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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Technology shifts are not unusual in this business, but what sets Cabletron apart is our ability to anticipate changing customer requirements,
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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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The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives.
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So you get kind of addicted to a revenue stream, and then all of a sudden it goes away, now the problem is worse than it was before.
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The Business Profits Tax, which is imposed on in-state businesses, we need to impose the same thing on out-of-state businesses, because the way the Business Profits Tax is calculated, it is highly dependent on how much sales and profits are generated in-state.
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Now I believe that people need to understand what's happening in my campaign, and they're going to get three or four snapshots of that, with plenty of time before the first disclosure happens in June.
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Actually, I think I come at things a whole different way from most people, and, you know, sometimes political answers are one way to solve the problem, and sometimes there are better ways to do it.
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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.
gambling support
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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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'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.