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Question 1: Are you in favor of amending the New Hampshire Constitution to return decisions about public school funding to the legislature and allowing a return to reliance on local property taxes to pay for local schools, thus nullifying the Supreme Court ruling in the Claremont Lawsuit ? Yes No Undecided
Statement by Mary E. Brown
Question 2: Given the choice of a statewide property tax or a statewide income tax as a long range solution to fund New Hampshire's education mandates, you would choose: Statewide income tax Statewide property tax Undecided
Question 3: Is it fair for the property rich communities to pay the same state property tax rate as every other community in New Hampshire, ($6.60), even though the property taxes of the property rich communities will increase while in most other communities property taxes will decrease ?
Yes No Undecided Statement by Fred Bramante
Question 4: To pay for the state's share of the cost of public education would you support a personal income tax of 3.5% to 4% of disposable income (federal adjusted gross income less standard exemptions) and a state-wide education property tax of $5 per $1,000 of equalized value (except on homesteads) with the following features: Standard income tax exemptions of $11,000 per person, $22,000 per couple, and $3,000 per dependent, plus an extra $3,000 for a single parent head of household, and $3,000 on a dependent filer's wages (such as a high school student who works part time), increased annually by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). All owner occupied primary residences would be exempt from the state-wide property tax. Renters would receive a credit against their income tax approximating their landlord's state education property tax. All income and state-wide property tax revenue dedicated to public education. Repeals the 18% NH inheritance tax. Repeals the 5% interest and dividends tax. Repeals the business enterprise tax (of .5% of all wages, interest & dividends paid by businesses). Rolls back the business profits tax rate from 8% to 7%. Rolls back the recent 50% increase in the real estate transfer tax (from a total of 1.5% to 1% of the sale price for buyer and seller combined). Replaces on average for homeowners about $10 to $12 per $1,000 in state and local school property taxes?
Yes No Undecided Statement by State Senators Mark Fernald and Clifton Below
Question 5: Should New Hampshire implement a sales tax in which the money would be sent to local communities to support public school education ?
Yes No Undecided
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