Issues

Property taxes

There are only two ways to reduce what has become the nation's second highest property tax burden here in the Granite State:

create a healthier business environment to attract more business taxpayers
reduce spending

Incredibly, our elected officials and state agencies waste tens of millions on interagency lawsuits, wrongful prosecutions, $39 million in business subsidies, and a toll booth system that still costs the State more than it brings in.
Charter schools and private schools do not have School Administrative Units, compulsory unionism, nor state control, and these expensive bureaucracies often interfere with the decisions of elected school boards or even push politics on children. They are a relic of the 1920's, no longer necessary in the Information Age.

Community colleges and universities need stable funding in order to make long term decisions and form long term contracts with professors, employees, and contractors. The erratic shifts in spending have created problems for our public colleges when they try to finance construction, renovations, or labor contracts.
However, seeing the university system spend $23 million a year on the chancellory and hundreds of thousands on everything from the new UNH logo to a $17,000 illuminated table, there is a need for greater oversight.

Making college affordable

Drug crisis

Harm Reduction methods used in both the United State and Europe have proven far more effective at reducing drug addiction and crime, yet legislators in both parties continue to build more prisons for addicts. As a state representative, Max Abramson sponsored Jessie's Law which would have enabled Ten Different Solutions for Ten Different Counties, allowing each county delegation to try everything from Recovery Support, Needle Exchange Programs, Diamorphine Clinics, or even Employment Support, each of which has shown promise in American and other western countries.
"Putting addicts in prison is not compassion, and it doesn't work. We need to offer treatment and recovery support for those who come forward."

Parents have the right to raise and educate their children according to their own standards. Rep. Abramson has fought consistently to support a parent's right to homeschool or choose any public, private, or charter school that they feel works best for their child. According to the Friedman Foundation for School Choice, 23 out of 24 studies have shown that existing public schools actually see test scores go up when they must compete for students and funding. Yet too many politicians are at the mercy of the teachers' union officials and school administrators who oppose school choice. Education is simply the most important single thing we do as a society.

SChool choice

Representative Max Abramson took on lobbyists from MONSANTO and other powerful firms in sponsoring GMO Labeling in New Hampshire. Already the law in Vermont, Maine, and other New England states, at least 91% of consumers support mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods. Abramson led a bipartisan coalition against the weight of powerful, entrenched interest groups. As governor, Abramson will work tirelessly for the best interests of the public, even against the weight of out of state casinos, developers, agribusiness firms, union officials, and other interests that provide almost 90% of the campaign money behind most statewide political campaigns.