Ian Freeman
Historical Details
Position on Issues
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
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?
"For"
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should New Hampshire ban abortion after 20 weeks gestation, with exceptions for cases of rape/incest and health complications?
"Government should not ban or fund abortions. It should stay out entirely."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire ban abortion after 24 weeks gestation, with exceptions for cases of rape/incest and health complications?
"You own you. You decide what happens to your body."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH pursue expanded commuter rail?
"The people calling themselves the 'State of New Hampshire' should end all transportation regulation and not increase it."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH limit terms for elected officials?
"The idea of 'the state' is decrepit and we should leave it behind in the dustbin of history's bad ideas along with slavery. Until we can accomplish that evolution, people should be able to keep running. Let the voters decide."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH increase funding for heroin treatment programs?
"I am in favor of ending the war on drugs, but I oppose state funded treatment. Let the market and charity handle compassion - they do it so much better than bureaucracy."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH allow binding referendums?
"Yes, New Hampshire should allow a public referendum"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Government should not pay for or prohibit abortions. Let the market decide."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Government should not pay for or prohibit abortions. Let the market decide."
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3?
For| Read My Position
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"?
"For"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Against"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Against"
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire add a tax credit for businesses that contribute to student loan repayment for employees?
"For"
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"For"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Taxes are theft - abolish them all."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the tax on cigarettes?
"Taxes are theft - abolish them all."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"Let the market decide how to handle environmental issues."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH continue to base statewide assessments on Common Core standards?
"I oppose basing statewide assessments on Common Core standards."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
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?
"Against"
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH decriminalize small amounts of marijuana?
"Yes, decriminalize marijuana."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
What differentiates you from your opponents?
"I oppose the use of force to achieve political or social goals."
Against| Read My Position
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"
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add restrictions to the governor's powers during a state of emergency?
"The governor should not be a dictator."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"Zoning should be abolished statewide. Let the market decide what is built and how."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH broaden campaign finance disclosure laws?
"I oppose broader campaign finance disclosure laws."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should LLCs be subject to the interest and dividends tax?
Opposes LLC tax
Against| Read My Position
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?
"Against"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Government should not pay for or prohibit abortions. Let the market decide."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH increase law enforcement policies and penalties for heroin-related offenses?
"New Hampshire should legalize all drugs. That's the best way to reduce harm."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH increase the interest and dividends tax?
Opposes increase in I&D tax
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH increase tolls and/or add new toll booths?
Opposes adding tolls to I-93 at Mass. border
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase public access to reports of police misconduct?
"Police are a monopoly on violence, so of course they are rife with corruption and evil. More light is needed on this dark place."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH continue to allow medicinal marijuana?
"Yes, legalize medicinal marijuana."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the option of mail-in ballots for all voters, not just absentees?
"For"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
"Government schools should not exist. Let the market decide education."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH legalize the recreational use of marijuana?
"Legalize it, but only if it's without any regulation or control by the state. Also end the entire insane war on drugs."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"Growing and sales should be allowed without license. There should be no government restrictions on cannabis."
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"Growing and sales should be allowed without license. There should be no government restrictions on cannabis."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Growing and sales should be allowed without license. There should be no government restrictions on cannabis."
Other| Read My Position
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?
"New Hampshire should secede from the United States entirely. Meanwhile the state government should refuse to participate with the federal government wherever possible."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Was NH right to expand Medicaid eligibility, using private insurance wherever possible?
"I oppose NH's expanded Medicaid program."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"Wages should be decided between employer and employee. Minimum wages only make politicians look like they are helping when they actually are just raising the costs of doing business, and therefore the costs to the consumer."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH do more to enforce federal immigration laws?
"The people calling themselves 'The State New Hampshire' should refuse to help the federal government do anything regarding immigration, drug enforcement, or any other victimless crime. The state should also secede from the United States as soon as possible."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
What do you believe are the most important public policy decisions the NH Legislature should address in 2017?
- Secede from the United States
- End all prohibitions - drugs, prostitution, gambling.
- Make ballot access fair for third parties.
- Make taxes voluntary.
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the size of solar panel installations that may participate in net energy metering?
