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from National Press Club (number of quotes indicated): |
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Budget & Economy Gary Johnson: Cut taxes; cut spending; level the playing field. Ralph Nader: Top priorities: Infrastructure; poverty; preventive health. Ralph Nader: 47 million full-time workers make less than $10 an hour. Thomas Perez: The stimulus worked, despite the Eeyore caucus. |
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Civil Rights Ben Carson: I have nothing against gay people, but no marriage. Ross Perot: Affirmative action is "squishy" - education is key. Tom Vilsack: Religion is important, but no one religion should dominate. |
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Corporations Dennis Kucinich: Rescued Cleveland Electric from profitable utility. |
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Crime Ralph Nader: Some executed by death penalty were innocent. |
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Drugs Bill Weld: 100 million Americans who've smoked dope are not criminals. Rick Perry: Too many Texans imprisoned for nonviolent drug offenses. Ross Perot: Can't overstate the damage that drugs are doing. |
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Education Rick Perry: Too many black students are trapped in failing schools. |
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Energy & Oil Tom Vilsack: Bio-based energy for greater independence and flexibility. |
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Environment Thomas Perez: Took 70 years to get silica dust protections in place. |
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Foreign Policy Ben Sasse: Putin leads a thugocracy; runs disinformation everywhere. Ben Sasse: Authoritarianism vs. democracy is struggle of our time. John McCain: Urge Japan to open economy to ensure Asian recovery. |
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Free Trade John McCain: Free trade with any country except security risks. John McCain: Free trade is indispensable to our prosperity. John McCain: Retaliatory protectionism is a "murder-suicide pact". John McCain: Chile in NAFTA is good, but Fast Track isn't. John McCain: Admit China to WTO based on their concessions. |
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Government Reform Jesse Ventura: Will not actively fund-raise for re-election: "No strings". Ralph Nader: Justices need sense of justice & sense of history. Rick Perry: Tort reform savings get passed down to low-income consumers. Stacey Abrams: The electoral college is racist and classist. Tom Vilsack: No more cherished right than the right to vote. |
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Gun Control Chris Murphy: Sandy Hook opened my eyes to catastrophe of gun violence. Chris Murphy: The NRA created a fantasy world where stockpiles are needed. |
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Health Care Ben Carson: ObamaCare flies in the face of principles of America. Stacey Abrams: His personal debt was from caring for father with cancer. |
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Homeland Security George W. Bush: SDI needed for defense against rogue states & terrorists. |
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Immigration Gary Johnson: Mexicans are looking for work, not murder & rape. |
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Jobs Thomas Perez: Fight for 15: raise federal AND state minimum wage. |
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Principles & Values Ben Sasse: Idea that there's no truth is corrosive to democracy. Bill Weld: Republicans and Democrats both perpetuate their own duopoly. Stacey Abrams: Run for the job you want; I'm best on executive side. Tom Vilsack: Surprised young people don't think US is greatest nation. |
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Tax Reform Gary Johnson: Taxes means government decides rather than people deciding. |
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Technology Ben Carson: Beef up cyber capabilities; reinvigorate space program. Ben Sasse: Digital consumption is rewiring parts of teenagers' brains. Tom Vilsack: Bio-based products reduce rural American unemployment. |
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War & Peace Ben Sasse: Withdrawal from Iran deal problematic on many levels. Bill Weld: Presumption of non-intervention on foreign soil. Gary Johnson: Exit Afghanistan now; same consequences as exiting later. Gary Johnson: Our involvement with ISIS wasn't intentional but it happened. |
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Welfare & Poverty Rick Perry: Democratic anti-poverty policies have failed black families. |
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