“Taxes being lowered would be great, because I know taxes went up this year. Healthcare reform, because my grandmother has Medicare and she still has no idea what she’s doing with it. And unemployment. It’s still high. It’s not as high as it was. But there needs to be more jobs because tons of people are unemployed.”
(Amy Smithgall, 29, of Syracuse, data entry clerk for BNY Mellon, Democrat)
“We need to broaden our tax base and keep jobs at home. That’s basically my feeling on it. I feel that deregulation really hurt our country more than any other country.”
(Pete Basla, 46, of Syracuse, electrician for IBEW Local 43, Independent)
“Create more jobs, obviously. Control the price of – not control it, but try to moderate the price of gas. End all the wars that we’re in. I don’t think it’s possible – but. Watch Wall Street much closer, their practices. And help out all those people who lost their homes.”
(Tony Negrotto, 59, of Syracuse, maintenance worker for Mid-State Correctional Facility, not affiliated with a political party)
“Reform, maybe, because it’s probably going to run out by the time I get there.”
(Matt Reschke, 30, of Chittenango, library technician for Syracuse University, Independent, speaking about Social Security)
“A ban on assault rifles – not to take guns away from people, but ban assault rifles and those large-capacity magazine things that they use. And background checks for everybody and increased psychiatric care.”
Kathy Gorzka, 59, of Syracuse, bereavement counselor at Crouse Hospital, Democrat)
(Mark Cooper is a senior majoring in newspaper journalism.)
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