On The Issues

Montanans are working harder than ever but still falling behind. We are getting squeezed by the lingering effects of the catastrophic inflation of the Biden Administration created by years of overspending and bad policies coming out of D.C. At the same time, Montana has seen a surge of new residents fleeing West Coast cities after crushing COVID lockdowns and years of failed policies, driving up demand for housing and pushing prices higher. We need to cut taxes, reduce regulations, and unleash domestic production. We also need to make it easier to build homes and businesses in our state. Montanans know how to work to earn their living, they just need the government out of their pockets and out of their way.

Aaron’s plan to make the Montana dream affordable again:

1. Ban Wall Street from buying single-family homes.
2. The HELPER Act which authorizes federally backed mortgages for first responders and school teachers to buy a home in the community they serve.
3. Invest in programs that lead to good-paying jobs like the trades, logging, and manufacturing.
4. Make permanent the recent working families tax breaks like no tax on tips, overtime, and Social Security.
5. Unleash American energy for abundant and affordable energy to power our homes and businesses.

If you work hard, you should be able to afford a decent quality of life. That starts with bringing back jobs that were killed by bad policies coming out of Washington, D.C. We need people harvesting trees and developing critical minerals again. We need farmers feeding the nation and making a living doing it. And we need skilled workers building homes, maintaining infrastructure, and powering our economy. These are the jobs Aaron will fight to bring back to Montana.

Aaron’s plan to bring good-paying back to Montana jobs:

1. Expand timber harvests and resource extraction to create good-paying jobs.
2. Invest in workforce training, apprenticeships, and trade programs that prepare Montanans for high-demand careers.
3. Cut burdensome regulations that make it harder for small businesses, farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers to grow and hire workers.
4. Support made-in-Montana agriculture, protecting family farms and ranches.
5. Repeal the expensive taxes that prevent family farms, ranches, and small businesses from staying in the family.

Public lands belong to the public, and that means keeping them accessible for all Montanans – sportsmen, hikers, ranchers, foresters. Unfortunately, for decades radical environmental groups have tried locking them up behind red tape and lawsuits to keep Montanans out. Public lands are meant for the benefit of the public and should be managed in accordance with the multiple-use mandate.

Aaron’s plan for public access balances conservation, recreation, and responsible resource development:

1. The Public Lands in Public Hands Act which prevents the large scale sale or transfer of federal lands.
2. Prioritize federal funds to maintain and expand public access to public lands by building more boat ramps, campgrounds, restrooms, and trails and maintaining those we have.
3. Maintain healthy forests to prevent catastrophic wildfires.
4. Uphold the Taylor Grazing Act to support made in Montana beef.
5. Fill the Lake Act to keep Flathead Lake at full pool to support irrigators, small businesses, and recreators.

Montanans are working harder than ever and are still falling behind. Meanwhile, politicians back in Washington, D.C. are getting rich off the backs of taxpayers. Their net worths are skyrocketing from shady stock trading and campaign slush funds, while they are getting paid more and more while doing less and less.

Aaron’s plan to clean up DC is simple:

1. No budget, no pay.
2. No pay during a government shutdown.
3. A mandatory balanced budget amendment, just like we have in Montana.
4. Ban on congressional stock trading. Politicians shouldn’t be getting rich off privileged information.

Montana’s forests are one of our greatest resources. They provide opportunities for recreation, economic growth, and habitat for wildlife. But radical environmental groups push an agenda of overregulation and frivolous litigation. Over time, this has choked off timber harvests and prescribed burns, leaving us with fewer good paying forest jobs and overgrown forests that fuel catastrophic wildfires. Healthy forests mean good-paying jobs, strong economies, and boundless opportunities for recreation.

Aaron’s plan for healthy, resilient forests:

1. Overturn the terrible Cottonwood legal decision and end the analysis paralysis that kills good forest management projects.
2. Expand the Good Neighbor Authority so Montana can help take care of our federal forests.
3. End the Roadless Rule which cuts off access for the public to recreate, foresters to harvest timber, and firefighters responding to wildfires.