2016 Vice-Presidential Debate: on Budget & Economy

Mike Pence: We've almost doubled the national debt; but not Indiana

A: I think the fact that under this past administration was of which Clinton was a part, we've almost doubled the national debt is atrocious. Indiana has balanced budgets. We cut taxes, we've made record investments in education and in infrastructure, and I still finish my term with $2 billion in the bank. Kaine [as governor] actually tried to raise taxes by about $4 billion. He left his state about $2 billion in the hole.

Mike Pence: Change of leadership will lead to America's comeback

Tim Kaine: Invest in infrastructure & invest in our workforce

• First thing we do is we invest in manufacturing, infrastructure, and research in the clean energy jobs of tomorrow.
• Second thing is we invest in our workforce, from pre-K education to great teachers to debt-free college and tuition-free college for families that make less than $125,000 a year.
• Third, we promote fairness by raising the minimum wage, so you can't work full-time and be under the poverty level, and by paying women equal pay for equal work.
• Fourth, we promote small business growth, just as we've done in Virginia, to make it easier to start and grow small businesses. Hillary and I each grew up in small-business families.
• And, fifth, we have a tax plan that targets tax relief to middle- class individuals and small businesses and asks those at the very top who've benefited as we've come out of recession to pay more.

Tim Kaine: We tried Trump tax plan in 2000s: it caused Great Recession