Craig Benson
Craig Benson
Craig R. Bensonis an American politician and businessman. He served as Governor of New Hampshire from 2003 to 2005. Benson first came to public attention when he founded Cabletron Systems, now known as Enterasys Networks, which became one of the largest employers in New Hampshire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 October 1954
CountryUnited States of America
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We came out a little flat, but from there on, we just got a boost of energy and he?s the main reason why. There was a sense of urgency. We already dug ourselves into a little bit of a hole.
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With the continued transition from older shared-access technologies to next-generation switching, we clearly still have work ahead of us.
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Either you're for more government regulations, or you're not, and if you're not, why do you want to do more stuff, to jump through more legal hurdles?
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Benson said in an interview after the vote. ''I think this law finally puts all parental notification on the same footing.
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When I was running Cabletron, I did electricity deregulation, which lowered high electricity rates and created a competitive environment.
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I have done things politically, and I've been running a business at the same time, but I sort of joke that to some extent I do more than most legislators have done in their whole careers, and I've been doing it as a part-time job.
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I do not support gambling in this state.
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I was fortunate enough to have personal interaction with Hugh, and he was a mentor to me on many issues,
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I don't think anyone's pushing for spending limits in the campaign.
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We're saying we want more government in our lives by disclosing and having more rules and regulations and everything else. I don't get it.
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We're being very kind to let all these other states collect our tax money and keep it themselves, but I think the days of kindness are past.
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We have a law that allows us to establish charter schools here in this state. We ought to get going on it.
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California has set up regional collection offices around the world, staffed by California employees, specifically for out of state California businesses to collect the money and bring it back to California.
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But I also think that it does create a lot of revenue, but to me it's a temporary revenue stream because it's an industry that, if suddenly gambling started in Massachusetts, then a lot of our patrons who would gamble in New Hampshire if we had it, would disappear.