{"id":51,"date":"2019-03-23T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T18:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhhra.org\/hra\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2024-06-07T18:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T22:37:59","slug":"platform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nhhra.org\/hra\/resources\/platform\/","title":{"rendered":"PLATFORM"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES<\/strong><\/p>\n

[You may also download this platform as a PDF file: Platform April 2024<\/a>]<\/p>\n

We, the duly elected delegates of the Republican Party of New Hampshire, in convention assembled, in discharge of the duty we owe to our constituents and our state, unite in the following Platform of Republican Principles:<\/p>\n

We, the people of the New Hampshire Republican Party, do stand united in our dedication to preserving freedom, limited government, and unlimited opportunity for all.<\/p>\n

We believe, above all else, in the founding principle that all people are created equal, endowed by our Creator with the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, unimpeded by intrusive government regulation and control.<\/p>\n

We believe that the New Hampshire and United States Constitutions were written by our forefathers to limit our government, not our freedom.<\/p>\n

We believe that individual liberty is guaranteed under the Constitutions of the United States and New Hampshire, that the liberty of the people must be protected above the power of the government, and that it is only through an adherence to our founding documents that we will continue to grow as a free, Constitutional Republic.<\/p>\n

We believe that the Founding Fathers gave the 1st Amendment its preeminent position with intent that religious freedom deserves to be protected.<\/p>\n

We believe that the 2nd Amendment is in a position of prominence with the intent that law-abiding citizens of the United States of America have a right to protect and defend their lives, their families, and their property without government infringement.<\/p>\n

We believe in free people, free markets, and free enterprise.<\/p>\n

We believe that happiness and success are the result of individual effort, hard work, and dedication to a purpose.<\/p>\n

We believe that economies flourish when all people retain as much of their hard-earned income as possible, to spend and invest as they see fit.<\/p>\n

We believe that low taxes are the result of low spending; that the government has a moral obligation to the people to be as cost effective as possible, to always limit spending and growth of government, and to cut spending and cost of government at every possible turn.<\/p>\n

We believe that a strong national defense is necessary to preserve freedom and opportunity in America, and we believe that secure national borders are an integral part of a strong national defense.<\/p>\n

We believe that freedom can exist only in a nation that is willing to defend it. The utmost honor must be bestowed upon those who are willing to serve and sacrifice in the United States Military. Let us never forget those whose greatest sacrifice has protected a free and strong America for all.<\/p>\n

We believe that life is sacred, from conception to natural death and that we cannot diminish the value of one category of human life without diminishing the value of all human life.<\/p>\n

We believe that traditional families are the foundation of strong communities, and that family life best nurtures love of country, faith in God, morality, and concern for others.<\/p>\n

We believe that we the people are strongest when we stand together, that it is our responsibility to hold the government accountable and that it is through the integrity of the ballot box that we do so.<\/p>\n

We believe that every child is filled with potential and is unique in their own right; as such we believe there is no one-size-fits-all education solution; we support expanded education choices, including but not limited to: education tax credits, charter schools, and homeschooling. We believe in local educational control, beginning with parents, teachers, and principals.<\/p>\n

We believe as the New Hampshire Constitution states, that acquiring, possessing, and protecting property is a natural, essential and inherent right.<\/p>\n

We believe that New Hampshire, with her rock-solid values and proud history of political activism, must preserve our\u00a0 First In The Nation Primary position.<\/p>\n

We believe that the history of the Republican Party is a story of strength, courage and patriotism; our party was founded in the fight to end the despicable practice of slavery, it was the Republican Party that fought for the right of all women to vote, it was Republicans in Congress who fought to overcome the southern Democrats\u2019 resistance to pass civil rights legislation and it is Republican values that will lead our nation forward in freedom and opportunity for all.<\/p>\n

We believe that local governments should not be allowed to infringe on individual rights and that the state should ensure protection from such local government overreach.<\/p>\n

We believe that the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing, healthcare, education, and wellbeing of their children is a fundamental right. Decisions regarding the upbringing, healthcare, education, and wellbeing of children should be the free choice of parents, acting on the children\u2019s behalf, unimpeded by intrusive government regulation and control.<\/p>\n

We, the people of the New Hampshire Republican Party, pledge to our neighbors across our great, beautiful, and proud state, that we remain dedicated to maintaining a limited, affordable government, to lead with integrity, character and compassion, and to forever defend the freedom that has made the United States of America a beacon of hope for all people.<\/p>\n

We support legal immigration and believe that enforcement of immigration laws is in New Hampshire\u2019s best interests. Effective enforcement of both the northern and southern borders will combat the severe adverse societal impacts of illegal immigration such as drug smuggling, human trafficking, child exploitation and gang violence.<\/p>\n

