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Michael Coles believes that everyone in Georgia deserves to know that the water they drink is safe and clean. A strong supporter of Georgia’s environmental legacy, Coles will fight to ensure safe and clean drinking water for all Georgians by making sure conservation laws are enforced and by forcing developers to pay for the pollution they cause. Ten years ago, Michael joined the effort to force Atlanta to clean up its drinking water. And in the United States Senate, no one will be a stronger advocate for clean water. |
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Education |
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Michael Coles believes that there is nothing more important than supporting public education and the more than 90% of children who attend public schools. And, understanding that education has always been the key to success for most Americans, Michael Coles will work tirelessly to improve Georgia’s public schools. |
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Michael supports legislation that would earmark federal dollars to hire 100,000 new teachers for the early grades, cutting class sizes to an average of 18 students. And Coles believes that Georgia’s children deserve to go to school in buildings that are safe and permanent. For more information, see : Georgia’s Values . . . versus Paul Coverdell’s Votes (A speech before the Spring convention of the Georgia Association of Educators) (April 25, 1998) |
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Marriage tax |
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Michael Coles believes that Georgians who are married deserve to not be penalized by paying higher taxes to the federal government. Coles supports a repeal of the marriage tax. Currently 20.9 million American families pay an average of $1,380 a year in extra income taxes simply because they are married. Michael supports current legislative efforts to phase out the penalty. |
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Veterans |
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Michael Coles believes that Georgia veterans deserve the medical benefits they earned for years of service to this country… A strong advocate for veterans, Coles will fight to stop the assault that Paul Coverdell and the United States Congress have mounted on veterans' medical benefits in order to pay for other programs. Michael is well aware that, in exchange for 20 years of service, America’s veterans were promised health care for life, and he believes that those promises should be kept. Michael Coles is committed to stopping the assault on veterans’ medical benefits and will work to restore the funds that have been plundered. |
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To learn more, see Coverdell consistently votes against veterans, The Post, July 23, 1998 |
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HMO Reform |
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Michael Coles believes that Georgia’s families deserve the right to treatment prescribed by their doctor, not by some bureaucrat. As Georgia’s next United States Senator, Michael will fight for a true Patients’ Bill of Rights that includes the right to choose your own doctor and the right to sue your insurance company or HMO if you do not get the treatment you need. For more information, see Coles visits OTI, stumps on health care reform, Statesboro Herald, July 12, 1998 |
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Social Security |
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Michael Coles believes in strengthening Social Security. Coles will fight to ensure that the federal budget surplus be used to safeguard social security benefits that have been promised to our senior citizens and future generations. |
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