Keith R. Murphy

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Low Taxes, Low Spending

In the last four years the legislature created or raised 38 different taxes and fees and borrowed $76 million to grow the budget 26%. Even with those increases, we're now facing a $300 million deficit and a pension fund shortfall of over $3 billion. Spending must be cut and priorities set to get the state back on solid financial ground.

Job-Friendly Policies

As a small business owner, I know that businesses don't pay taxes, they pass them onto their customers. When a new regulatory burden is placed on NH businesses, the cost of meeting that burden is passed onto customers. The result is higher prices, a lower quality of life for consumers, and as companies struggle for a shrinking customer base, less jobs. We need to roll back the cost of doing business in NH, and make this state friendly to jobs again.

Pro-Life, Pro-Parent

I'm proud to say I'm pro-life, and I support the right of parents to raise their children as they see fit. Four years ago the state legislature repealed a law that required parents to be notified if their minor children went for an abortion. I'll work to reinstate this commonsense requirement.

Constitutional Small Government

The founders of this state and nation understood that government's tendency is to gradually grow larger, and they tried to protect future generations by writing clear documents enshrining our rights and the responsibilities of the state and federal governments. Unfortunately many have forgotten those documents and their purpose. We need to return our governments to their essential roles andrestore our faith in our people's ingenuity and goodwill.

Self-Defense

I recognize that the right to defend your family, your property, and your life is a natural right, protected by the Constitutions of this state and nation.

Local Control

I believe that tax money and power are best kept close to the people, and that my neighbors are better trusted and more capable than bureaucrats in Concord and Washington, DC. I will fight to keep decision-making in Bedford and out of Concord.

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09/14/2010 - Vote in Primary