We oppose amnesty for anyone who enters New Hampshire illegally. Giving amnesty to illegal immigrants undermines the system and encourages a wide range of illegal activity. We encourage the enforcement of trespassing laws on New Hampshire conservation and private lands. New Hampshire agencies should assist affected landowners in apprehending and prosecuting criminal trespassers and in appropriate tort or property damage claims. We support enforcement of federal immigration laws, condemn lawlessness and oppose the formation of sanctuary cities.<\/p>\n

We believe dumping toxic chemicals into the air in order to mitigate the supposed threat of global warming by blocking the sun is insane and dangerous, that geoengineering in all its forms must be opposed in order to preserve the beauty and environment of New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat the history of the nation during the last (six) years has fully established the propriety and necessity of the organization and perpetuation of the Republican Party, and that the causes that called it into existence are permanent in their nature, and now, more than ever before, demand its peaceful and constitutional triumph…<\/em><\/p>\n

That the present Democratic Administration has far exceeded our worst apprehensions in its measureless subserviency to the exactions of (special) interests\u2026and in its general and unvarying abuse of the power entrusted to it by a confiding people…<\/em><\/p>\n

That the people justly view with alarm the reckless extravagance which pervades every department of the Federal Government; that a return to rigid economy and accountability is indispensable to arrest the systematic plunder of the public treasury by favored partisans… (and)<\/em><\/p>\n

Finally, having thus set forth our distinctive principles and views, we invite the co-operation of all citizens, however differing on other questions, who substantially agree with us in their affirmance and support.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Republican Platform, 1860<\/p>\n

APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

JOBS AND ECONOMY<\/p>\n

IMPROVING NEW HAMPSHIRE\u2019S BUSINESS CLIMATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Remove barriers to business formation and encourage small businesses
\n \u2022 Minimize business regulations, permits, licenses and paperwork
\n \u2022 Keep state government lean to allow lower business taxes
\n \u2022 Foster an attitude of assistance and cooperation with business and increase responsiveness
\n \u2022 Prefer incentives to penalties and issue warnings before fines
\n \u2022 Work with municipalities to streamline planning and zoning barriers to business
\n \u2022 Support the development of a robust telecommunications and technology infrastructure throughout New Hampshire
\n \u2022 Support cost-efficient means to protect, develop and market agricultural, forest and high value natural resource products<\/p>\n

NEW HAMPSHIRE\u2019S WORKFORCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Uphold the right to join or avoid labor unions without coercion or intimidation; support \u201cright to work\u201d legislation
\n \u2022 Support legislation to allow workers to decide the allocation of the portion of their union dues used for political purposes
\n \u2022 Encourage apprenticeships
\n \u2022 Support the concept of \u201cmerit pay\u201d<\/p>\n

TAXES AND SPENDING<\/p>\n

LOW TAXES ARE THE RESULT OF LOW SPENDING<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Strongly oppose new taxes and fees, including an income, sales and capital gains tax
\n \u2022 Cut or eliminate taxes which inhibit enterprise, earnings and savings and investment, such as the Interest and Dividends Tax and the Business Enterprise\/Business Profits Tax
\n \u2022 Limit the growth of state spending to not more than the rate of inflation plus population growth
\n \u2022 Require supermajorities to raise taxes
\n \u2022 Oppose \u201cdownshifting\u201d of costs and regulatory enforcement from state to local government
\n \u2022 Maintain local control of spending and taxes designed to support local services
\n \u2022 Work to reduce energy costs and remove New Hampshire from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
\n \u2022 Reject expanded casino and video lottery gambling as a means to balance the budget or increase spending<\/p>\n

GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Justify expenditures against measurable benefits
\n \u2022 Prioritize programs to ensure effective spending
\n \u2022 Reward employees who save money and\/or exceed their goals
\n \u2022 Sunset programs and regulations to force periodic reevaluation
\n \u2022 Privatize programs and functions that can be handled more effectively by the private sector
\n \u2022 Ensure that public employee benefits are similar to and do not exceed those of the private sector
\n \u2022 Support the concept of a people\u2019s veto
\n \u2022 Expand openness and transparency to employment, expenditures and all recipients of taxpayers\u2019 funds
\n \u2022 Protect the privacy of individuals from government agencies and employees who abuse their power and position<\/p>\n

