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FIGHTING FOR QUALITY EDUCATION:

     Rep. Dunahoo is married to a retired public school teacher, Elaine Dunahoo who has taught in the Hall County school system for 28 years, and is committed to maximizing local control of education.  In addition, 5 family members of 8 are teachers in Georgia. Emory has taken up a stand against propaganda being taught in our schools that border on anti-American values.   
      Last year in  2021, Emory questioned the state board of Regents about topics being taught in our secondary schools and set of a fire storm of public awareness about definitions of racism, equity, priviledge, oppression, and justice.  Currently, topics being taught in K-12 are being examined and a variety of material available has been found to be very liberal and against the moral values our country was founded on.  Public schools are currently taking on the role of parenting students without parental permission on many topics.  Emory is standing for traditional values and morals to be taught in our schools reflecting education not indoctrination. 
      An opponent of excessive standardized testing, Dunahoo believes in the basics of a quality education and training a skilled workforce to enhance Georgia’s ability to attract new businesses and jobs. With Covid, we have seen reduced testing for students and that may continue for the near future.  The legislature fully funded QBE for the first times in 2018,2019.  Currently with a reduced projected tax budget and a Covid crisis on our hands; the state was forced to cut school funding but avoided furloughs of staff and teachers. Education still receives the largest slice of the budget pie with a $10.6 billion dollars (almost 50% of the entire budget) an increase of $707 million over the prior year even with present budget cuts.  While education is a very worthy cause, legislators are striving to balance the budget and money not received simply cannot be spent in any area.  State agencies are tightening their belts and have to be good stewards of funds provided by the state under the current conditions in which the state must operate.  Rep. Dunahoo was honored to support the state budget that increased education funding and teacher salaries by more than $500M since his first year in the Legislature. A college education should be attainable by all and there are scholarships, work programs, and the Hope in place for this. However, the government provides 13 years of free education and college degrees cannot be “free”; nothing of real value is free. Someone must pay for it, whether it is education or freedom itself. Free tuition is already available in Georgia colleges and technical schools for students who EARN it. This should be a motivator for students to perform at their best in school where mediocrity has become a big problem for teachers and schools.

STOPPING AN INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT:

Rep. Dunahoo believes in individual liberties bestowed upon us by our Creator. A strict constitutionalist, Dunahoo staunchly opposes any violation of our Constitutional rights including the Right to Bear Arms. The Constitutional Carry Bill HB2 sponsored by Emory has been sitting in committee since the 2021 session and will be continued again this year.  Georgians have a constitutional right to protect themselves and their family from harm.  Those who would commit this harm have no concern about following laws or obtaining legal permits and are unlikely to do so.  If law-abiding citizens are not allowed to carry, they are at the mercy of these lawless criminals.  Unlike his opponent, Emory is endorsed by the NRA and has an A rating. 
    Henry David Thoreau said it best when he said, “That government is best that governs the least.”  Government is an important framework for as society to exist in and must give structure and safety for its citizens.  Individual freedoms must be maintained and is a liberty we all cherish as Americans.  "We thank God for the gift of life and the blessing of liberty..."  President Donald Trump

PROTECTING THE TAXPAYER:

     An ardent advocate for the common man, Dunahoo has worked to implement common sense conservative solutions in his businesses. During his tenure as our State Representative, Dunahoo believes that government should live within its means and that taxation must be kept to minimal levels. Dunahoo has worked tirelessly to return savings to the public while serving in the State House of Representatives, in 2020 we saw our taxes cut from 5.75% to 5.5% in spite of the Covid recession on our hands. Our society cannot sustain itself without working taxpayers to sustain the infrastructure that makes our country great. Hard work, responsibility, and effort were established by our forefathers as they built this great nation. Man cannot depend on the government for support; he must support himself as a contributing member of society. Thoreau said it best when he said, “That government is best that governs the least.”

REPEALING THE STATE INCOME TAX:

     Emory Dunahoo is the proud sponsor of HB 1141, the Georgia Fair Tax Act; a bill he dropped in 2015.  The Fair Tax would completely scrap the state income tax and eliminate sales tax leveling the playing field for all Georgians with a consumption tax and a rebate for those falling into low income categories. Rep. Dunahoo’s belief in less taxes and more economic freedom provide for the best incentives to jumpstart an economy. All citizens would receive a "prebate" card that would help equalize taxes paid that wouldn't penalize the less fortunate,  This eliminates a problem many cite unnecessarily with the Fair Tax.  A successful businessman, Dunahoo is proud to sponsor the Fair Tax and work towards reducing taxes for all Georgians.  Recently, with several elections forthcoming, reducing or eliminating the state income tax (like several of our neighboring states) has seen a renewed interest and will hopefully be of more interest in the upcoming 2022 session.

SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT:

BACK THE BLUE!!!  Police officers are very important in providing a safe environment from which our families and communities live, work and play on a daily basis.  So called "peaceful protests" that have resulting in abusing officers, the deaths of citizens and burning of public buildings in not acceptable.  Rep. Dunahoo is a supporter of the Governor’s 20% pay increase for public safety officers and believes that those who put their lives on the line to protect us deserve competitive pay and benefits. Dunahoo commends public safety officers during this time of national discord and encourages community based policing.
Dunahoo welcomes anyone from any race, color, or country to our great state as long as they adhere to the proper process in place to become a legal citizen and be a productive member of society.

PROTECTING LIFE:

Rep. Dunahoo personally solicited votes in the House to insure passage of the Heartbeat and Fetal Pain bills in the legislature.   It is a shame that liberal judges have held up this bills passed earlier by the legislature.  When did it become ok to protect the whales but sacrifice the unborn?  Rep. Dunahoo believes in the paramount sanctity of life and has always supported legislation that protects the unborn.  It's that simple.

Medicaid in GA


  • You may hear that Georgia is losing available medicaid dollars being provided by the federal government.  This is not a whole truth but an inflammatory statement to misinform the public.  The group of people in Georgia that this actually applies is close to 250,000 peope and yet there are 1,500,000 million UNINSURED people in Georgia who equally need insurance.  Georgia lawmakers have created a waiver to address ALL of Georgia's uninsured not just those below 100% of the poverty line that Obamacare "Medicaid expansion" would address.  Lawmakers have created two waivers that would offer Medicaid coverage for those below the 100%  of the federal poverty line AND left in the "gap" created by Obamacare.  The second waiver would lower health insurance premiums for those using insurance exchange plans.   These waivers allow Georgians access to insurance while bettering themselves.  When this waiver was presented  to the legislature, ONLY ONE Democrat voted for it!!??? Why??? To preserve the legacy of "Obama care" only - refusing to help their fellow Georgians!! These waivers allow lower premiums to qualifying Georgians allowing them to have access to affordable healthcare in the same group that would receive the funds from the federal government.  In addition, a dirty little secret to Obama Care is this:  Able bodied adults can receive .90 cents per every $1 of benefit from Obama Care while DISABLED children can only receive .67 cents on the dollar!! This is vile and reprehensible. The "lost" Medicaid dollars that many Democrats continue to speak of are based on this insensitive unequal reimbursement value that incentivizes health care for ABLE BODIED adults over that of DISABLED children due to a higher payoff available to the medical industry.  Do the math. 
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