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CD8 debate blog and reader chat
Here's a transcript of the reader chat that accompanied the May 23 debate among candidates in Arizona's 8th Congressional District: Democrat Ron Barber, Republican Jesse Kelly, and Green Charlie Manolakis.
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Kelly is running on the platform that lost him the race in a Repubican landslide year. I'm waiting for his other old ideas to resurface... "rethinking" the minimum wage and allowing "free choice" in healthcare (ie, throwing the patients out of their homes when they can't pay their bills).
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How to protect Social Security? Kelly says "the only way we will save it" and meet the promises made to Americans "... is to grow the economy and grow it quickly." Energy is the way, he says, to create "millions of jobs, trillions of new revenue to the government." Also, he says, give future generations choices on Social Security.
Barber says the answers are to get people back to work to pay into the system, to prohibit people from leaving the system "as Mr. Kelly suggests," because that will hurt solvency; and to find a bipartisan solution. -
.@RonBarberAZ is right. Privatizing Social Security is the wrong course. @VoteJesseKelly? Not so much. #AZ08by andymstone via twitter 5/24/2012 2:22:49 AM
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Why won't @RonBarberAZ answer a direct question? Answer the questions Ron #AZ08by AZ_Wraith via twitter 5/24/2012 2:22:51 AM
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@VoteJesseKelly nailed it Jesse!! Nice!by JonJustice via twitter 5/24/2012 2:23:49 AM
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@VoteJesseKelly #cd8debate Does Barber not realize that every time he tries to defend SS he is explaining exactly why it's a Ponzi Scheme.by JonJustice via twitter 5/24/2012 2:24:52 AM
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@VoteJesseKelly gives inspiring argument for American exceptionalism and freedom. #AZ08 #debateby Scarpinato via twitter 5/24/2012 2:24:53 AM
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Finally a border question. The missing issue in this race. #AZ08by Josh Brodesky via twitter 5/24/2012 2:25:33 AM
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@VoteJesseKelly is defending Americans; @RonBarberAZ is defending Washington #AZ08 #madeindcby Scarpinato via twitter 5/24/2012 2:26:18 AM
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Barber on border security: we need more Border Patrol agents and technology #AZ08by TucsonStar via twitter 5/24/2012 2:26:54 AM
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Barber wants to limit $$$ flow across border and improve communications along border. #AZ08by Josh Brodesky via twitter 5/24/2012 2:27:23 AM
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Green party guy wants #camels on the border instead of horses. #AZ08 oh yeah he wants a fence too.by Josh Brodesky via twitter 5/24/2012 2:28:36 AM
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On border security question, Green Party Charlie Manolakis suggests using camels rather than horses.by BradyMcCombs via twitter 5/24/2012 2:28:48 AM
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Manolakis on border security: why not camels instead of horses? He got some laughs. #AZ08 #bordercamelsby TucsonStar via twitter 5/24/2012 2:28:54 AM
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On border security, Barber says he was former Rep. Giffords' lead on border issues, working with ranchers, border agents and others. "Ranchers should not have to live in fear on their land," he says. "We put together a package that put 1,000 new agents on the border," increased forward operating bases, provided more mobile surveillance including drones and horse patrols. "We need to stop the flow of money" of the cartels at the border, Barber says.
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Kelly: build a double layer border fence p.twimg.com
by Josh Brodesky via twitter 5/24/2012 2:30:00 AM -
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Kelly on border security: a double-layer fence is needed. It worked in San Diego, he says. #AZ08by TucsonStar via twitter 5/24/2012 2:30:22 AM
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Kelly says we should build the double-layer border fence as in San Diego, because 50 percent of the narcotics coming into the U.S. come through Southern Arizona and "Phoenix is now the kidnapping capital of the world." "Build the fence, get the manpower and resources we need, and we can solve this problem."
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