Phillip James Walker
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This score comes from a questionnaire, not from votes. Phillip James Walker 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 program100%1/1
- 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%1/1
- Green New Deal Energy MandatesFrom the Green New Deal section of the DSA program100%1/1
Every answer that counted (5)
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 Phillip James Walker wrote under an answer is quoted in full, unedited. On one question the sentence Phillip James Walker wrote under the box settles the answer differently from the box itself, and the score goes with what they wrote, not the box. Those rows show both, and say why.
| Question | Their answer | Aligned answer | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest and Dividends taxShould New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"It makes good sense to bring back the Interest & Dividend tax because it taxes unearned wealth from affluent residents who are getting a largely free ride." | For | For | 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 | 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"A cap is a cheap trick that does not address underling drivers of rising costs, and could be disastrous for an already underfunded district. A cap might make sense in a completely different funding scenario, but we are not there yet."Ticked Other, scored as Against. He calls a cap a cheap trick and says the state is not in a scenario where one makes sense. That is a no to the question as asked. The different scenario he imagines is a hypothetical, not a condition on the answer. | Againstticked Other | 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"Our current school funding system is unfair and inefficient. I would prefer to see a statewide property tax with equitable and adequate funding for all schools. I would also support exemptions for homeowners and on the flip side a surcharge for high-end vacation homes." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Expand net metering opportunitiesDo you support legislation to expand the net energy metering system capacity cap from 1 MW to 5 MW for all residential and commercial customers in New Hampshire?Green New Deal Energy Mandates · Green New Deal"Green energy is a big win for NH. Not only does it combat climate change but local energy production helps stabilize our utility prices against wild market fluctuation and also keeps our money closer to home." | For | For | Aligned |
Read, and deliberately not counted (1)
Phillip James Walker ticked "Other" or "Undecided" on these and wrote a sentence underneath that leans one way without settling it. Getting from what they wrote to a For or an Against takes a chain of reasoning, and a chain of reasoning is not a position somebody took. None of these are in the score. They are printed so the reader can check the line we drew, instead of taking on trust that one was drawn at all.
- "Education Freedom Account" programTicked Undecided, not counted
“In general I am against it because it has been abused. The program should be much smaller, but I am not against it in principle, and it could be useful to build flexibility into a redesigned funding system.”
Against it in general, not against it in principle, would keep a smaller one. Leans Against. Not counted.
Left out of the score (5)
“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 Phillip James Walker.
- Broad-based income taxUndecided
- Business tax decreaseUndecided
- Public school open enrollment with limitsUndecided
- Allow segregation based on biological sexUndecided
- Proof of citizenship for newly registered votersOther
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