Craig Benson Quotes

• 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.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Better, Different, Problem

• 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.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Started, Create, Industry, Disappear

• 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.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Money

  Tags in Collection, Bring

• And, in the case of schools, or anything else, if you have something that is forcing you to do better than you did the day before, it makes you look forward and it makes you think in a way that’s going to make the product better, which is the students and the education.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Education

  Tags in Think, Better, Students

• I believe in competition.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Believe, Competition

• I do not support gambling in this state.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Support, Gambling

• I don’t think anyone’s pushing for spending limits in the campaign.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Spending, Think

• 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.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Happens, Understand

• 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.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Sudden, Problem, Addicted

• 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.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Business, Job

  Tags in Politically, Career

• 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.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Profits, Dependent, Highly

• The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Government, Republicans

• We have a law that allows us to establish charter schools here in this state. We ought to get going on it.

  Craig Benson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Charter, Schools

Craig Benson (13)

Birth:	8th October, 1954
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman, Politician

About

Craig R. Benson was born in Chatham, New Jersey. He is an American politician and businessman. He served as Governor of New Hampshire from 2003 to 2005. Benson first came to public attention by founding Cabletron Systems, now known as Enterasys Networks that became one of the largest employers in New Hampshire. After receiving a bachelor's degree in finance from Babson College in 1977, Benson attended Syracuse University, graduating with an MBA in 1979. In 1983, Benson and partner Robert Levine started Cabletron Systems in Levine's garage. The company moved to Rochester, New Hampshire in 1985 and went public in 1989, with what was then the largest IPO in Wall Street history. In 1991, Benson was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Inc. Magazine.

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