HEALTH<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Support the repeal of Obamacare and oppose its implementation in New Hampshire
\n \u2022 Allow free market driven health care plans and \u201cala carte\u201d insurance plans free from government mandates
\n \u2022 Allow the purchase of insurance plans across state lines
\n \u2022 Allow for \u201cportability\u201d of health care plans
\n \u2022 Increase the use of market forces to improve health care and lower costs
\n \u2022 Improve access to the information necessary to make informed health care decisions, including information about the quality and cost of services provided by physicians, hospitals and insurers
\n \u2022 Require informed consent, free from coercion, with regard to all medical treatment and intervention, including abortion procedures and gender reassignment therapy or surgery.
\n \u2022 Support the prevention and elimination of payment for all unnecessary medical procedures covered by or proposed to be covered by Medicaid.
\n \u2022 Support the moral and ethical right of informed consent with regard to all medical treatment and intervention
\n \u2022 Provide for the special needs of seniors, including opportunities for personalized home health care and less expensive alternatives to hospital stays and prescription medication
\n \u2022 Respect New Hampshire\u2019s honored veterans by ensuring that they receive the benefits they have rightfully earned and deserve, particularly by combating homelessness and making all medical facilities available to qualified veterans<\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/p>\n

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Promote education freedom and parental rights to control the education of their children
\n \u2022 Encourage education freedom to allow all parents to choose the best public, private, charter or home school program for their children
\n \u2022 Expand education tax credits and support universal education freedom accounts
\n \u2022 Repeal the Blaine Amendment to end discrimination against religious schools
\n \u2022 Support market forces to provide and improve education
\n \u2022 Support the right for biological females to compete in sports exclusively amongst themselves
\n \u2022 Teach that no one race or sex is inherently superior or inferior to another
\n \u2022 Teach that America is NOT a racist country
\n \u2022 Prohibit public schools and universities from maintaining or funding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs
\n \u2022 Promote legislation for age appropriate materials that are not harmful to minors in school and public libraries
\n \u2022 Pass parent\u2019s rights legislation and\/or constitutional amendment
\n \u2022 Promote accountability and transparency in education
\n \u2022 Support self-funded home education and resist efforts to enact greater government control and regulation of home education.
\nLOCAL CONTROL AND FUNDING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
\n \u2022 Promote local control of education policy and funding in order to create the best-managed school systems
\n \u2022 Amend the Constitution to overturn the poorly decided Claremont rulings and return educational funding and policy to the people at the local level
\n \u2022 Remove mandates, particularly unfunded mandates, as a condition for receiving state or federal aid
\n \u2022 Common Core (CCSSI) should be abolished in New Hampshire in order to protect local control of education, students, their families and teachers, and to prevent invasions of privacy and to prevent impingements on school choice<\/p>\n

THE CLASSROOM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Emphasize knowledge attainment and academic achievement
\n \u2022 Support freedom of speech at all education levels
\n \u2022 Emphasize marketable skills at the high school and post-secondary levels
\n \u2022 Support innovative measures to reduce tuition costs and increase national competitiveness
\n \u2022 Promote personal responsibility and consequences for one\u2019s actions
\n \u2022 Implement the nation\u2019s highest competency and accountability standards for our superintendent, principal, teachers, and students; empower teachers to maintain orderly, disciplined classrooms
\n \u2022 Eliminate tenure and institute merit pay
\n \u2022 Reform the teacher certification process to include participation by individuals outside the standard education paradigm whose experiences will elevate appreciation for knowledge in the classroom
\n \u2022 Enable and encourage a momentary silent prayer or reflective silence in the classroom along with the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each school day<\/p>\n

THE FAMILY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Support the pre-born child\u2019s fundamental right to life and personhood under the Fourteenth Amendment, and implement all Constitutional and legal protections
\n \u2022 Encourage individuals and organizations who provide alternatives to abortion by meeting the needs of mothers through adoption, support, counseling and educational services
\n \u2022 Require parental consent for minors seeking abortions, ban the use of public resources to fund or promote abortion, support the unity of the family and the sanctity of innocent life, and support similar efforts at the federal level
\n \u2022 Recognize marriage as the legal and sacred union between one man and one woman as ordained by God, encouraged by the State, and traditional to humankind, and the core of the Family
\n \u2022 Maintain the fundamental role and responsibility of both parents in the care, upbringing and discipline of their children
\n \u2022 Oppose euthanasia and physician assisted suicide
\n \u2022 Support a Life at Conception Act guaranteeing the protections of Life and Personhood to the pre-born under the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution
\n \u2022 We believe that the children\u2019s best interest is to have a substantial relationship with each parent and the government should only interfere with that relationship with just cause
\n \u2022 Defend women\u2019s sports against biological males
\n \u2022 Protect women against biological males in locker rooms
\n \u2022 Require a person to attain the age of majority before gender reassignment surgery<\/p>\n

