CNN political race coverage: on Budget & Economy
George W. Bush:
Bush ties growing economy to his tax cuts
Bush noted that a record 68 percent of Americans own their own homes. He also cited relatively low inflation and a rise in manufacturing. "Our economy is growing," said Bush. "It's strong and getting stronger."
Bush tied what he described as a growing economy to his series of tax cuts -- including a boost in the child tax credit and breaks for small businesses -- and he called on Congress to make them permanent.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Mar 26, 2004
George W. Bush:
A biennial budget will avoid budget gridlock
With a split government -- the current Democratic administration vs. the GOP-controlled Congress, for example -- yearly budgeting often results in gridlock. "A biennial budget
would lead to conservative budgeting. A yearly budget leads to squabbling." Bush added that he would seek to draft legislation that would end the threat of government shutdowns.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Oct 21, 2000
Jesse Ventura:
Government spending hurts the economy
You don't help the economy by more government spending, in my opinion. You help the economy by putting money back in the private sector's pocket so they can invest that money, so they can spend that money,
so they can help the economy. By putting more money into the government, in my opinion, is not going help the economy. It's going to hurt it.
Source: CNN coverage: interview on Larry Kind Live show
Mar 14, 2001
Jim DeMint:
$13T in debt shows both parties are out of control
The people in Washington have clearly gotten out of control, in both parties. When you have $13 trillion in debt, you've got a big problem. I came into the Senate in the majority: 55 senators; a large majority in the House; Bush in the White House.
And Republicans didn't do what we said we were going to do. We spent too much. We borrowed too much. And, frankly, if we get the majority again, even if it's just in the House and we don't do what we say, I think the Republican Party is dead.
Source: CNN "State of the Union" coverage: 2010 S.C. Senate debate
Sep 19, 2010
John Edwards:
$100B economic stimulus package for green infrastructure
Q: There is a lot of fear of recession. Do we need an economic stimulus package?A: In the short term, what I've proposed is a very strong economic stimulus package, which is $100 billion, phased in over a period of months.
And it's focused on building green infrastructure, modernizing our unemployment insurance laws, getting help to the states that are struggling to do what they need to do. But I think the economy needs stimulus, given what's happening right now.
Source: CNN coverage: LATE EDITION
Jan 13, 2008
John Edwards:
Long-term growth come from strengthening middle class
Over and over in American history, the way we sustain long-term economic growth is to grow and strengthen the middle class. When we're lifting families out of poverty, when the middle class is feeling economically secure, then the economy can grow and it
is sustainable. There are whole group of structural things we need to do to accomplish that: universal health care; green the economy; raise the minimum wage to $9.50. Ideas aimed at growing the middle class--that's the long-term solution.
Source: CNN coverage: LATE EDITION
Jan 13, 2008
John Kerry:
Kerry pledges 10 million new jobs & to slow outsourcing
Kerry pledged to create 10 million new jobs in four years. Kerry's proposal includes tax reform and credits to encourage job creation in the United States, an education and job training program, as well as a plan to "restore fiscal discipline and
confidence in the American economy." Kerry also called for sweeping changes in international tax law to give incentives to companies that create jobs in the United States.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Mar 26, 2004
Kendrick Meek:
Grow the economy rather than applying ideology
Meek attacked Rubio, almost warning Floridians against him: "It's important that we grow this economy. It's the very reason we should not federalize Marco Rubio," Meek said. "He is thinking of ideology that would put the middle class in the hole forever.
On his economic policies, Meek said, "I can tell you what Mr. Rubio is talking about is not a solution, it's ideology."In a back-and-forth that defined their campaigns, Crist depicted Rubio as a conservative ideologue unable or unwilling to deviate
from extreme views regardless of changing dynamics. "You know, facts change all the time," Crist said. "I think people want an open-minded senator rather than the opposite, a closed-minded senator."
Rubio "wouldn't accept tax cuts on 98% of the
people in America because of his ideology," Crist said. "That's exactly the problem, that's what's not right with Washington today." While Crist advocated a compromise, Meek backed the Obama position.
Source: CNN ElectionCenter coverage of 2010 Florida Senate debate
Oct 24, 2010
Wesley Clark:
Fiscal responsibility means no long-term deficit
The first thing you've got to do is, you do have to establish fiscal responsibility in the US government. And that means you've got to go back and get on a path that makes revenues at some point intersect expenditures. In the long term, you can't be
running a long-term deficit. Depending on the particular economic conditions at the time, you may run a short-term deficit for stimulus. But in the long term, you don't want to be bankrupt. You want your receipts to equal your obligations.
Source: CNN coverage: Crossfire
Aug 1, 2003
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