John Deaton's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. Senate (MA) - Jr
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Issue Positions
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- "Just as they were wrong on Dobbs, out-of-control judges should not be deciding these things. Period." (x.com)
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- "Small business owners I talk with throughout the state tell me that inflation, cost of living, and high taxes are forcing them out of the market. As your next U.S. Senator, you have my word I will fight for legislation that supports small businesses, and against burdensome taxes and regulations that destroy them." (x.com)
- "Elizabeth Warren promotes an environment that seeks to punish success, not encourage it. She pretends that fighting against the rich and the wealthy is the same as fighting for the poor and the middle class. It is not. It is much more impactful and meaningful to fight for people, and for something, instead of fighting against people, and against things. My approach is about lifting people up â not tearing them down." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
- "Last time I checked, taxing the rich doesnât equal more money in the hands of regular people. We can all agree, the wealthy should pay their fair share. But while sheâs focused on punishing the rich and the wealthy, please know Iâll focus on lifting up the poor and expanding the middle class. As someone who grew up dirt poor, I think my approach is better." (x.com)
- "Senator Warrenâs path pits American versus American and falls way short of fostering independence. Instead, her approach encourages dependence and fosters generational poverty. She tells us that the "wealthy" are the enemy of the poor." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
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- "For too long, the federal government has been living well beyond its means â and Americans are feeling the consequences of politicians in D.C. running up the tab. In the Senate, I will vote to control the growth of government spending, and I will fight to eliminate wasteful and unnecessary pork-barrel spending." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
- "Nothing hits working families and the poor more than the inflationary spending and debt supported by Warren. Her tax proposals threaten to remove more money from our small businesses and provide it to the federal government." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
- "Spending in D.C. has grown to crisis levels, contributing to the worst runaway inflation crisis since the early 1980s." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
- "The U.S. now spends more money servicing its debt than it does on National Defense. The interest payment alone on our Debt is $1 trillion. It is simply unsustainable, yet career politicians, like Elizabeth Warren, continue to sacrifice future generations by saddling them with debt and excessive spending." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
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- "Nothing hits working families and the poor more than the inflationary spending and debt supported by Warren. Her tax proposals threaten to remove more money from our small businesses and provide it to the federal government." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
- "College is unaffordable. Students deserve an education that doesnât come with crippling debt. I know firsthand the challenges of trying to pay for school and understand the burden of paying for student loans while trying to start a career and a family." (x.com)
- "Student debt stands at a near-record $1.72 trillion. Many students have to take out outrageous loans to pay for record-breaking college costs. Young people graduate with the burden of these loans and are faced with low wages and crippling inflation." (x.com)
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- "I oppose the Green New Deal. We need a multi-faceted and balanced approach to tackling this issue that protects our economy and is not ignorant to what is happening across the globe including emerging economies. We need to move ourselves through an energy transition, reducing our carbon footprint in a very systematic way while not causing a significant detriment to our economic well-being. Current policies promoted by Elizabeth Warren hurt the poor and middle class. Pursuing renewable energy and independence from fossil fuels is a must, but it must not be achieved on the backs of the people struggling the most. No one should have to choose between their next meal and their electricity bill. We must implement a plan that eventually achieves carbon neutrality in a sensible way." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
- "Iâm confident that our future lies in renewable and sustainable energy, and that the ingenuity of this country, especially in places like Massachusetts, is poised to lead the rest of the world. In the Senate, I will support policies that promote reasonable sustainable growth in clean energy industries and green technology. I will support laws that protect consumers and the end users while incentivizing small businesses and entrepreneurs to invent technologies that help meet our environmental goals. Massachusetts always wins when ingenuity, innovation and technological advances are incentivized and pursued. We can meet our energy and environmental goals while creating new jobs, without punishing American workers and the middle class in the process." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
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- "I will fight to secure the border, end catch and release, and fight to reform the asylum process, while expanding legal immigration." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
- "The fentanyl crisis in this country is directly related to the Southern Border crisis. China is exporting fentanyl through our southern border, and we must address the root of the problem, or the U.S. will continue battling addiction and losing American lives. We must secure the border and invest in treatment and behavioral health." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
- "We cannot continue to kick the can down the road. Fentanyl pouring into this country from the southern border is tearing apart families and destroying lives. As your Senator, I will work to secure the southern border and provide our border patrol the tools they need to stop this border crisis. Time for change." (x.com)
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- "From being the sole democracy in a troubled part of the world, to sharing intelligence on terrorists who want to kill Americans, Israel is one of Americaâs strongest allies in the world â and supporting Israel is in Americaâs interests." (johndeatonforsenate.com)
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