Peter Bixby
Running for: NH House Strafford County District 13
Completed our 2024 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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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?
"The current EFA program has no quality requirements for the education students receive, no monitoring to determine that the funds are even spent on legitimate educational expenses, and they can go to private schools who can reject the students who are more expensive to educate. The money that goes into the EFAs is money that is taken away from public schools, which in many towns are struggling to make ends meet, and are not allowed to turn away any student."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Abortion is a personal health choice made by a woman based on her individual circumstances in consultation with medical, spiritual, and family advisors. The government should not interfere."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Abortion is a personal health choice made by a woman based on her individual circumstances in consultation with medical, spiritual, and family advisors. The government should not interfere."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"In order to reduce our excessive property taxes, the state needs to provide more revenue sharing with municipalities to help with schools and infrastructure. This can only happen if the state has more revenue.An income tax is one possibility, but it would need to have significant exemptions at the lower end so that it would not be a burden on people below the state median income."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"In order to reduce our excessive property taxes, the state needs to provide more revenue sharing with municipalities to help with schools and infrastructure. This can only happen if the state has more revenue. One option might be a sales tax, although I am not fond of them. The details of how it would be implemented would matter a lot. Sales tax on food or basic clothing is not acceptable."
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Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"The business profits tax in NH has a very high exemption at the low end, so the bulk of the tax is paid by a small number of large, very profitable companies, mostly based out of state. The greatest tax burden on most NH small businesses is local property tax. Higher business profits taxes that were used to offset local education and infrastructure costs could reduce the tax burden on most businesses."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Investment income beyond a certain level is classified as unearned income. There should be a low end exemption to protect retirement income and there should be an exemption for business and farm property that is passed down to new generations or owners, but capital gains received through stock and bond market investment should be taxed to provide revenue to use for property tax relief."
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Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"For"
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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?
"Undecided"
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Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"For"
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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?
"For"
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Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Abortion is a personal health choice made by a woman based on her individual circumstances in consultation with medical, spiritual, and family advisors. The government should not interfere."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"For"
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Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
"Our state constitution requires public education. It also requires that taxes be fair and proportional. Having most of the funding for education come from property tax, when property values vary widely from town to town and city to city, means that people in municipalities with low property values pay a much a higher tax rate than those with high property values, often for a lower quality education. This is not fair or proportional, and therefore, not constitutional"
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"Adults should be free to make their own choices about marijuana as long as they do not impinge on the rights of others. Home grow and licensed private providers allow for this. Making it a state run enterprise creates a state interest in increasing drug use, which is a moral hazard."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"Adults should be free to make their own choices about marijuana as long as they do not impinge on the rights of others. Home grow and licensed private providers allow for this. Making it a state run enterprise creates a state interest in increasing drug use, which is a moral hazard."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Adults should be free to make their own choices about marijuana as long as they do not impinge on the rights of others. Home grow and licensed private providers allow for this. Making it a state run enterprise creates a state interest in increasing drug use, which is a moral hazard."
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Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"The $7.25/hr federal minimum wage is impossible to live on. The exact amount of a minimum wage would need to be determine by study, but it should be enough to allow a person to pay for food and shelter."
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Should New Hampshire add legal protections for residents of other states who travel here for health care related to abortion or gender transition?
"For"
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Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Abortion is a personal health choice made by a woman based on her individual circumstances in consultation with medical, spiritual, and family advisors. The government should not interfere."
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Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"Federal immigration enforcement is a federal issue, and should remain so."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"We used to have concealed carry permits. We should return to that system. We should have a red flag law that enables temporary restrictions on gun possession for persons adjudicated as safety risks to themselves or others, with clear provisions about how to remove the restrictions when the period of danger has passed. The baseline right to possession exists in the NH Constitution, and the default is that citizens have a right to gun possession. That should remain in place. Hunting and target shooting are part of our state culture and should remain so."
