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Twitter Account:
http://twitter.com/matt_coffayWebsite:
http://mattcoffay.comTo summarize what I found on his issues page:
Income & Wealth Inequality - Reminiscent of the Sanders platform: the top 0.1% owning 90% of the wealth, how less than half the country earns over $15 and hour, and how a new New Deal could help the region.
Education - Increase funding for public schools and a plan to "retrain millions of workers who have been left behind" in the form of tuition free public college for all.
Infrastructure - Again, reference to a new New Deal. Focus on infrastructure to improve the living conditions of people in the district. The only thing I found at all surprising was the inclusion of broadband internet in that list. The rest of it seems pretty standard.
Minimum Wage - Raise it to $15 an hour. Not much else to say.
Social Security and Healthcare - Medicare for all.
Big Money in Politics - again echoing Sanders platform but with more specifics. Namely passing a law making it illegal for corporations to "buy out politicians" and giving Congress term limits.
Foreign Policy - First: the website says "America cannot continue to be the world's policeman." Specifically, it is to costly to police the world and the goals America hopes to achieve by doing so would be better achieved through diplomatic relationships. Second: make military spending "smart". "Spending money on extra fighter jets while ignoring cyber warfare, for example, isnt smart military spending."
Environment - No real policy, more of a statement about the threat of climate change and how we need to turn to new technologies and away from fossil fuels.
Immigration - A pathway to citizenship for "undocumented workers" and a rethinking of deportations. The site says that deportations of non-violent immigrants are inhumane and a waste, as well as endangering safety and human rights.
Women's Rights - Nothing on abortion, but it does talk about how we need better medical coverage and family leave for women. This section also talks about closing the wage gap (although there is nothing on how).
Veterans - Fully fund and fix the Veteran's Administration so soldiers can get what they need.
The only real comment I would make is that if he really wants to make any sort of attempt to win the district rather than just be an opposition candidate, I sure hope he comes across as more moderate in interviews and when talking to voters then what's written on the website. Remember, this is Meadows district. The Tea Party guy. I don't understand how he thinks Medicare for all, infrastructure spending, and a new New Deal will play to district 11 voters, but I doubt it will play well.
