“I’d like them to pick a direction and stick with it. And accomplish something at this point. I really don’t care what it is. Just pick something and fix it. If it be healthcare or if it ends up being the budget, which I’d like to see fixed. Or if they could agree on what color the sky is from day to day.”
(Richelle Maki, 41, of Canastota, advocate for individuals with disabilities, Independence Party)
“We can have Social Security. We can take care of young children. We’re big. We’re powerful. We spent almost one trillion dollars just in Afghanistan. You take that one trillion dollars, you could take away all school loans.”
(Dave Delfavero, 64, of Auburn, part-time registered nurse in elementary schools throughout Auburn, Democrat)
“Better protection of our younger peers. Just keep them safer. I think it’s ok for people to have guns for protection and stuff. But it’s just people need to be more responsible. I think they should be interviewed to have a gun.”
(Tyrene Owens, 20, of Syracuse, full-time student at Onondaga Community College, Democrat)
“I want to say the economy. I know that probably sounds like a broken record, but to me it’s probably the biggest thing. I’m kind of over all this war stuff, and everybody worried about everybody else. We have our own homeless here. We have our own terrorists here. We got everything here. So maybe we should just get our own stuff together – our own economy-wise and our own country-wise – to make sure that we’re good before we start trying to change the rest of the world.”
(Vance McRae, 26, of Syracuse, cook at P.F. Chang’s and Pastabilities, Democrat)
“They actually need to get something done for a change. Congress and the White House need to work together. Unfortunately, the government needs to run like every household does – where if you don’t have the money you don’t spend it. So they need to streamline. They need to cut out the waste.”
(Lee Smith, 59, of Utica, works in sales at Drivers Village, Republican)
(Samantha Sonner is a junior majoring in broadcast and digital journalism.)
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