{"id":11619,"date":"2012-09-06T07:30:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T11:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=11619"},"modified":"2012-09-06T16:52:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T20:52:36","slug":"primary-crash-course-how-democratic-gov-candidates-say-they-would-rev-up-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/09\/06\/primary-crash-course-how-democratic-gov-candidates-say-they-would-rev-up-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Crash Course: How Democratic Gov. Candidates Say They Would Rev-Up The Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amanda Loder \/ StateImpact New Hampshire<\/p>

Democratic candidate Maggie Hassan is pushing education funding as key to bolstering the state's economy.<\/p><\/div>\n

Next week, New Hampshire voters will decide who gets to run for governor this November.\u00a0 And despite the fact that most states would envy our 5.4 percent unemployment rate, jobs<\/a> and the economy<\/a> are the issues driving the primary elections. StateImpact lays out the similarities\u2013and differences\u2013between the plans of the leading Democratic candidates.<\/em><\/p>\n

Q: <\/span>What is each candidate proposing?<\/p>\n

A: <\/span>Broadly speaking, they\u2019re very similar.\u00a0 Of course, on some level that\u2019s not surprising, considering Maggie Hassan<\/a> and Jackie Cilley<\/a> are both Democrats.\u00a0 But unlike the Republican proposals<\/a>, where you can pretty much go down the line and point out differences on how much they would cut various taxes<\/a> or their stances on tax credits, it\u2019s a tougher job to boil down their Democratic counterparts\u2019 views at this point.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, though, based on their campaign materials, it seems that Hassan is more heavily emphasizing education funding for the future knowledge-based workforce.\u00a0 And as the only candidate refusing to take the pledge against an income or sales tax, Cilley\u2019s staked out the taxation (or revenue) reform position.\u00a0\u00a0 Although, again, the pledge aside, in a lot of ways, they\u2019re hitting a lot of the same points.<\/p>\n

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Q: <\/span>So what about the specifics?\u00a0 What\u2019s Hassan\u2019s plan for boosting the state\u2019s economy?<\/p>\n

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