Republican presidential debate sponsored by Fox News, moderated by Brit Hume & Chris Wallace, in South Carolina on Jan. 10, 2008, days before the South Carolina primary.
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Budget & Economy
Fred Thompson: Consider stimulus package targeted to low-income people.
John McCain: To avoid recession, stop out-of-control spending.
Mike Huckabee: Fuel prices & subprime mortgages possibly cause recession.
Mitt Romney: To avoid recession, deal with housing crisis & gas prices.
Ron Paul: Lower interest rates CAUSED housing bubble & can’t solve it.
Ron Paul: The longer the Fed delays recession, the worse the recession.
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Government Reform
John McCain: I’m “the sheriff”, not Miss Congeniality, about pork bills.
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Jobs
John McCain: Straight talk: some jobs aren’t coming back.
Mitt Romney: MA had 3rd worst job growth; I turned around declining rates.
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Tax Reform
Fred Thompson: Tax cuts raise revenues; so much for the experts.
Ron Paul: Spending money doesn’t stimulate economy; reduced taxes do.
Rudy Giuliani: Cutting anti-competitive taxes raises more revenue.
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The above quotations are from Republican presidential debate sponsored by Fox News, moderated by Brit Hume & Chris Wallace, in South Carolina on Jan. 10, 2008, days before the South Carolina primary..
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