Hunter Hill in Past and present Governor candidates from Georgia
On Health Care:
Healthcare should be done by states
No legislation in recent memory defies the principles of a free market economy more than ObamaCare. Not only does it violate our conservative principles, but it has wreaked havoc upon the American family and small businesses
by driving premiums through the roof. The only way to make healthcare more affordable and deliver better results for patients is to infuse free-market principles into the process and to allow each state to craft its own plan.
Source: 2018 Georgia Gubernatorial website VoteHunterHill.com
Sep 1, 2017
On Immigration:
No sanctuary cities in Georgia
First and foremost, my priority as your Governor is keeping Georgians safe from harm. I stand with President Trump. I am opposed to sanctuary cities that harbor illegal immigrants from being deported.
We will hold those who break our laws accountable. As Governor, if a city in Georgia decides to harbor illegal immigrants, they won't receive a nickel of state funding.
Source: 2018 Georgia Gubernatorial website VoteHunterHill.com
Sep 1, 2017
On Tax Reform:
Eliminate state income tax
As Governor, I will lead on eliminating the state income tax. If Tennessee, Florida, and Texas can eliminate the income tax, then so can Georgia. Eliminating the state income tax will drive our economy to create more jobs,
attract more businesses, and leave more money in families' pockets. Politicians in Georgia have been talking about doing this for 15 years! We will get it done.
Source: 2018 Georgia Gubernatorial website VoteHunterHill.com
Sep 1, 2017
On Civil Rights:
Removing Confederate monuments is not the solution
Racists and hate-filled ideologies represent ignorance and evil. Violence has no place in our society. Unfortunately, erasing hatred from our country is far more complicated than simply removing monuments in our communities.
Rather, we must understand the complexities of our past, while acknowledging and learning from our failures. Georgia's future relies on our willingness to work together despite the scars of our past."
Source: WABE on 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race
Aug 16, 2017
On Gun Control:
State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns
[After a series of shootings in July 2016] "Georgia must have a thoughtful conversation about the national epidemic of gun violence and racially discriminatory policing," said Abrams. Georgians "face the failure of our state to implement reasonable
restrictions to keep guns out of the wrong hands." The House Democratic Caucus, she said, will explore a package of proposals that will include gun restrictions and wider access to mental health care via expansion of Medicaid.
Source: Macon Telegraph on 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race
Aug 16, 2017
On War & Peace:
I fought to defend our values in Afghanistan and Iraq
I am running to cast a bold vision for Georgia that can only come about with true, conservative leadership. Republicans have an opportunity to bring about sweeping change in Georgia, and
I refuse to stand by and simply mark time. Georgians expect and demand results, and I am ready to deliver.
In the coming months, I'm going to take my message directly to Georgians. I am dedicated to America's founding values and principles of God-given rights, limited government, free enterprise and expanded liberty.
I have fought to defend these values in Afghanistan and Iraq and in the Georgia Senate.
Source: 2018 Georgia governor campaign website VoteHunterHill.com
May 2, 2017
On Civil Rights:
Supports Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Gov. Nathan Deal has made it clear he would veto a Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which critics say is designed to discriminate against the LGBT community. Would Hill sign a RFRA into law if he were governor?
"I would sign into law the bill that looks like the religious liberty bill at the federal level that was enacted in the mid-'90s, the same bill that Gov. Deal voted on as a congressman," Hill said.
Source: Marietta Daily Journal on 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race
Apr 28, 2017
On Education:
I believe the money should follow the child
Q: Gov. Deal promised to reform the dated Quality Basic Education Act of 1985, a formula-based method of allocating state revenue. Would you revise the act?A: We absolutely have to modernize the funding formula and we need to make sure that we uphold
our constitutional duty in this state to provide an adequate education for every child in this state. Part of that is making sure we have a competitive mix of what is available to our students. I believe the money should follow the child.
Q: You encountered push back from public school educators, who argue that allowing the money to follow the child destabilizes public schools by leaving them with only the most at risk students.
A: What I do know is that our failing schools have the
highest per-pupil spending of any of the other schools. In other words, they're failing in spite of how much we're investing in them. Rather than just keep pouring money after a bad idea, we would provide alternatives to families and students.
Source: Marietta Daily Journal on 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race
Apr 28, 2017
On Families & Children:
Let each adoption agency decide on allowing same-sex parents
Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick) amended state Rep. Bert Reeves' adoption bill. Reeves' bill, which sought to modernize Georgia's adoption code by making it more efficient, sailed out of the House by unanimous vote. But when it landed in the Senate
Judiciary Committee, Ligon tacked on a controversial amendment that would allow mission-based adoption agencies not to have to place children with same-sex parents. After that, the bill predictably never made it out of General Assembly.
Hill, who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee and voted for Ligon's amendment, defended his vote, saying, "There are some adoption agencies that choose to place children with homosexual families. Ligon's amendment would have supported that agency
to uphold their mission. There are also some agencies that wish to place children in Christian homes, Jewish homes, Muslim homes, where religion is important to those families. And that amendment would have protected those adoption agencies as well."
Source: Marietta Daily Journal on 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race
Apr 28, 2017
On Technology:
Create driverless car corridors & double-deck 285
Q: One thing most metro Atlantans can agree on is that something needs to be done about traffic congestion. How would a Hill administration solve it?A: We're probably going to have to look at potentially doing everything from double-decking 285
to creating driverless car corridors to allowing trucks--especially the ones that are going to start coming from the ports--to circumnavigate Atlanta. That would mean we would have to extend I-16 west and go north from there, and then tie that
new road back into I-75, so that these trucks that are not destined for Atlanta do not come and clog our interstates. So we're going to have to have a robust plan. We're going to have to choose to invest in it, and my
vision would be to do just that which would potentially double or triple the state transportation budget at the statewide level to invest in these game-changing projects.
Source: Marietta Daily Journal on 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race
Apr 28, 2017
On Education:
Advocate for education accounts including private schools
Sen. Hunter Hill announced today that he will join the Republicans seeking to become the state's next governor. Hill was elected to the state Senate in 2012, representing portions of Cobb and Fulton counties. Hill is a U.S. Army veteran and works as the
president of a coaching company for business leaders.Hill has become a vocal advocate for education accounts that allow state funding for students attending private schools. Teachers and other education groups oppose such vouchers.
Source: WABE-NPR 90.1 on 2018 Georgia governor race
Apr 25, 2017
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