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Abortion Joe Biden: I accept church rule personally, but not in public life. Joe Biden: No church needs to provide contraception under ObamaCare. Joe Biden: Romney will appoint pro-life Justice; Obama will not. Paul Ryan: Private & public life inseparable on faith & life issues. Paul Ryan: Judges shouldn't decide abortion; Congress should. |
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Budget & Economy Joe Biden: $90B stimulus program had only 0.4% waste. Joe Biden: We inherited a god-awful mess; just level the playing field. Paul Ryan: A debt crisis is coming; we need leadership. Paul Ryan: Real reforms for a real recovery for every American. |
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Corporations Joe Biden: Same rules for Wall Street as for Main Street. Paul Ryan: Raising corporate tax will cost us 710,000 jobs. |
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Environment Paul Ryan: Deficit from "green pork": cronyism on windmills. |
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Foreign Policy Paul Ryan: Apologize for bad acts, but don't apologize for our values. Paul Ryan: Equivocating makes our enemies more likely to attack us. |
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Health Care Joe Biden: Those near doughnut hole you get $600 more for Rx benefits. Joe Biden: Medicare gives seniors choice, even if Rx prices negotiated. Paul Ryan: Honor our Medicare promise by reforming system for young. Paul Ryan: Nobody is proposing vouchers; it's a check in the mailbox. |
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Homeland Security Joe Biden: We should not cut embassy security funding. Joe Biden: National debt comes from putting two wars on a credit card. Joe Biden: Special Forces instead of M1 tanks. Joe Biden: Caring for veterans is our only sacred obligation. Paul Ryan: We shouldn't cut 80,000 soldiers; it invites weakness. |
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Jobs Joe Biden: We can & will get unemployment under 6%. Paul Ryan: This is not what a real recovery looks like. |
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Social Security Joe Biden: Where would elderly be now if funds were in stock market? Paul Ryan: Voluntary privatization for younger workers. |
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Tax Reform Paul Ryan: FactCheck: JFK cut rates by 20%, but from twice today's rate. Paul Ryan: OpEd: plenty of tax loopholes; but mostly for middle class. Joe Biden: Millionaires pay more; middle class pays less. Joe Biden: Not mathematically possible to cut $5T in loopholes. Paul Ryan: Tax cuts grow the economy and create jobs. Paul Ryan: 20% across-the-board tax cut via bipartisan negotiation. |
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War & Peace Joe Biden: Iran has some fissile material, but no nuclear weapons. Joe Biden: Out of Iraq as promised; out of Afghanistan soon. Joe Biden: Iran Sanctions are most crippling in history. Joe Biden: Iran is not close to nuclear weapons; stop the bluster. Joe Biden: Out of Afghanistan in 2014, period. Joe Biden: Syria not like Libya; intervention would ignite the region. Paul Ryan: Why didn't we prepare for embassy attack in Libya? Paul Ryan: US needs credibility to have an effect on Iranian nukes. Paul Ryan: Nuclear Iran is worse than war. Paul Ryan: Make Afghan withdrawal succeed by providing resources. Paul Ryan: No boots on the ground in Syria, but stop acting thru UN. |
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