George Pataki in Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2015
On Social Security:
I would not reduce social security benefits
I don't consider Social Security an entitlement. Social Security is something you paid for. When you're working, the money is taken out. I would not in any way reduce the benefits or make it more difficult for someone who has paid into Social Security to
get it. All Americans working should be a part of Social Security, and that would increase the pool of people paying to Social Security. The second thing is to grow our economy so we have fewer dependent on government.
Source: RFD-TV 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Sep 29, 2015
On Gun Control:
Do a better job of enforcing federal gun laws
First of all, mental health is a critical component. We have to do more to expand mental health counseling, mental health preventative services. The second thing with federal gun laws, is that we need to do a
better job of enforcing them. It is illegal to bring a gun across state lines, and yet it happens all the time, and I don't understand why the federal government is not doing far more to prevent that.
Source: TheSkimm.com 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Jul 8, 2015
On Immigration:
Practical policy: legal residency after 200 hours of service
Donald Trump released a statement restating the controversial comments he made almost three weeks ago when he announced he was running for president: "What can be simpler or more accurately stated? The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted
people into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc.," Trump's statement said. Trump's comments have resulted in the termination of a number of his business relationships, but it wasn't until the past week that
fellow Republican candidates began to forcefully condemn his comments.George Pataki laid out what he calls are "practical" policy solutions for the issue of securing the southern U.S. border, as well as what to do with the millions of illegal
immigrants already living in the country. Pataki's immigration proposals include allowing illegal immigrants to obtain the status of legal resident if they come forward publicly, have no criminal history, and commit to 200 hours of community service.
Source: CNN.com 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Jul 6, 2015
On Drugs:
OK to legalize if we can contain addiction and kids' access
I would not be adverse to changing the law if we could guarantee there was no spillover to, three things actually--no spillover to adjacent states, protection for minorities that are ironclad, and the third is there's no increase in dependency as a
result of that. If all of a sudden we see the state that legalizes it is resulting in much higher dependency costs that the federal government has to pay for, I think the federal government has the right to say you can't do that.
Source: HughHewitt.com 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Apr 23, 2015
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