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On Unemployment: “Unemployment now stands at 10.1 percent. 11.3 million people are out of work and as many as 30 million are feeling the bite of unemployment. Steps must be taken by the federal government to train and place the nation’s unemployed.”
On Fiscal Responsibility:
“The votes cast by my opponent on the president’s three-year tax cut, the 1983 budget, the tax increase package and the Balanced Budget Amendment, have placed him on a list of ‘Balanced Budget Amendment Phonies.’ This type of fiscal irresponsibility should not be allowed to continue.”
On Mortgage Rates: “Recent surges on Wall Street have pushed the prime lending rate down to around 12 percent, but this has yet to have an impact on mortgage rates or other consumer lending rates. If there is to be a full recovery of the economy, all long-term interest rates must come down.
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