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Issue Position: The 2011-2012 Budget

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Issues: Women Higher Education Health and Health Care Criminal Justice

Cannot support. This budget will and already has had a devastating impact on our State hospitals. The combination of new taxes on hospitals and other program cuts total more than $250M. Hundreds of layoffs of hospital workers have already occurred. Cuts to our University/Community College systems exceed $95M. These deep cuts to our college system and the resulting tuition increases are making it all the more difficult for families to send their children on to college. These cuts will harm New Hampshire's long-term economic development and ability to recruit new businesses. Additionally, the budget cut millions of dollars from domestic violence programs, mental health services, and childcare. These cuts will put more and more families at greater risk and families will be forced to turn to their local community for help.


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