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Jeremy Epstein- “Unemployment, can I support myself after I graduate?”
- Romney
- Pell Grant program must keep growing
- I want you to be able to get a job, I know what it takes
- More debt-less jobs (last 4 years)
- Bankruptcy was necessary for GM
- Obama
- Make sure we are creating good paying jobs in this country
- 5 million jobs created last 4 years in private sector alone
- Manufacturing jobs in this country
- Change tax-code so companies invest here
- Control our own energy (ten years from now)
- Invested in new energy
- 5 point plan? No, 1 point plan. Wealthy class is what matters to Romney
Tricolla- “Is the energy department in charge of lower gas prices?”
- Obama
- Last 4 years, increased oil and coal production
- Doubled the fuel efficiency on cars by next decade
- Invested in wind, solar, biofuels, etc.
- Create jobs and also find energy in America
- Must think about 10 years from now
- Romney wants oil companies to write regulate
- Yes demand has gone up but the production is going on
- Romney
- Look at Obama’s policy
- None of the oil came from federal land (actually gas production down 14%)
- Wants to use our renewables
- Obama did not let North Dakota drill for oil
- Too many regulations on energy resources?
- Some pipeline
- Then there was a cat fight...
Follano- “Deductions in government and taxes, Romney, ahem?”
- Romney
- Bring rates down
- Simplify the tax code
- Middle income should pay less taxes
- Top 5% will stay the same
- Middle income people will get a tax break
- President’s spending will mean more taxes
- I will not let that happen- and will get a balanced budget
- Top 5% will continue to pay 60% of the income tax still
- Bring rates down, easier for small businesses to flourish
- Obama
- Middle class families- relief
- They have been hit hard
- Republicans in congress will not let tax breaks appen for 98%
- Back to bill clinton
- Romney said it is fair for him pay less taxes
- Obama fundamentally disagrees
- Small businesses tax cuts for hiring veterans
- Top-down economics will not work
Fenton- “Females making 72% of men’s income?”
- Obama
- Single mom raised me
- Grandmother trained people who would become her boss
- First bill he signed was protecting income rights (I think)
- This is an everybody issue
- Do not tolerate discrimination
- Women need advocacy- Romney doesn’t do that.
- Healthcare for women- Romney feels comfortable deciding for woman, Obama no.
- Healthcare should cover contraception
- Romney said employers should be able to make decision on contraception
- Romney will cut planned parenthood
- Women need all opportunities that men have
- Romney
- Cabinet all men so he found women.
- His cabinet had more women in the senior positions than any other state
- You need to be more flexible with women
- Employers need to be flexible
Susan Cats- “Fear a return to Bush if Romney wins, and what is the biggest difference?”
- Romney
- “Every woman should have access to contraception”
- Okay different from Bush
- 5 year plan, all energy can come from North America now with new technology (different from bush)
- Trade- crack down on China, Bush didn’t
- Balanced budget- bush didn’t
- Obama
- He did come in during tough times
- Still digging the way out of policies
- 31 months of job growth
- Romney has same tax cuts as Bush
- Getting tough on China? Romney invested in companies that outsourced to China
- InvestING in companies that are building security for China
- We have made trade regulations that levels the playing field
- Saved 1,000 jobs from china and kept in America
- Bush didn’t turn medicare into a voucher
- Bush was open to immigration
- Bush didn’t close planned parenthood
Michael Jones- “Most things I need are expensive, why should I vote for you again?”
- Obama
- I did collect taxes for small businesses, middle class families, ended war in Iraq, and killed Bin Ladin
- Made sure healthcare companies couldn’t jerk you around
- Passed toughest wall-street reforms since 1930s
- Created a lot of jobs
- Saved auto-industry
- Of course, however, you are struggling
- End deficit in a reasonable way
- Energy of the future very important
- Commitments I made I kept and if not it is not for the lack of trying.
- Romney is going to keep some bad committments
- Romney
- 4 years have not been that good...
- With Obama you will know what you will get
- Can’t afford another 4 years
- Did not get unemployment rate where he said
- Said he would reform Social Security and Medicare
- Said he would deal with immigration problem, didn’t file it
- Doubled deficit
Osorio- “What do you plan on doing for immigrants who don’t have a green card and are productive members of society?”
- Romney
- Shouldn’t have to have a lawyer
- Have to stop illegal immigration
- Employment verification system
- No driver licenses
- Kids of illegal immigrants can have a pathway (army)
- Obama
- Fix a broken system
- We did make it easier to do it legally
- More border patrol
- Undocumented workers is down
- Go after criminals, not students. Not workers
- Young people, brought here, need a safe pathway to citizenship
- Non discrimination. Police officers cannot stop people based on looks
- I have been trying
Libya “State department denied extra security, who and why?”
- Obama
- I said beef up security all around, investigate exactly what happened, when folks mess with America we mess with them.
- Romney turned National Security into a political issue super quick.
- I am ultimately responsible
- Romney
- Buck does stop at Obama’s desk
- Was a terrorist attack, took a long for that to be figured out
- Day following, Obama had a political event
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