>> WELCOME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE'S
BUSINESS.
I'M FRED KOCUR.
MY GUEST, SITTING NEXT TO ME IS
THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE CHRIS SUNUNU.
>> THANK YOU, FRED.
>> NICE TO BE HERE.
THE MAJOR STORY YOU WELL KNOW
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE O IT,
WHETHER AMAZON IS GOI TO COME
TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SET UP A
HUB.
TELL ME IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
>> YES, IT'S A POSSIBILITY.
WE KNOW IT'S AN UPHILL BATTLE
AND A LONG SHOT.
WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT
IT.
AMAZON HAS A DECENT LIST OF
CRITERIA THAT THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR AND MOST OF WHICH WE MEET.
THERE ARE CHALLENGES.
OUR JOB IS REALLY TO BE ABLE TO
ENGAGE THE AMAZON FOLKS AND
EXPLAIN TO THEM ALL THE
ADVANTAGES HERE.
SALES TAX AND INCOME TAX A
HUGE, BUT THERE'S OTHER GREAT
ADVANTAGES.
WE HAVE THE BOSTON AREA WITHOUT
THE HIGH TAXES, WITHOUT THE
TRAFFIC, WITHOUT THE BUREAUCRACY
THAT REALLY GETS IN THE WAY OF
BUSINESS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BREAK DOWN
THAT BUREAUCRACY.
THERE'S A REASON WHY WE HAVE THE
FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY, WHY WE
HAVE THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA
INCOME AND LOWEST PROPERTY
RATES.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
CRITERIA.
>> THEY WANT TO BE WITHIN A
CERTAIN DISTANCE OF A MAJOR
METROPOLITAN AREA AND OF AN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND ABLE
WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF A
TALENT POOL, A YOUNGER
GENERATIONAL TALENT POOL, ALL
THE ADVANTAGES THAT BOSTON HAS,
BUT WHEN YOU COME INTO THE
BORDER OF SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
WHEN Y LOOK AT A COMPANY
THAT'S TRYING TO THINK TENS OF
THOUSANDS, 50,000 ULTIMATELY.
SALES AND INCOME TAX BENEFITS
FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES ALONE.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
PER YEAR.
>> WHERE WOULD IT B LOCATED.
>> SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IT HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE IN
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BUT YOU
LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS
THAT OTHER CITIES ARE PROPOSING.
WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED, BOUGHT
AND PAID FOR, FOUR LINE I-93
WILL BE COMPLETED, ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE NEEDS THAT PEOPLE ARE
PROPOSING, WE ALREADY HAVE RIGHT
HERE AND WE CAN HAVE SHOVEL
READY PROJECTS READY TO GO
TOMORROW FOR THEM.
>> YOU'VE MET WITH THE AMAZON
CEO JEFF BEZOS EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK.
LET ME CHANGE THE SUBJECT FOR A
MINUTE.
YOU HAVE CREATE ADD TASK FORCE
FOR MILLENNIALS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND MILLENNIALS, JUST FOR THE
AUDIENCE THOSE BORN BETWE 1980
AND 2000.
>> DO YOU QUALIFY AS A
MILLENNIAL, FRED?
>> NO.
>> NEITHER DO I.
I'M THE YOUNGEST GOVERNOR IN THE
COUNTRY, BUT--
>> WHAT COMPLIMENT.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH.
>> HOW TO RETAIN A YOUNGER WORK
FORCE, HOW WE'RE DOING TO DEAL
WITH HOUSING AND STUDENT DEBT
AND WHAT MILLENNIALS ARE DEALING
WITH.
WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT THEIR
PRIORITIES ARE, WE DON'T.
AND FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE
STATE, REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL
THE COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE
AND BASICALLY PUT ITTEN 0 THE
TABLE THIS WEEK AND SAY, WHAT
ARE THE ISSUES?
AND GIVE US SOME IDEAS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S
PRACTICAL, HOW W IMPLEMENT THE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
>> YOU HAD A FIRST MEETING THIS
WEEK?
>> WE DID.
>> WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM THEM?
>> THE KEY ISSUES ARE HOUSING
AND STUDENT DEBT.
FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND
MESSAGING.
PEOPLE FORGET HOW IMPORTANT
MESSAGING IS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
SAY, I'M HERE AND THERE'S SO
MUCH TO DO AND WE LOVE IT AND I
HAVE TO REMIND MILLENNIALS
OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.
WE NEED TO BE BETTER PROMOTERS
OF WHAT WE DO.
SOMETIMES WE TAKE IT FOR
GRANTED.
>> THE CHANGE OF SUBJECT AGAIN.
HEALTH CARE HAS BEEN T
DOMINANT ISSUE IN WASHINGTON AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS PAST
WEEK, AS YOU KNOW, WITH NO
DECISIONS.
>> THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO
WITH RESPECT TO HEALTH CARE,
ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE?
>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO
LAY THE PLATFORM.
IT'S REALLY UP TO THE GOVERNORS,
AN TO
AKING WASHINGTON OUT OF THE
BUSINESS OF HOW TO RUN OUR
HEALTH CARE.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND OUR
DYNAMIC
DYNAMICS, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF
COSTS AND OPIOID CRISIS WE'RE
DEALING WITH.
IF WE'RE N WITH THAT
FLEXIBILITY.
WE HAVE TO PUT IT HERE AND HERE,
AND WE WANT IT THERE AND THERE.
AND SHORT CHANGE OF HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS.
I LOVE THE FLEXIBILITY THEY WERE
PROPOSED AND EXCITED FOR THEM TO
TART WITH.
WHEN WE STARTED TO CRUNCH THE
NUMBERS.
THE IMPACT TO THE STATE WOULD
HAVE BEEN NEARLY BILLION DOLLARS
WITH LOST REVENUE.
WITH FLEXIBILITY WE WON'T NEED
AS MUCH MONEY, BUT WHAT THEY
PROPOSED WITH GRAHAM-CASSIDY I
THINK WOULD HAVE TOO MUCH IMPACT
ON THE STATE.
>> FLEXIBILITY THE KEY WORD.
GOVERNOR SUNUNU, THANK YOU, NICE
TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD LUCK WITH AMAZON.