Keene Sentinel Endorses Hodes!by: elwoodMon Oct 25, 2010 at 17:53:40 PM EDT |
...From a policy point of view, Hodes is Ayotte's mirror image. He backs the health care reforms. He believes in science: He is pushing for a comprehensive alternative energy policy to mitigate global warming, to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and to create high-tech jobs. And he would do away with billions of dollars of subsidies for the petroleum industry. Hodes is pro-choice. He takes the right stand on the Bush era tax cuts - extend them for most Americans in these difficult times, but end them for people who are fortunate enough not to need them. Eliminating tax cuts for the wealthy would be "a $700 billion hit to the deficit," Hodes told The Sentinel last week. And he says the stimulus program - referred to by his opponent and the national GOP echo chamber as the "failed stimulus program" - was necessary as part of the effort to protect the economy from "a second Great Depression." He cites several specific benefits for New Hampshire... Full text linky |