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" But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania. "
Ed Rendell
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" And preserving our open spaces or having them there for recreational purposes is one of the things that contributes to the high level of quality of life that we offer in Pennsylvania, and that also translates into economic benefits. "
Ed Rendell
Life
Quality Of Life
Open
" I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by personality, leadership qualities and by state or local issues. They still have some effect, no question about it, but not as much as Senate and Congressional races. "
Ed Rendell
Play
Think
Personality
" I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed. "
Ed Rendell
You
Need
Think
" If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms. "
Ed Rendell
Terms
Lose
" Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation. "
Ed Rendell
Money
Open
Space
" There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table. "
Ed Rendell
Table
Environmental
Issues
" Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on. "
Ed Rendell
Business
Community
Good
" It used to be that Democrats and Republicans would disagree, but they could be social to each other. There were times during the year that we acted together in the good of the country. "
Ed Rendell
Democrats
Year
Together
" I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a great environment and no economy. That's a false choice. You can do both. "
Ed Rendell
Politics
Great
Today
" I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well get the upside for it and dedicate that upside to improving the environment in so many different ways. "
Ed Rendell
Environment
Trash
Think
" I am a fiscal conservative. "
Ed Rendell
Am
I Am
Conservative
" Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it's produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked. "
Ed Rendell
Well
Construction
Back
" I hate negative ads in general. "
Ed Rendell
General
Negative
Ads
" The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less. "
Ed Rendell
Care
System
People
" George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip. "
Ed Rendell
Always
Rip
Believed
" And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically. "
Ed Rendell
Open
Tourism
Beautiful
" We've been working our tail off and lead by that example. "
Ed Rendell
Been
Example
Lead
" One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well. "
Ed Rendell
Natural Beauty
People
Impact
" Tourism is our second biggest industry in terms of the people it employs. "
Ed Rendell
Industry
Our
People
" We are the second oldest state in the Union because too many of our young people are leaving Pennsylvania. They are leaving Pennsylvania behind for opportunities elsewhere. "
Ed Rendell
Leaving
Young
People
" I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs. "
Ed Rendell
Opportunity
Money
Business
" You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one. "
Ed Rendell
Never
You
Sure
" I think the president should be accessible, should answer questions that aren't pre-screened, but I think there should be a little bit of dignity to the presidency. "
Ed Rendell
President
Dignity
Questions
" I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don't exacerbate the problem. "
Ed Rendell
Legal
Time
Think
" And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over. "
Ed Rendell
Bond
Challenges
Environmental
" We will not lose this election for lack of money. "
Ed Rendell
Lose
Lack
Election
" One of the reasons we don't have our deficit under control is because Republicans are wusses and won't tell their base a simple fact that everyone knows. We can't eliminate the deficit without raising some revenue... They're wusses. "
Ed Rendell
Everyone
Control
Without
" If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff. "
Ed Rendell
Offer
Staff
I Am
" I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself. "
Ed Rendell
Care
Always
Future
" Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile. "
Ed Rendell
Think
Mile
Tax