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" I love the concept of community energy. "
Ed Rendell
Community
Love
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" I hate negative ads in general. "
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" Natural gas is great for America in so many ways. "
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" Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation. "
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" 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. "
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" If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I am a fiscal conservative. "
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" Most people are motivated by the economy. And if you've lost your job, lost your mortgage, lost your 401(k), you're angry. And if your brother-in-law has lost one of those you're angry still. And when you're angry you take it out on people who are in office. Which is natural. "
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" The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less. "
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" Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile. "
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Tax
" 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. "
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Young
People
" 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. "
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Legal
Time
Think
" 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. "
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Dignity
Questions
" But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania. "
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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. "
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Quality Of Life
Open
" We will not lose this election for lack of money. "
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Lose
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Election
" 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. "
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Opportunity
Money
Business
" I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself. "
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Care
Always
Future
" If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here. "
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Think
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip. "
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Always
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" If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms. "
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Terms
Lose
" 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. "
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" I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up. "
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" Look, natural gas, just like oil, is going to eventually go away. It's not renewable. "
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Going
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" Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion. "
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Happy
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