
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH pass a constitutional amendment giving the Legislature more control over the distribution of school funding?
Supports adopting a constitutional amendment that reduces the role of the courts in the school funding challenge: "The legislature, not the courts, must decide how public money gets spent, and the Constitution should be purged of any 'positive rights' (other than trial-by-jury) that would allow courts to intervene in budgetary matters."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH decriminalize small amounts of marijuana?
Opposes decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana for adults
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should LLCs be subject to the interest and dividends tax?
Opposes LLC tax
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH increase the interest and dividends tax?
Opposes an increase in I & D tax
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH increase tolls and/or add new toll booths?
Opposes adding tolls on I-93 (Mass. Border)
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH continue to allow medicinal marijuana?
Supports legalizing medicinal marijuana
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH do more to enforce federal immigration laws?
"The Constitution grants Congress the power 'to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization', but states can and should help to enforce these rules."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH keep the death penalty?
Opposes repeal of the death penalty: "You can't be kind to the cruel without being cruel to the kind."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH continue to use property taxes instead of a new broad-based tax, such as an income tax?
"I'll meet the socialists halfway with an income tax that applies only to NH state salaries and pensions. This 'tax' would be deducted at the source, needing no forms and no means of enforcement." Opposes a sales tax.
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH repeal same-sex marriage?
"Family based on the union of one man and one woman is the fundamental building block of a free society. Without strong families, people become helpless wards of the all-powerful State. If gay marriage is good for freedom, why are socialist parties in the USA, Canada, and Europe all in favor of it?"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH require car insurance for some or all drivers?
Opposes mandatory car insurance
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH require motorcycle helmets?
Opposes mandatory helmet law for motorcylce riders: "The medical profession used to lobby for such laws, until they realized that helmet-less bikers were a major source of donor organs."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH require seat belts?
Opposes mandatory seat belt law for adults
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH revise the meals and rooms tax?
Opposes local meals and rooms tax
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH government switch from a pension system to a 401(k)-style retirement plan?
Supports reforming retirement benefits for municipal and state employees
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2010
Should NH restrict further wind power development?
Opposes restricting the use of windmills and windfarms for power generation based on amount of subsidies, aesthetics, or environmental impact: "I don't think the state should restrict windmills, but it shouldn't subsidize them either, or force anyone else to subsidize them (e.g. renewable-energy mandates on electric companies)."
