David Miller
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Position on Issues
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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?
"Public education funding cannot afford to be diluted, Education Freedom Accounts result in state funding being directly withdrawn from the school district of which the student would otherwise have attended; less students means less available funds. Liberty and freedom is essential to democracy, but I will not endorse a program that was poorly implemented and weakens the public education system."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"I am not pro-abortion, I am pro-choice. The matter is a very difficult and sensitive subject for anyone, particularly those who are or those who may become pregnant, and we need to ensure effective and safe healthcare treatments are available to ALL individuals. Striving to build a society where less abortions will be desired is commendable, but denying equal rights under the law to an already marginalized subset of the population - based on a minority of the population's personal beliefs - is akin to authoritarianism."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"I am not pro-abortion, I am pro-choice. The matter is a very difficult and sensitive subject for anyone, particularly those who are or those who may become pregnant, and we need to ensure effective and safe healthcare treatments are available to ALL individuals. Striving to build a society where less abortions will be desired is commendable, but denying equal rights under the law to an already marginalized subset of the population - based on a minority of the population's personal beliefs - is akin to authoritarianism."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3?
"Example why I am against broad, potentially ignorant, prohibitions: 'Teacher, why does Tess have two dads and Billy has two moms? I have a mom and a dad.' Is a teacher supposed to say, 'I am sorry, the State government says it is illegal for me to talk to you about this, please speak with your parents.'? A teacher needs to be free to discuss a wide range of diverse topics with intellectually curious individuals, restricting speech in this fashion seems highly inappropriate and against the public's best interests."
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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"?
"Banning the teaching of concepts just because I don't understand them isn't how I would legislate. Study a little bit about 'bias' and you will learn that every individual has a bias depending on their environment and past experiences. New Hampshire is predominately Caucasian(90%+); while unfortunate, it is completely expected that New Hampshire residents would feel more comfortable interacting with Caucasians rather than humans of other descents. Throw in negative stereotypes about any non-Caucasian, and you have the majority of a population predisposed to being, at the very least, unconsciously biased when interacting with members of other races. Why should I want to prevent teachers from educating students based on facts and science?"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Many families across New Hampshire cannot afford to pay more for gas, groceries, housing, or health care, I would not seek to tax our already overburdened lower-income workers. However, I would gladly support adjustments to the tax structure to deliver equitable governance; trickle down economics only works if it delivers results to all citizens, not just those at the top of the employment hierarchy."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"I empathize with New Hampshire's history of being against a broad-based sales tax and would not be seeking to advocate for one. However, I understand that across the country legislatures have not been representing the best interests of the people, if I were elected I would consider every issue raised based on its merits."
Undecided| 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?
"I would need to hear more about the proposals to take a firm position. I am reluctant to offer support despite the known excess in student loan debt facing many citizens. Wouldn't a business paying their employees more in lieu of paying down that employee's student loan debt be more beneficial to employees, that is, more beneficial to the citizens of New Hampshire? Employees could then prioritize their expenditures based on higher income paid directly to the employee rather than towards their loans. Perhaps the state could offer a tax credit to citizens who contribute to student loan repayment?"
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"New Hampshire has a housing shortage crisis, families unable to pay for adequate medical care, underpaid public employees, and a looming environmental crisis which could very well end our ability to host snow and maintain outdoor winter recreation like skiing and snowmobiling. Now is not the time to reduce taxes without concrete, necessary, reasons. We should be forward thinking about the future of our state to protect our citizens from increasingly hazardous storms, sickness, droughts, and flash flooding."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"100% yes. We may live in a more resilient area of the world, but if we don't set an example to follow others will continue, just like we have, to do too little to address the environmental crisis threatening millions(billions?) with homelessness/starvation. I do not have children, but if I did, I would definitely want them to be able to enjoy living on the Earth they inherited from us, not fleeing foreseeable destruction."
Undecided| 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?
"Undecided"
Undecided| 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?
"Need to see more details of proposals before committing. I understand the desire to have parity across transportation platforms and would be open to discussing how New Hampshire might best protect all citizens as efforts to adopt electric infrastructure expand; the electricity required to use and components required to construct electric vehicles comes at a cost, these costs need to be accounted for when making policy decisions like this."
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"Some zoning barriers - like environmental and safety regulations - are essential to protect life in New Hampshire and I would not encourage removing quality zoning barriers simply to produce more housing. We have a housing crisis which was entirely foreseeable, making rash decisions which could lead to significant negative outcomes unwise. However, if there are obstructive zoning barriers which are arbitrary and simply in place to prevent construction of affordable housing, I would certainly encourage municipalities to remove those zoning barriers. There is only one Earth with finite resources, we need to future-plan so we aren't left with policies which create housing instability, which ripples out to destabilize the workforce and potentially the entire economy."
Undecided| 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?
"I would like to learn more about the specifics before taking a firm position. I do know New Hampshire, and almost every other jurisdiction, has not done enough to address humanity's pollution because our climate crisis continues to be exacerbated by ineffectual leadership too cowardice to take a stand against pollution. 'Reduce, reuse, recycle' used to be a common theme in my childhood - what happened?"
