Jason Carter in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On Health Care:
Claimed water kills Ebola; "I was misinformed"
The three candidates sparred over whether Georgia is properly prepared for a possible Ebola case, as Deal's rivals criticized him for telling a newspaper last week that "water kills the Ebola virus."
Both were eager to remind a television audience of those remarks on Sunday.Hunt said Deal lacks the firsthand knowledge to lead Georgia's response. And Carter said his experience working in the Peace Corps in
South Africa during disease outbreaks would serve him well.
Deal, for his part, said he was "misinformed" by his public health commissioner.
Minutes before the debate, he appointed a task force to formulate the state's response to the deadly virus.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Const. on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Oct 19, 2014
On Principles & Values:
I've passed 21 bipartisan bills in the legislature
The sharpest attacks [in the gubernatorial debate came over less lofty policy platforms. Early in the debate, Deal panned Carter as a two-term state senator who had little to show for his time in the statehouse. "You've never passed a bill.
Never offered an amendment to many of the bills you now are criticizing," he said. "Why should Georgians vote for you with this absolute lack of leadership experience?"
Carter, in a curt response, said the attack was misguided. "There are 21 bipartisan bills that have my name on them, that you signed into law,"
Carter said. "And at the same time, the attacks on my leadership are frankly just an attempt, I believe, to pass the buck."
Source: Atlanta Journal-Const. on 2014 Georgia Gubernatorial debate
Oct 19, 2014
On Tax Reform:
Step up investment in pursuing tax cheats
He pledged to go after tax cheats to help rev up state revenue. "There's $2.5 billion that is uncollected out there from people who are cheating on their taxes, and against whom we aren't enforcing the law," the Atlanta state senator said. "That's
$2.5 billion dollars of money that's gone uncollected by our state government for years now." Carter said state government should step up its investment in pursuing tax cheats and rooting out wasteful spending.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Const. on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Aug 28, 2014
On Tax Reform:
Discuss regional sales tax to deal with local issues
Carter said it was time to revive the idea of a regional sales tax for infrastructure improvements to fix a transportation dilemma he said is weighing down Georgia's economy like an "anchor."
He said one option would be allowing counties to band together to levy their own tax. "There has to be some way that we're going to sit down and have a robust discussion about how to fund it."
Source: Atlanta Journal-Const. on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Aug 19, 2014
On Gun Control:
Let local communities decide if teachers can be armed
Q: Do you think teachers should be armed in schools? CARTER: What we've done is allowed communities to make those decisions for themselves.
There are some communities in my state that will feel safer if their school districts are allowed to make those decisions. And there's other communities where they won't. And those communities will get to decide for themselves.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Const. on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Apr 21, 2014
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