Jack Kenny
Historical Details
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire ban abortion after 24 weeks gestation, with exceptions for cases of rape/incest and health complications?
"Abortion should be banned from conception with the only exception being when a medical procedure is necessary to save the life of the mother. Rape or incest does not justify the killing of the infant if anyone should die because a child is conceived by rape, it should be the rapist and not the child"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Broad-based taxes in other states have not resulted in lower property or other taxes, or improved education outcomes."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"The answer is 'yes' to the extent that we can reduce spending by streamlining government and reducing levels of bureaucracy"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"NH already has an interest and dividends tax"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the tax on cigarettes?
"I've never been a smoker, but if people want to kill themselves with nicotine, higher taxes may impoverish, but will not deter them."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add restrictions to the governor's powers during a state of emergency?
"I'm not sure what restrictions, but the governor's power to unilaterally shut down businesses, schools, restaurants and even churches seems frighteningly excessive."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire extend the renewable portfolio standard past 2025, requiring public utilities to obtain more than 25% of electricity from renewable energy sources?
"More reliance on renewable resources would likely increase costs to the consumer"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase public access to reports of police misconduct?
"I also believe there should be an independent citizens commission to investigate alleged police abuses"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Do you support the option of mail-in ballots for all voters, not just absentees?
"If people don't care enough to ask for a ballot, it's hard to see how their 'greater voter participation' is a benefit to the state"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH legalize the recreational use of marijuana?
"Far more damage is done, at great expense by the enforcement of anti-marijuana laws than is done by users of the drug"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"A higher minimum wage often makes it harder for low-income workers to find jobs, as employers increase automation and find other ways to get by with fewer employees."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the size of solar panel installations that may participate in net energy metering?
"Undecided"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase subsidies and tax credits for business investment?
"Tax credits, 'yes,' subsidies, 'no'"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the base amount of per-pupil funding it provides to local school districts?
"Against"
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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?
"For"
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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?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire create a road usage fee?
"The revenue from gas taxes and toll roads should be sufficient. Anyone who goes to the supermarket benefits from our roads and highways, so there's no point in imposing a 'users fee.'"
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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?
"But only if participation in the program and the deduction of wages is voluntary on the part of the employee"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"'The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed' Second Amendment to U.S. Constitution."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire provide student loan debt repayment programs for workers in industries with labor shortages?
"The employers who will benefit from reducing labor shortages should provide the incentive of offering to pay the students' outstanding loans"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add tax incentives for affordable housing development?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire allocate tax revenues for private and home schooling costs?
"However a tax break for parents who have their children educated out of the public school system might alleviate the burden on public schools"
