Earl "Buddy" Carter

Earl "Buddy" Carter was born in Port Wentworth, Georgia, in 1957.[1] He earned an associate degree from Young Harris College in 1977 and his bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Georgia in 1980.[2][3] His work experience includes being a pharmacist and owning a pharmacy.[4]. He served on the city council of Pooler, Georgia from 1994 to 1995, and as mayor of Pooler, Georgia, from 1996 to 2004. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2005 to 2009, and in the Georgia Senate and served in the chamber from 2009-2014.[1]

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Carter's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[15]

National Debt

Excerpt: "We do need major spending cuts, but we also need economic growth to fix our current national debt problem. To create economic growth, Buddy will support major tax relief plans that will transform our current, failing income tax. Either the Fair Tax or the Flat Tax would be a major improvement and both would create major economic growth."

Taxes

Excerpt: "To create economic growth, Buddy will support major tax relief plans that will to change our current, failing income tax system and replace it with either a Flat Tax or a Fair Tax system. The Fair Tax or the Flat Tax would be a major improvement, and both would create major economic growth."

Healthcare

Excerpt: "Businesses can deduct the cost of health care premiums on their taxes – but taxpaying families with individual plans cannot. That’s not fair. As a Congressman, Buddy Carter will support allowing families to deduct from their taxes the unfair health care costs that have been created by Obamacare."

Agriculture

Excerpt: "Buddy Carter supports tax relief for farmers in the form of income tax credits to offset the cost of insurance against severe drought or flood. Carter’s proposed tax relief for farmers would be targeted to small family farms with income of $250,000 annually or less."

Right to Life

Excerpt: "I will support efforts to prevent abortion. As our Congressman I will continue to oppose the use of taxpayer funds to pay for abortion. I will continue to oppose taxpayer funds being given to organizations like Planned Parenthood. I will support efforts for federal recognition of unborn human life and to support Constitutional protections of unborn life."

Middle East and Israel

Excerpt: "Buddy Carter believes that it is dangerous for America to be perceived as equivocating on our support for Israel. As our Congressman, Buddy Carter will support efforts to strengthen Israel and help keep it safe from violent rogue nations and terrorists."