Mike Carey

Mike Carey was born in Sabina, Ohio. Carey graduated from East Clinton High School in 1989.[1] He served in the United States Army Reserve from 1989 to 1999.[1][2][3]

Carey earned an A.S. in economics from Marion Military Institute in 1991 and a B.A. in history from Ohio State University in 1993. His career experience includes working as the vice president of government affairs at American Consolidated Natural Resources, Inc., the vice president of government affairs of Murray Energy Corporation, and the chairman of the board and the president of the Ohio Coal Association.[2][3]

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Mike Carey is a conservative outsider who has spent his career holding politicians accountable and fighting for working class families.

From starting his own hay bailing business as a kid, to following his family tradition by serving as an officer in the Army National Guard, to his 20+ year career as an executive in the American energy industry, Mike has always stood for American values and American jobs.

As your next Congressman, Mike will fight like hell to make sure our communities are not left behind. He knows that America first policies – lowering taxes, cutting red tape, demanding fair trade deals, and investing in our military and first responders – worked and led to the greatest economy of our lifetimes. He’ll stop reckless Democrat spending that is causing rapid inflation and only support spending bills that are both responsible and transparent. He’ll hold the Democrats accountable for the humanitarian crisis at our southern border and fight to finish the wall! Above all, Mike knows that our Constitution IS absolute and will always defend it.

Learn more: https://careyforcongress.com/meet-mike/

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Bring back America First policies and rebuild the American economy...againStop reckless Democrat spending and fight radical, socialist policiesProtect our Constitutional freedoms

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Economy and jobs - America First

Immigration - Finish the wall

Education - stop anti-American curriculum

Election Integrity

American energy independence

Defending the 2nd Amendment

Pro-Life

Campaign website

Carey's campaign website stated the following:

Economy & Jobs

We have the blueprint to build a booming economy. President Trump handed it to us. His America first policies worked and we all benefitted. Lowering taxes, cutting red tape, demanding fair trade deals, and investing in our military. We had record low unemployment, higher wages, stellar GDP growth, consumer confidence at all-time highs, the best markets in history, and list goes on. Now the Biden-Harris administration and their extreme left wing allies in Congress are reversing those policies, bending the knee to China, and threatening our children and grandchildren’s economic future.

Operation Warp Speed was a historic success and now it’s time to stop reckless Democrat spending and get our economy back to work.

Democrats lied to us by claiming their outrageous funding bills were about fighting the pandemic or building infrastructure. The truth is these bills only set aside a fraction of the combined $4 trillion for those purposes. What is the rest for? Well, instead of funding the most high-speed broadband projects, roads and bridges as possible, Democrats are funding their radical agenda to create more government dependence and less American independence.

The consequences are dire. Inflation is speeding up and consumer prices are rising at the fastest rate since 2008. Just look at gas prices today compared to a year ago – they’ve skyrocketed. And after a year of fighting for survival in 2020, small businesses are now struggling to hire and keep their doors open because expanded unemployment benefits are disincentivizing work.

This can’t continue. Let’s get back to the policies that work and be both responsible and transparent with our spending.

American Energy Independence

Our nation is blessed with an abundance of coal, natural gas, and oil that provide the base load electricity needed to power our lives and our future. President Trump understood that fact and embraced a true all of the above energy strategy that made the United States energy independent for the first time in over 60 years.

The fact is, we cannot electrify the economy by eliminating our most reliable sources of electricity. We must invest in new fossil fuel technologies as well as renewables because we need more electricity to run a 21st century economy, not less. Unfortunately though, the Biden Administration and Democrats in Congress no longer believe in an all of the above energy strategy and want to totally eliminate the use of fossil fuels.

The Democrats don’t seem to understand the consequences of their short sighted energy policies. When Joe Biden killed the Keystone XL pipeline, he killed thousands of good paying American jobs and, by his own Energy Secretary’s admission, the “best way” to transport fuel.

The Democrat “Green New Deal” is a $93 Trillion sham that will destroy our economy, and the Biden climate agenda will give the Chinese Communist Party the advantage it needs to expand its role as the world’s largest energy producer.

Energy makes modern life possible and the Democrats are holding America back.

Stop Anti-American Curriculum in our Schools

This nation was founded on freedom and the belief that all men and women are created equal. We should not be teaching our children to hate America or to oppose one another based on race or gender. We may not be perfect, but our history proves that we are the greatest nation on the planet.

As Senator Tim Scott said: “It’s backwards to fight discrimination with different types of discrimination.”

Immigration

The Biden Border Crisis must be taken seriously and it must be solved. Border apprehensions are at a 20-year high while deportations are at the lowest level on record.

This is the direct result of the policies and rhetoric of Joe Biden and his absent “border czar,” Kamala Harris.

ICE border officials have been handcuffed by the administration and overwhelmed by the number of illegal crossings. Detention facilities have been dangerously overcrowded and the cost of migrant care has skyrocketed.

Biden’s soft border policy has created a humanitarian crisis, with nearly 60% of those who made the trek from Central America experience violence, sexual assault and even human trafficking. Children are being left for dead by smugglers.

Even Mexican officials have claimed that Biden’s immigration policies are spurring illegal immigration and organized crime.

We must get tough on illegal immigration again and finish the wall!

Second Amendment

It’s simple. The Constitution IS absolute and – the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Pro-Life

As a father, I believe that life is precious and must be protected.

It’s unconscionable that the Democrats caved to Planned Parenthood and excluded the Hyde Amendment from their $1.9 trillion spending bill, allowing your tax dollars to fund abortions. Even worse, Joe Biden revoked the Mexico City Policy, allowing your tax dollars to fund abortions in foreign countries.

The government should not be in the business of abortion.

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—Mike Carey's campaign website (2021)[5]