"Abolish the government, let the market decide on energy."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase subsidies and tax credits for business investment?
"Abolish the government. 'The state' is a terrible old idea that justifies violence against our peaceful neighbors, and it's not okay."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH allow the Northern Pass to proceed with some (not all) of the lines buried?
"Eminent domain should never be used. The lines should only exist with the consent of property owners."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the base amount of per-pupil funding it provides to local school districts?
"Abolish the government schools. Government schools are brainwashing day prisons that ruin children for individual thought and condition them against risk."
Other| Read My Position
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?
"Taxes should be voluntary."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the gradual phase-out of the Interests and Dividends tax?
"For"
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
What is your philosophy of government?
"Government is nothing more than the most successful criminal gang. It needs to end, or at least be made voluntary."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Is police brutality an issue in NH?
"While government police exist, they should stop enforcing victimless crime laws, which would lessen their interaction with peaceful people, lowering police violence. All forms of police militarization should be opposed and the BEARCATS delivered back to their manufacturer in Massachusetts."
Other| Read My Position
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?
Abolish the governor's office and the whole idea of 'the state'."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH continue to use property taxes instead of a new broad-based tax, such as an income tax?
Opposes state income tax and/or general sales tax
Against| Read My Position
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?
"Abolish the government, let the market decide on energy."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should New Hampshire maintain the renewable portfolio standard, which requires public utilities in New Hampshire to obtain a certain percentage of electricity from renewable energy sources (25% by 2025)?
"Energy production and transmission should be deregulated and competition allowed. Let the market decide standards, not unaccountable bureaucrats."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Government should not pay for or prohibit abortions. Let the market decide."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH repeal same-sex marriage?
"The state should have no involvement in marriage at all, heterosexual or homosexual."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH require car insurance for some or all drivers?
"No, automobile insurance should be optional"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should businesses that provide insurance be required to cover contraception?
"All human interactions should be consensual. Businesses and employees should come to agreements without any state mandates."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH require motorcycle helmets?
"No, let those who ride decide"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH require seat belts?
"No, adults should be able to choose whether or not to wear a seatbelt"
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH revise the meals and rooms tax?
Opposes local meals and rooms tax
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire create a road usage fee?
"Taxes are theft - abolish them all."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should New Hampshire government do more to increase the supply of affordable housing?
"Government should get out of the way of property owners by abolishing zoning and making property taxes voluntary. Let the market supply demand, not inefficient bureaucracy."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
What is your opinion on the state providing some funding for Planned Parenthood?
"I voluntarily give to Planned Parenthood, but no tax dollars should go to any private group. Taxes should be abolished."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH use taxpayer money to build a memorial to the Old Man?
"No, do not use public money for a manmade Old Man"
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH continue to administer statewide standards-based student assessments?
"The people calling themselves the 'State of New Hampshire' should get out of education entirely. Turn ownership of the government schools over to their staff (and those on retirement) and turn them into free market schools that must compete with other private schools for students."
Against| Read My Position
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?
"All government is force. It should be abolished."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Self-defense is a right. People against rights should move to New York."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire provide student loan debt repayment programs for workers in industries with labor shortages?
"Abolish the government. 'The state' is a terrible old idea that justifies violence against our peaceful neighbors, and it's not okay."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Should NH government switch from a pension system to a 401(k)-style retirement plan?
"Taxes should be abolished and all government functions funded voluntarily."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add tax incentives for affordable housing development?
"Taxes are theft - abolish them all."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire allocate tax revenues for private and home schooling costs?
"Ideally, no taxes should exist in the first place. Let parents decide how to educate their kids."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should parents be allowed to opt their children out of the NH immunization/vaccination registry?
"Parents should be allowed to opt their children out of the NH immunization/vaccination registry."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH impose strict residency requirements on registering to vote?
"The fearmongering on this issue is ridiculous, with very little evidence to support any claims of voter fraud. More restrictions are not the answer."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2012
Why are you running?
"I want to help end the oppression of the Federal, State, and local governments. People should be free."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2016
Should NH restrict further wind power development?
"I oppose restrictions on further wind power development."