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"I am not pro-abortion, I am pro-choice. The matter is a very difficult and sensitive subject for anyone, particularly those who are or those who may become pregnant, and we need to ensure effective and safe healthcare treatments are available to ALL individuals. Striving to build a society where less abortions will be desired is commendable, but denying equal rights under the law to an already marginalized subset of the population - based on a minority of the population's personal beliefs - is akin to authoritarianism."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the option of mail-in ballots for all voters, not just absentees?
"I am pro-democracy, and that requires citizen participation in elections; so long as the mail-in ballots can effectively be authenticated and counted before election deadlines, why should it matter if someone was absentee or not?"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"I am entirely for legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in New Hampshire. New Hampshire has an interest in protecting our residents from the use of drugs, but all signs seem to be pointing to the United States' war on drugs being ineffective and internationally harmful. Drug cartels gain power because of the illicit designation of drugs, not because of the effects of drugs, and the violence and destruction caused by cartels as they combat government drug enforcement policy decisions accumulates on top of the continued - unrelenting - consequences of drug use in the United States. Alcohol, tobacco, and many other harmful products are regulated and sold within New Hampshire, how is marijuana any different?"
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?
"I am entirely for legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in New Hampshire. New Hampshire has an interest in protecting our residents from the use of drugs, but all signs seem to be pointing to the United States' war on drugs being ineffective and internationally harmful. Drug cartels gain power because of the illicit designation of drugs, not because of the effects of drugs, and the violence and destruction caused by cartels as they combat government drug enforcement policy decisions accumulates on top of the continued - unrelenting - consequences of drug use in the United States. Alcohol, tobacco, and many other harmful products are regulated and sold within New Hampshire, how is marijuana any different?"
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"I am entirely for legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in New Hampshire. New Hampshire has an interest in protecting our residents from the use of drugs, but all signs seem to be pointing to the United States' war on drugs being ineffective and internationally harmful. Drug cartels gain power because of the illicit designation of drugs, not because of the effects of drugs, and the violence and destruction caused by cartels as they combat government drug enforcement policy decisions accumulates on top of the continued - unrelenting - consequences of drug use in the United States. Alcohol, tobacco, and many other harmful products are regulated and sold within New Hampshire, how is marijuana any different?"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"In today's economy, $7.25/hour is not reasonable pay for almost all but the most meager of tasks. Citizens must be protected from unscrupulous labor practices and I would support updating what minimum wage should mean in New Hampshire. However, I understand from the perspective of employers any increase to minimum wage needs to be incremental and limited to meet the needs of employees as well as their employers. I fear failure to increase minimum wage may leave employees without bargaining power in negotiating their wages at a disadvantage and they may be subjected to unfair wages creating undue enrichment to the more powerful employers."
Undecided| 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?
"Need more input, definitely not a topic I can take a concrete position on without learning more about how the revenue sharing would work. I myself have been considering how the government could redirect equitable finances directly to individuals in every jurisdiction, thus injecting local municipalities with diverse revenue generating opportunities - i.e., rather than corporations trickling money down the economy, why don't we invest in our people and have money trickle up in the economy? People can still accumulate wealth, earn higher incomes than others, but everyone would have equal dignity within the economy to affordably live based on the dividends returned from their investment in their community/country."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the gradual phase-out of the Interests and Dividends tax?
"The Interest and Dividends Tax generated over $80 million in revenue for New Hampshire each year since 2012 - the Interest and Dividends Tax was actually enacted in 1923! - surpassing $120 million in state revenues in 2021. Data retrieved from New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. If New Hampshire is to phase-out this tax, where will it generate revenues which are lost? Bills always come due eventually, why burden our children with continued 'limited government' which is effectively preventing reasonable investment in our people? The less we do today, the more we have to do tomorrow."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the state’s current system of public school funding, with each district’s total funding primarily dependent on local property tax revenue?
"Public education needs to be high quality and available to all, regardless of where they live. If we rely almost exclusively on property taxes to finance public education, towns/cities with higher property values will generate more public school funding, while towns with lower property values would likely struggle to provide similar levels of resources towards education. Less resources often means lesser outcomes, particularly if regions are competing to hire teachers from the same employment pool - affluent areas will always have the best of the best while other towns will get what they can afford. Often those who are struggling need the most help, we shouldn't leave any community behind in the pursuit of education."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"I am not pro-abortion, I am pro-choice. The matter is a very difficult and sensitive subject for anyone, particularly those who are or those who may become pregnant, and we need to ensure effective and safe healthcare treatments are available to ALL individuals. Striving to build a society where less abortions will be desired is commendable, but denying equal rights under the law to an already marginalized subset of the population - based on a minority of the population's personal beliefs - is akin to authoritarianism."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"New Hampshire should pass effective laws which mitigate the opportunity to use firearms to cause harm; historically, the Second Amendment secures States from theoretical federal tyranny - a federal military cannot disarm an armed state militia - not an individual right to possess firearms. Universal background checks and firearms training seem like basic tools to reducing harm caused by firearms. Specifically, assault weapons which are more destructive than pistols/hunting rifles because they shoot larger bullets at higher velocities, should be limited to police and military use, but I would be open to legislation which retains access to such weapons in restricted areas, like authorized shooting ranges. If you want to own/fire a gun, it should be done in a controlled and safe manner."
