2022 CO Senate race: on Budget & Economy


Eli Bremer: Taxes, government expenses should be kept low

He is a strong believer in the power of capitalism and free markets. He believes in protecting private property and supports sound fiscal governance and policies. Taxes should be kept low and government expenses should as well. Monopolies are a rare area of the market that he believes need regulation to ensure that proper competition exists in the marketplace.
Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website EliForSenate.com Jun 27, 2022

Joe O`Dea: The biggest driver of inflation is the embrace of socialism

Here's something you should know about inflation. The biggest driver of inflation is the embrace of socialism by the political elites in Washington. They are funding a massive expansion of the federal government by printing money--and dumping all that printed money into the economy causes inflation.

I will not be a blank check in Washington like Michael Bennet. I will not support increasing the debt ceiling without a long-term plan to lower the debt. Washington needs to look at borrowing money the same way a business does and the same way a family does. We can't say yes to everything. We have to prioritize and only borrow when we know how we're going to pay it back. Otherwise we're just raising taxes on our kids.

Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website JoeODea.com Jul 19, 2022

Ron Hanks: At all levels government is too big and spends too much

His passion for public service began in the mid-1970's as he listened to Ronald Reagan articulate the differences between conservative and leftist policies. Just like Reagan, Ron Hanks understands that at all levels, government is too big and spends too much, and that protecting personal liberty should be the main goal of any elected official.
Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website HanksForColorado.com Mar 29, 2022

Joe O`Dea: Inflation caused by the $1.9 trillion reckless spending bill

JOE O'DEA (R): This inflation has been caused by the $1.9 trillion reckless spending bill that got put in place by Michael Bennet. He cast the deciding vote back in March of last year. It's caused record inflation. They have dumped over $5 trillion in the last year-and-a-half. In addition to that, the war on energy has caused the price of diesel to go through the ceiling. And it's still there today. We have got a Fed that's been asleep at the wheel, big government in our way.

SEN. MICHAEL BENNET (D): I believe that the bill that we passed kept 30,000 Coloradans from being evicted. I think that it has funded law enforcement all over the state, mental health services that we desperately need. It cut childhood poverty in half last year because of a bill that I wrote.

Source: CNN SOTU interviews on 2022 Colorado Senate race Oct 16, 2022

Joe O`Dea: Move energy cost down and inflation will subside

In response to a question about America's role in ensuring equitable education for women and girls internationally, [Republican challenger Joe] O'Dea said America's economy and the related "war on energy" meant the nation had to step back internationally. It wasn't the first time he'd linked an issue back to energy, and Bennet pointed it out.

"His answer for everything is fossil fuels, fossil fuels, fuels," he said.

O'Dea's argument about energy--from the price of diesel to the issuance of drilling permits under Biden--was that energy policy was helping to drive inflation. Natural gas policy could also addressed foreign policy issues like, he argued, the war in Ukraine and concerns about global emissions. "Even a carpenter like myself can figure out once we move the energy cost down," he said, "inflation will subside."

Bennet, unsurprisingly, disagreed. Inflation is a global problem caused by supply chain issues, he said, not one confined to the United States.

Source: Denver Post on 2022 Colorado Senate race Oct 26, 2022

Michael Bennet: Stopped 30,000 evictions & cut childhood poverty in half

JOE O'DEA (R): This inflation has been caused by the $1.9 trillion reckless spending bill that got put in place by Michael Bennet. He cast the deciding vote back in March of last year. It's caused record inflation. They have dumped over $5 trillion in the last year-and-a-half. In addition to that, the war on energy has caused the price of diesel to go through the ceiling. And it's still there today. We have got a Fed that's been asleep at the wheel, big government in our way.

SEN. MICHAEL BENNET (D): I believe that the bill that we passed kept 30,000 Coloradans from being evicted. I think that it has funded law enforcement all over the state, mental health services that we desperately need. It cut childhood poverty in half last year because of a bill that I wrote.

Source: CNN SOTU interviews on 2022 Colorado Senate race Oct 16, 2022

Michael Bennet: Inflation is a global problem caused by supply chain issues

In response to a question about America's role in ensuring equitable education for women and girls internationally, [Republican challenger Joe] O'Dea said America's economy and the related "war on energy" meant the nation had to step back internationally. It wasn't the first time he'd linked an issue back to energy, and Bennet pointed it out.

"His answer for everything is fossil fuels, fossil fuels, fuels," he said.

O'Dea's argument about energy--from the price of diesel to the issuance of drilling permits under Biden--was that energy policy was helping to drive inflation. Natural gas policy could also addressed foreign policy issues like, he argued, the war in Ukraine and concerns about global emissions. "Even a carpenter like myself can figure out once we move the energy cost down," he said, "inflation will subside."

Bennet, unsurprisingly, disagreed. Inflation is a global problem caused by supply chain issues, he said, not one confined to the United States.

Source: Denver Post on 2022 Colorado Senate race Oct 26, 2022

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Candidates and political leaders on Budget & Economy:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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