“I mean it’d be nice if poor people weren’t quite as poor. And if everybody was a little happier, it’d be nice.”
(Jeremiah Clifford, 30, of Syracuse, unaffiliated with a political party)
“I’m hoping that the new government will find a way to make healthcare reform acceptable to the American public and that we can get a process in place that we can all get the healthcare we need. So that’s really important.”
(Ann Sedore, of Syracuse, director, Crouse Hospital School of Nursing, Democrat)
“I think they should do a little bit more to help these families who have kids with autism- you know, more communication, more access and more information. I think they should put more information out because a lot of people don’t understand what programs are out there to help them.”
(Tiran Robinson, 37, of the South Side of Syracuse, cook at Chuck’s Café, Democrat)
“I’m a veteran so I’d like to see some sort of improvement in getting our troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq. I know they’re downsizing in Iraq. But things don’t look well in Afghanistan right now. So I’d like to see them get out of there if they could.”
(Bret Bertrand, 36, of Syracuse, UPS box sorter, Democrat)
“I think the taxes are a little bit high when certain other people aren’t working and they aren’t being taxed at all and some people have to actually pick up the tab on them.”
(John Latimer, 29, of Syracuse, landscape, Independence Party)
(Melanie Kendall is a senior with dual majors in broadcast and digital journalism and political science.)
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