LAW AND ORDER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Protect the rights of law-abiding individuals to own and carry firearms to defend themselves, their families and their property; oppose any taxation, licensing restrictions, or registration of firearms; oppose the requirement to obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm; oppose any \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban; support the universal right of self-defense wherever one has a legal right to be
\n \u2022 Ensure due process rights of those accused of child abuse or neglect
\n \u2022 Establish strict laws against sexual predators including life incarceration as appropriate
\n \u2022 Strengthen prosecution and fair enforcement of death penalty laws
\n \u2022 Prosecute violations of election law and ensure voting is done by New Hampshire resident citizens only; to prevent voter fraud we support the requirement to produce positive identification upon both registering and voting
\n \u2022 Support the State\u2019s Constitutional right to determine legal restrictions on possession of controlled substances<\/p>\n

THE JUDICIARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Demand the appointment of judges who recognize their proper and limited interpretive role, relying only on the original intent of the federal and state constitutions
\n \u2022 Implement reasonable and periodic oversight of judicial officers, including term limitations
\n \u2022 Support the constitutional right of citizens to petition the general court for redress of grievances
\n \u2022 Support the people\u2019s oversight of the Judiciary through their elected Legislature
\n \u2022 Provide instructions for juries in criminal proceedings that they have the power both to judge the facts and the application of the law to those facts
\n \u2022 Recognize that the Supreme Court of the United States correctly decided the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, a landmark case, relative to the personal carry of firearms which broadly requires an originalist interpretation of our constitution for future legal cases and oppose any laws contrary to the originalist interpretation of the Second Amendment<\/p>\n

THE ENVIRONMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Recognize that private property owners are the most effective land stewards and have a fundamental right to freely use and enjoy their property
\n \u2022 Promote conservation of open space, sensitive ecosystems, wildlife, scenic vistas, historic and cultural landscapes, and especially New Hampshire\u2019s state historic sites
\n \u2022 Require that all energy and infrastructure projects constructed within New Hampshire be constructed in a manner which does not negatively affect New Hampshire\u2019s natural beauty and personal property values
\n \u2022 Encourage landowners to keep their property open and accessible to responsible recreation
\n \u2022 Provide public access to all public lands and great ponds, subject to adequate protection for indigenous plants and animals
\n \u2022 Encourage private development of a balanced, safe and environmentally sensitive transportation system to provide greater commuter and commercial access to and within our state
\n \u2022 Improve highways and reduce traffic congestion to increase access to recreation and tourism in rural areas
\n \u2022 Support policies that encourage research and development of our energy resources, including natural gas, hydroelectric power, nuclear energy and new technologies<\/p>\n

FEDERALISM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Demand the enforcement of national border security and immigration laws
\n \u2022 Oppose any form of amnesty for illegal aliens
\n \u2022 Define trespass to include illegal presence in New Hampshire
\n \u2022 Oppose federal programs that contradict the ninth or tenth amendment to the US Constitution; these amendments reserve unenumerated rights and powers to the states and the people
\n \u2022 Oppose all laws, programs, and mandates from local, national, and international organizations and governments contrary to our principles: including, but not limited to, educational standards, United Nations programs, international treaties, sustainable development initiatives, wealth redistribution plans, and punitive environmental controls
\n \u2022 Take any and all actions possible to protect against the implementation of any part of Sharia law in New Hampshire, including legislation outlawing Sharia law
\n \u2022 Prosecute violations of election law and ensure voting is done by New Hampshire resident citizens only; to prevent voter fraud we support the requirement to produce positive identification and proof of citizenship upon registering at your city or town clerk and on voting day during same day registration. A signed affidavit is not adequate proof of domicile or citizenship
\n \u2022 Support enforcement of federal immigration law and condemn lawlessness
\n \u2022 Oppose so-called \u2018sanctuary\u2019 policies that inhibit the enforcement of federal immigration law
\n \u2022 Support merit-based legal immigration that is necessary and beneficial to the United States of America
\n \u2022 Promote assimilation of legal immigrants seeking to achieve the American Dream
\n \u2022 Demand that Congress exercise their sole authority over war declarations and protect the New Hampshire National Guard by requiring a Congressional declaration of war prior to any National Guardsman deployment to overseas combat zones.\u00a0<\/p>\n

PLATFORM ADOPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

The delegates of the New Hampshire Republican Party, in convention assembled, in Concord, NH, on April 13, 2024<\/strong>, pursuant to RSA 667: 21 I, do hereby adopt the foregoing Platform of Republican Principles.<\/p>\n

May God forever bless the United States of America and the great State of New Hampshire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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