Emmanuel "Manny" Krasner

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Do you support the “Education Freedom Account” program, which gives students access to the per-pupil share of state school funding to spend on private school or home school expenses?

"It is completely irresponsible from a fiscal perspective to give open ended funding to an unsupervised system where no one is checking to see how the money is being spent. It drains taxpayer money away from the public schools to enrich private ones, and violates separation of church and state."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

Should New Hampshire ban abortion after 20 weeks gestation, with exceptions for cases of rape/incest and health complications?

"I oppose a ban on abortion after 20 weeks gestation, even with exceptions for cases of rape/incest and health complications."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire ban abortion after 24 weeks gestation, with exceptions for cases of rape/incest and health complications?

"Too much government interference in a private matter."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

Should NH pursue expanded commuter rail?

"I support expanded commuter rail."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

Should NH limit terms for elected officials?

"I oppose term limits for New Hampshire elected officials."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

Should NH increase funding for heroin treatment programs?

"I support increased funding for heroin treatment programs."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?

"No one likes the idea of abortion. Depending on the individual's situation if may be the least bad option. But it has to be the decision of the individual woman in conjunction with her medical people and such family and friends as she chooses, not Big Brother in the form of the State of New Hampshire"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?

"No one likes the idea of abortion. Depending on the individual's situation if may be the least bad option. But it has to be the decision of the individual woman in conjunction with her medical people and such family and friends as she chooses, not Big Brother in the form of the State of New Hampshire"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should New Hampshire ban discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3?

"This is a solution in search of a problem. I have never heard of a teacher initiating such a discussion; and they should be able to respond if a child asks a question."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Do you support the state law that bans teaching certain concepts, such as the idea that people may be "inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously"?

"The law is an unwarranted intrusion by the state into classroom activities. It will do no good. No one teaches that anyone 'inherently' has certain attitudes. They have to be acquired. The law is a thinly veiled attempt to muzzle discussion of reality in our history."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH add an income tax on earned income?

"I would like to see a reform of the existing tax system first: a real state wide property tax to fund education, bring the business profits tax rate back to where it was before the recent cuts, restoring the old inheritance tax and keeping the interest and dividends tax in place."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?

"A sales tax is regressive. It forces the people with lower incomes to pay a bigger portion of their income to taxes, while wealthy people pay a smaller portion."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should New Hampshire add a tax credit for businesses that contribute to student loan repayment for employees?

"This sounds like a good idea, but I would want to see the details"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?

"We have cut them too much already. Most of the benefit has gone to large out of state corporations. We have gotten nothing in return. Has Amazon offered to put its Eastern HQ in New Hampshire because of our low taxes?"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?

"This would fall largely on wealthier people who can afford it, and along with the other tax reforms I support might raise enough money without the need for an income tax."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire increase the tax on cigarettes?

"Any new revenue should first be used to offset local property taxes for education."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?

"If we want our children and grandchildren to have an environment where they can live reasonably, then we have to act. Climate disruption is going faster and faster."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Do you support giving voters who register without ID on Election Day a ballot that only counts if they return identifying documents to the state before a deadline?

"We do not have a voter fraud problem. So there is no reason to make it harder for people to vote, unless you don't want them to vote."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should New Hampshire add a fee or mileage charge for electric vehicle owners to help pay for transportation and/or electric infrastructure?

"Against"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire add restrictions to the governor's powers during a state of emergency?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?

"The housing shortage is hurting businesses who can't get young employees, young people who can't afford homes, elderly people who struggle to pay higher property taxes and anyone earning less than $20 an hour"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Do you support legislation to expand the net energy metering system capacity cap from 1 MW to 5 MW for all residential and commercial customers in New Hampshire?

"This should be a no brainer. It helps with climate disruption. It lowers costs for both those who generate their own electricity and for the other users because the utility does not have to build expensive new power plants or power lines to bring power in from Canada"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should New Hampshire extend the renewable portfolio standard past 2025, requiring public utilities to obtain more than 25% of electricity from renewable energy sources?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?

