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Economy
Cut taxes for the middle class so working families keep more of their own money, require the wealthy and big corporations to pay their fair share to reduce the deficit and invest in necessary public services, close the carried interest loophole which allows Wall Street to pay lower tax rates than Main St., Create a wealth surtax on incomes over $5 million and trusts/estates valued at more than $25 million and expand strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit to reward work, not wealth and lift kids from poverty Create job opportunities for people with disabilities Supports the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, protect labor agreements to ensure that local projects are built by local workers at fair wages and increase enforcement of labor laws.

Foreign Affairs
Confront threats posed by adversaries like Iran, Russia, China and North Korea, Combat terrorism and states that sponsor it, secure America’s borders and use defense funds wisely and efficiently always promoting American job creation first.

Women's Rights
Will sponsor the Women’s Health Protection Act on day 1 to restore Roe v Wade into federal law, will always stand up to extremists trying to take away reproductive rights, including those attempting to restrict access to birth control, IVF or mifepristone and supports a Constitutional amendment to put reproductive rights in the constitution so even the Supreme Court can’t take them away again.

Environment
Hold polluters accountable for harm they cause the environment and stop them from causing that harm, ensure clean drinking water in every community, preserve our natural treasures, create jobs building American made products that we need to fight climate change, establish independence including ending our reliance on fossil fuels over long term and restore the EPA’s ability to fight climate change.

Gun Control
Supports stronger background checks, keeping weapons out of school and off the streets through appropriate legislation, protecting survivors of domestic violence by prohibiting domestic abusers from accessing weapons.

Immigration
Hire new border agents and ensure law enforcement has the resources needed to secure the border and deter illegal immigration, hire more immigration judges so asylum claims are process quickly, fairly, accurate, halt the flow of fetanyl by making long overdue technical improvements at our ports and expand the number for fetanyl detection machines, update visa programs to ensure farmers and trades unions have access to labor and reflect America’s values including our tradition as a nation of immigrants.

LGBTQ Policy
Will prohibit discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community through the Equality Act and ban dangerous conversion therapies Guarantee marriage equality, including the Respect for Marriage Act, prohibit discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community including the Equality Act.

Background and Experience
Josh served as a policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Labor, focused on helping communities that had been sold out by bad trade deals. After law school, Josh represented children from low-income families in a landmark civil rights case to improve access to affordable healthcare. Josh went on to serve as counsel on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where he took on big corporations that exploited workers and consumers and brought together Democrats and Republicans to expand addiction treatment programs and combat the opioid epidemic.

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Background and Experience
Oberacker was first elected to the 51st state Senate District in 2020. He is currently the ranking member of the state Senate Transportation Committee and Substance Use Disorders Committee, while also a member of the Agriculture, Labor, Finance and Higher Education committees.

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Economy

Americans making under $1 million will pay no income tax. But the corporations and individuals who profit the most from American infrastructure will finally contribute their fair share.

The bottom 99% get tax freedom — the ultra-elite pay the bill they’ve avoided for decades. By doing this, we can also enact the Abolition of the IRS, saving tax payers billions. Since only the wealthy would pay income tax, the IRS can be dissolved, Replaced with a limited-scope Tariff & Revenue Bureau within the Department of the Treasury. It’s focus could be on tariff administration, high-income audits, corporate tax enforcement, and excise and health-tariff compliance.

Foreign Affairs
America spends $50 billion a year on foreign aid while half of Americans can’t afford a $500 emergency. This is national insanity. I will introduce a bill to end all foreign aid immediately until every American is secure in their housing, healthcare, food, and future.

We maintain 750+ overseas bases while American towns crumble.

I will introduce a bill to:

• Close 99% of foreign bases

• Bring troops home
  Reinforce our own borders

• Rebuild our own cities, not foreign governments

• Audit the Pentagon to end waste and fraud

Even with 99% of overseas bases closed, the United States would still retain 8 bases, more than enough to carry whatever minimal strategic goals we have across the world. America must defend America, not maintain an unaffordable empire.

Immigration
The 1965 Immigration Act fundamentally altered the demographics and stability of the nation. I will reverse it and restore control to the American people.

Healthcare
Medicaid and Obamacare cost over $1 trillion annually and deliver:

• higher premiums

• higher deductibles

• less access

• and more bureaucracy

I will introduce a bill to:

• Eliminate Medicaid and Obamacare completely

• expand the already existing government owned VA hospital system to have a public department for all citizens

• Fund the system with tariffs on tobacco, cigarettes, sugar, salt, alcohol imports, and prescription pill imports

• Remove government involvement from private healthcare entirely

• Force private hospitals and insurers to dramatically drop prices or go out of business

• Save ~$250 billion annually in bloated bureaucracy

This is real reform — simple, affordable, and efficient.

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