Chris Cogswell
Candidate for State Representative · Sullivan County District 6 · Democrat
Flagged: DSA Preferred Candidate
Graded Fully Socialist. Took the Democratic Socialists of America position on 9 of the 10 survey questions they answered clearly, out of 11 scored.
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Fully Socialist
90%
9 of 10 answers
answered 10 of 11
This score comes from a questionnaire, not from votes. Chris Cogswell holds no seat and has cast no roll calls. The scorecard scores votes.
By issue area
- Raise Taxes to Expand GovernmentFrom the Economic Democracy section of the DSA program66.7%2/3
- Grow the State BudgetFrom the Economic Democracy section of the DSA program100%2/2
- Defend the Public School MonopolyFrom the Freedom To Flourish section of the DSA program100%3/3
- Gender Identity Over Biological SexFrom the Feminism For All section of the DSA program100%1/1
- Loosen Voter Eligibility RulesFrom the Democracy For All section of the DSA program100%1/1
Every answer that counted (10)
The question wording is Citizens Count’s. The “aligned answer” column is the answer a DSA-aligned candidate would give, taken from the plank named beside it. Anything Chris Cogswell wrote under an answer is quoted in full, unedited.
| Question | Their answer | Aligned answer | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad-based income taxShould NH add an income tax on earned income?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"A broad based tax on earned income would not be my first choice for dealing with the economic inequality and fiscal reality NH residents deal with. I do believe we need to make the taxation system more fair. This would have to include increasing taxes targeted to the ultra wealthy and mega corporations which operate or reside in New Hampshire. But anyone earning less than $250k a year or under as a household should not be paying to bail out billionaires and the corporations killing our mom and pop stores." | Against | For | Not aligned |
| Interest and Dividends taxShould New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"The primary people who paid the interest and dividends tax were the ultra wealthy and those with extremely large investment portfolios. In other words, those who have enough income and money that they can invest it instead of using it for the everyday cost of living squeezing the average NH family to the brink. Most NH residents with any investments have them in an employer sponsored retirement account, which are structured in such a way that they were not subject to this tax at all. The repeal of this tax therefore only benefited the very rich, who have enough money to invest it into financial instruments which would be subject to this tax. This is another policy aimed at the wealthy retirees of Massachusetts and ultra wealthy families who seem to be the only demographic our current State Administration cares to listen too. We should bring back the interest and dividends tax and put it in line with other New England States, in order to be competitive with them in the open marketplace." | For | For | Aligned |
| Business tax decreaseShould New Hampshire lower business taxes?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"New Hampshire already has a tax system that benefits businesses and corporations over families and residents, and it has done absolutely nothing to increase entrepreneurship, new small businesses opening, or made the quality of life for the average NH family any better. In fact in the last 10 years the average NH citizen has seen their actual income decrease by about $17,000 a year, while the states economy has nearly doubled. Where did that money go? Our residents and small businesses are taken advantage of to give huge tax breaks and handouts to corporate interests. For example most big box stores which operate in New Hampshire do not actually reinvest the majority of that money into the communities in which they operate. In fact, on average only 10-20% of their revenue goes back into the local community in the form of salaries, benefits, charitable giving, or taxes. The vast majority of the money they make from shoppers in New Hampshire (and those who come here because of our unfair tax system) instead is siphoned out of New Hampshire and into other states. We see no benefit from the tax system as it exists now, since we still have to pay for all of the things that we need to live in a modern society. Our prices are as high as they are in the majority of the United States. So what benefit have we received from lower business taxes? More big box stores killing local shops? Worse benefits and rising health insurance premiums? I would support increasing business taxes to a level where more of the benefit from the business generated in New Hampshire actually goes back into our local communities." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Fund the Office of the Child AdvocateShould New Hampshire restore funding for the Office of the Child Advocate?Grow the State Budget · Economic Democracy"We should not be choosing to shut needed public services that benefit all of us in the long run to help out of state businesses get more government handouts and tax breaks." | For | For | Aligned |
| School district tax cap mandateShould state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?Grow the State Budget · Economic Democracy"The primary driver of increased budgets is health insurance premiums going up and out of state vendors increasing prices. How would capping the budget do anything to fix that problem? If every year your insurance premium goes up 10%, then even if everything else stayed the same price (which it doesn't) the amount of money left over for all of the other important stuff a school does would go down each year." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| "Education Freedom Account" programDo 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?Defend the Public School Monopoly · Freedom To Flourish"The system as it exists now does nothing but siphon money out of "bad" districts and into "good" districts. However, the good districts are often better off financially, have better local social services, and other advantages which is why they are better in the first place. It does nothing to actually fix the problem (that some public schools in NH are significantly better than others), and actually makes it worse (by leaving behind only the kids whose parents cannot afford to/don't have the time to fight to send their kid to another program somewhere else). It's a "jump the ship" mentality that does not work for governments, businesses, or really any large group trying to work together." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Public school open enrollment with limitsShould New Hampshire allow at least 10% of students in each school district to enroll in a different public school, regardless of where they live?Defend the Public School Monopoly · Freedom To Flourish"We should work to ensure that every community has a school which is good enough that no parent should have to worry about sending their kid to another district to get an education." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Majority of public school funding through local property taxesDo you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?Defend the Public School Monopoly · Freedom To Flourish"It is clear that this system does not work in it's current state. Homes should not be treated like investments that can be sold off to pay for higher taxes, when the majority of New Hampshire home owners cannot and will not sell their homes to reap the benefits of rising home prices. I believe that we should find new revenue streams to make up for the fiscal shortfalls we are seeing, and actually fund public schooling adequately here. There are a number of options for this, including legalizing and taxing marijuana, reinstating the interest and dividends tax, increasing corporate taxes on business earning more than $500 million a year in revenue in New Hampshire, taxes on vacation homes for out of state residents, and other options." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Allow segregation based on biological sexShould New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination law allow segregation based on biological sex in some settings, such as bathrooms and locker rooms?Gender Identity Over Biological Sex · Feminism For All"This is a mean spirited attack on an extremely small and vulnerable population in New Hampshire. People should frankly mind their own business when out in public about what "biological sex" someone was assigned at birth, stop the moralizing, and try to solve problems actually impacting New Hampshire residents." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Proof of citizenship for newly registered votersShould New Hampshire require new voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when registering to vote?Loosen Voter Eligibility Rules · Democracy For All"From studies about the impacts of policies like this it is clear they do nothing meaningful to protect elections but do make it harder for the average US citizen to vote. We should be finding ways to make elections easier and more meaningful for the average citizen so that we have true representative democracy in the United States as the founders intended." | Against | Against | Aligned |
Left out of the score (1)
“Undecided”, “Other” and unanswered questions are excluded from the arithmetic, exactly as an absence is excluded on a roll call. None of these counted against Chris Cogswell.
- Expand net metering opportunitiesUndecided
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