“I’m not sure that the next generation, which is our children, are going to have the kind of retirement that we have, which is stable — and that’s what I’m concerned about.”
(Jane Wiehele-Amond, 64, of Cicero, retired, Democrat)
“Keeping people in New York, in Syracuse. And one of the things that I see is that we’re losing a lot of jobs.”
(Dawn Cosgrove, 35,of Fabius, freelance writer, Democrat)
“Because my grandmother needs a lot of medicine and a lot of it she can’t afford, so a lot of our family has been helping her out. And people who can’t work, or don’t have the money to pay for the medicine they have, there should be aid for them.”
(Seve Robinson, 20, of Syracuse, clothing store manager, Democrat, voting for Barack Obama)
“Our dollar has gone from very stable and strong to nothing and they’ve got to bring that back. They’ve got to stop having outside businesses outside the United States buy up the United States.”
(Jim Mahar, 60-plus, of Marcellus, National Grid gas meter mechanic, Independent party.)
“There needs to be a lot more funding education-wise. Plus, I’m a sociology major so I think education prevents a lot of things down the road.”
(Caitlin Moody, 20, of Syracuse, student at Lemoyne College, Independent party, voting for Democrat Barack Obama)
(Torie Wells is a junior in broadcast journalism.)
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