"No one likes the idea of abortion. Depending on the individual's situation if may be the least bad option. But it has to be the decision of the individual woman in conjunction with her medical people and such family and friends as she chooses, not Big Brother in the form of the State of New Hampshire"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should the state increase funding for child care providers?

"We need affordable day care so people have the option of going to work without going broke."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire increase public access to reports of police misconduct?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Do you support the option of mail-in ballots for all voters, not just absentees?

"We should always make voting easier. We want all our citizens to participate"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?

"The current system is unfair and unconstitutional. We do not have equal taxation across the state to fund education. The state property tax should be levied equally on all citizens and fund 100% of education with an 'insurance fund' for special education"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should NH legalize the recreational use of marijuana?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?

"I think cannabis should be legalized as alcohol is. It needs to be regulated to make sure what is being sprayed on plants that people are going to inhale or ingest."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?

"I think cannabis should be legalized as alcohol is. It needs to be regulated to make sure what is being sprayed on plants that people are going to inhale or ingest."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?

"I think cannabis should be legalized as alcohol is. It needs to be regulated to make sure what is being sprayed on plants that people are going to inhale or ingest."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

Was New Hampshire right to continue expanded Medicaid eligibility, using the traditional Medicaid system of managed care instead of private insurance?

"I support expanded Medicaid eligibility, using the traditional Medicaid system of managed care instead ofprivate insurance."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?

"When I had my first real job in 1966, the minimum wage was $1.25 or 1.50 an hour. A 6 ounce candy bar was a nickel. Now our minimum wage is $7.65 and a 3 ounce candy bar is $1.80. To a living wage, as was originally intended, the minimum wage should be about $22.00 an hour"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

Should NH do more to enforce federal immigration laws?

"I oppose increased state enforcement of federal immigration laws. Immigration is the province of the federal government; the state should minimize federal interference within the state."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire increase the size of solar panel installations that may participate in net energy metering?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire increase subsidies and tax credits for business investment?

"Undecided"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire increase the base amount of per-pupil funding it provides to local school districts?

"The current amount is so unrealistic it is a joke, a bad joke."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should the state permanently increase how much tax revenue it shares with towns and cities every year, beyond public school funding?

"The State has been pushing more and more costs onto the towns and cities. It should also share the revenue."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Do you support the gradual phase-out of the Interests and Dividends tax?

"This would just shift the responsibility onto the local property tax payer who is already doing too much."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

Is police brutality an issue in NH?

"I am not aware of any problems with police brutality; if there are incidents they should be investigated and prosecuted."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Do you support Gov. Sununu's proposal to allow employers and employees to opt-in to a private, paid family and medical leave insurance plan, based on a pool of state employees, excluding coverage for personal illness?

"Against"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire add legal protections for residents of other states who travel here for health care related to abortion or gender transition?

"If we, in New Hampshire have decided that something is legal here, no other state should be allowed to say otherwise."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire continue to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which requires utilities to purchase allowances for every ton of carbon they emit?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?

"No one likes the idea of abortion. Depending on the individual's situation if may be the least bad option. But it has to be the decision of the individual woman in conjunction with her medical people and such family and friends as she chooses, not Big Brother in the form of the State of New Hampshire"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?

"Not our business. This is the Federal Governments responsibility. Our local law enforcement agencies have to much to do already."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire create a road usage fee?

"This would be regressive and fall most heavily on lower income people. Not until we have good mass transit."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

Should New Hampshire government do more to increase the supply of affordable housing?

"New Hampshire government should do more to increase the supply of affordable housing."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire create a statewide family and medical leave program, paid for with a percentage of employee wages, with no opt-out?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?

"This is a bad question. Laws should help make people safer. A law that requires background checks is not 'gun control' it is controlling people with a record of doing bad things."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire provide student loan debt repayment programs for workers in industries with labor shortages?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire add tax incentives for affordable housing development?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020

Should New Hampshire allocate tax revenues for private and home schooling costs?

"No public money should be spent for any private purposes."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018

Should NH impose strict residency requirements on registering to vote?

"New Hampshire should not impose strict residency requirements on registering to vote."