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Giuliani Vows To Bring Big Apple Plan Nationwide
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ABC News' Matt Stuart and Jan Simmonds report: After swapping places with Duncan Hunter, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani became the lead-off speaker Friday night at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference; he immediately compared the tribulations he faced in New York to those currently being felt in the state of Michigan.
He even gave his best Yogi Berra impression, saying it was going to be "deja vu all over again."
Giuliani argued that in New York he faced the problems of a deficit and massive unemployment in a city where "65% wanted to live somewhere else if they could," but he was able to turn the city around.
And as he did in New York, he exclaimed, there was a game plan to follow. And that plan was "exactly what's needed for the state of Michigan" and "exactly the plan for America."
For Giuliani, the crux of his strategy is to have "lower taxes, smaller government, and less regulation", while at the same time recognizing that "business is not the enemy. Where do you think all the jobs come from? The sky?"
On lower taxes, Giuliani pushed his support for the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, saying he would not only keep them, "I would increase them to put more money back in the system."
Giuliani focused all of his criticism on the Democratic frontrunners saying they would increase government and impose socialized medicine. On Hillary Clinton's plan to mandate that every American get health care, he quipped "When…healthcare is free you will find out how expensive it is."
Giuliani claimed that America has "the best health care system in world," while also adding the caveats that "we've got to make it less expensive…more accessible…and higher quality."
The lone booing came when Giuliani admitted that he was not the perfect candidate nor the perfect person, and that he was in fact a Yankees fan. The Michigan audience jokingly booed.
Giuliani finally argued the importance of the "terrorist war against us" for the Michigan audience, saying that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are the primary reason why "You and I are on Mackinac Island, and we're safe."
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This person made a bundle off 911, I can't help but wonder how much of the millions he's made has he donated to the true victims and heroes of that day?
Posted by: TYSPOCK | Sep 25, 2007 6:01:14 PM
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