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The Kerry-Weld Debates:
A series of debates between the Senate candidates John Kerry and William Weld, April-October 1996



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Abortion
    Bill Weld: Pro-choice point of view is shared by the GOP majority.
    Bill Weld: Pro-choice despite the Republican pro-life party platform.
    Bill Weld: Support a woman’s right to choose as an individual freedom.
Budget & Economy
    John Kerry: An economic record I’m proud to run on.
    Bill Weld: Abolish wasteful programs and support balanced budgets.
Civil Rights
    Bill Weld: 1995: reaffirmed commitment to affirmative action.
    Bill Weld: We shouldn’t have discrimination in housing and employment.
    John Kerry: Provide gays and lesbians with full coverage of civil rights.
Crime
    Bill Weld: Opposes weekend furloughs for convicted murderers & rapists.
    Bill Weld: When we catch the bad guys, we've got to hammer them.
    John Kerry: A state doesn’t honor life by sanctioning killing.
    Bill Weld: Support death penalty for cop killers.
Drugs
    Bill Weld: Less welfare for drug users; tougher sentences for offenders.
Education
    John Kerry: Providing student loans for college kids is an ethical issue.
Government Reform
    Bill Weld: Supports term limits; they bring in fresh blood.
Health Care
    John Kerry: Providing health care for kids is an ethical issue.
    John Kerry: Tax cut of $550 billion would cut Medicare.
    John Kerry: Created catastrophic health insurance and withdrew it.
Homeland Security
    John Kerry: Supported a federal crime bill that funded 100,000 cops.
Principles & Values
    Bill Weld: I've worked with both parties to get the job done.
    John Kerry: I’m a good person to be in the foxhole with.
Social Security
    John Kerry: Never thought about pulling money out of Social Security.
Tax Reform
    Bill Weld: Cut taxes 15 times as governor.
    Bill Weld: My across-the-board tax cuts exceeded $1 billion.
    John Kerry: Trade a tax cut for the huge cuts in student loans.
Welfare & Poverty
    Bill Weld: Wage all-out war on culture of welfare dependency.


The above quotations are from The Kerry-Weld Debates:
A series of debates between the Senate candidates John Kerry and William Weld, April-October 1996.

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