Roy R. Schweiker
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Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should New Hampshire ban abortion after 20 weeks gestation, with exceptions for cases of rape/incest and health complications?
"Laws need to be consistent with medical 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?
"Hard to enforce limit when exact time of conception hard to prove in court."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH pursue expanded commuter rail?
"Not if it requires subsidies - why encourage residents to work and shop elsewhere?"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH limit terms for elected officials?
"I oppose term limits for New Hampshire elected officials."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH increase funding for heroin treatment programs?
"Should be part of overall health care system."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"The Federal income tax is full of loopholes and special deals and I would hate to see NH go through that sort of shady legislation. Therefore slimy as the Federal tax is, the NH tax should be a direct proportion of it instead of adding yet more complexity to a modified NH tax."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"The practical advantage is that it captures money from those with unreported income and those from out of state who use services. The philosophical advantage is this would tax what you take from society while an income tax is on how much you produce for society. Retail lobbyists warn that a sales tax would mean less land paved over for shopping malls, less traffic in border towns, and fewer part-time low wage jobs - is that all bad? We should not let the profits of a few businesses near the state line determine statewide tax policy."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"We will need a lot of revenue to deal with Covid-19 and its aftermath so now is not the time to reduce taxes or increase subsidies."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Only if as part of a broad-based income tax. The standalone capital gains tax proposed by Senator Feltes targets senior citizens as it covers all gain since you owned the asset even years before the tax was passed, it is not indexed to inflation, and does not allow deductions regardless of what the money is used for."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the tax on cigarettes?
"We should not let the profits of a few businesses near the state line determine statewide tax policy."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add restrictions to the governor's powers during a state of emergency?
"Governor should have tiered authority, can take broad range of immediate actions but expire unless approved by executive council, legislative committee, or legislature depending on time frame."
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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?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase public access to reports of police misconduct?
"Officers need to have due process rights as to accuracy of reports, which should then be made available like other police reports. Expect that untruthful officers likely to be terminated if their testimony is not reliable."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Do you support the option of mail-in ballots for all voters, not just absentees?
"Depends on details of plan."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH legalize the recreational use of marijuana?
"Depends on details of plan."
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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?
"Should depend on relative cost and efficiency."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"Needs to be kept in line with adjoining states, NH should not become the sweatshop capital of New England."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH do more to enforce federal immigration laws?
"NH police are too busy already to take on more work, but should cooperate with feds on a case-by-case basis."
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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?
"Large arrays need to treated as commercial not residential power."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase subsidies and tax credits for business investment?
"Depends on the details. We will need a lot of revenue to deal with Covid-19 and its aftermath so now is not generally the time to reduce taxes or increase subsidies."
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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?
"Present adequacy amount apparently set by comedians not educators, state should pay more to districts that need it by targeting aid."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Is police brutality an issue in NH?
"I am undecided on this issue."
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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?
"That plan is better than nothing."
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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?
"Funds must be returned to all users not used as slush fund to benefit a few."
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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)?
"Need to support only truly green energy - much renewable energy is not environmentally sound"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire create a road usage fee?
"Needs to be applied at pump to capture use by out-of-staters, diesel should be higher than gasoline per gallon due to greater fuel mileage, and electricity from EV charging stations needs to be taxed."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should New Hampshire government do more to increase the supply of affordable housing?
"NH needs to consider whether expanding growth is really a good idea"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH continue to administer statewide standards-based student assessments?
"Should be applied equally to public and private education."
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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?
"Tax rate is highly optimistic (note pandemic), need built-in triggers to tax rate and benefit amount to avoid shortfalls."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Depends on details of plan."
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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?
"Violates 'equal pay for equal work' since those with loans effectively receive higher pay than those without. And the proposed industries tend to receive higher than average pay already. Better to increase wages and reduce college costs."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add tax incentives for affordable housing development?
"If we want to reduce climate change, we need to stabilize the earth's population, and most developed countries already have more deaths than births which will become even more distinct in NH as Baby Boomers age. Any economic strategy that relies on continued growth is anti-Green and needs to be discarded."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire allocate tax revenues for private and home schooling costs?
"Would need better testing program to ensure that 'adequate' education is being obtained."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH impose strict residency requirements on registering to vote?
"Residency laws should be similar to other states. Cars primarily kept in NH should be registered in NH whether owner is a resident or not, his is a user fee."
