 I want to put money into clean energy jobs, green-collar jobs, and also make sure we have a fund that will help communities deal with the consequences of the home foreclosure crisis and make sure the unemployment system is up to the task. - Hillary Clinton
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 In talking about the stimulus package, one of the concerns that I have is that we'll probably end up borrowing this $150 billion from the Chinese. And when we get those rebate checks, most people are going to go out and buy stuff that's been imported from China. I have to wonder whose economy is going to be stimulated the most by the package. - Mike Huckabee
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 If we do what we should do to green the economy, if we change our unemployment insurance laws … which gets money straight into the economy and we deal with the mortgage crisis in a serious way with a home rescue fund to provide transitional financing for those people who are about to lose their homes, all those things will stimulate the economy. - John Edwards
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 I think it's very important that we make the Bush tax cuts permanent. I voted to make them permanent twice already… And if we don't make the tax cuts permanent, then they will experience what amounts to a tax increase. - John McCain
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 Senator Clinton mentioned tax rebates. That wasn't the original focus of her plan. I think recently she has caught up with what I had originally said, which is we've got to get taxes into the -- tax cuts into the pockets of hard-working Americans right away. - Barack Obama
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 My plan has) a permanent tax cut for people at the lowest income tax bracket. I also have a savings plan for individuals that allows folks who are making under $200,000 a year to save their money tax free, no interest, dividends or capital gains. - Mitt Romney
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You might not have seen these faces around campus… that's because this issue, we're bringing you some quotes from six of the leading presidential candidates to get you in the mood for the upcoming caucuses and primaries (Feb. 9 and 19, respectively. Check
www.secstate.wa.gov for more information). We've taken their quotes from the most recent debates. All of them have to do with the economy - and those "economic stimulus" checks we may be getting in the mail.
2008 Woodie Awards
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