“All this money that a lot of these people are making, why can’t somebody take some cuts? Why can’t the government take some of these cuts on the Republican side and the Democrat side? Just don’t talk about it, let’s do something about it.”
(Danny Baldwin, 52, of Syracuse, supervisor of Onondaga County library, Democrat)
“Try to get out of this economy issue. I also want to see them work on war and health care.”
(Lirann Brown, 17, of Syracuse, Taco Bell cashier)
“Elderly care — a lot of them can’t afford insurance. I know a few people who get Medicare and they still can’t hardly afford to live unless they pay for their prescriptions.”
(Kim Glennon, 35, of Syracuse, Taco Bell cashier)
“I want my government to do something about Wall Street reform. I want to see something that addresses paying equity. I want to see CEO’s taxed on their enormous income. And I want more of their income to be shared with their employees.”
(Gideon Elliot, 31, of Syracuse, Syracuse University law student, Democrat)
“I’d like the state government to allow New York residents to buy cigarettes from Native Americans and/or reduce the cigarette tax.”
(Daniel Hofherr, 26, of Syracuse, Syracuse University law student, Republican)
(Thad Green is a graduate student in magazine, newspaper & online journalism.)
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