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Mike Bloomberg on Abortion
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- Encourage states to expand who may perform abortions. (Jan 2020)
- Codify Roe v. Wade, repeal Hyde Amendment. (Jan 2020)
- Government should support embryonic stem cell research. (Apr 2013)
- Supported by women's groups for strong defense of abortion. (Sep 2010)
- Reproductive choice is a fundamental human right. (May 2006)
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Mike Bloomberg on Budget & Economy
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- Proponent of the free market and balanced budgets. (Dec 2019)
- 2008: Wall Street executives deserve bonuses. (Sep 2010)
- Turned NYC’s $5 billion deficit into a $4 billion surplus. (Jun 2007)
- Balanced $6B deficit with higher property taxes. (Oct 2005)
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Mike Bloomberg on Civil Rights
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- I convinced NY Republicans to vote for gay marriage. (Feb 2020)
- Guarantee equal treatment and equal rights for LGBTQ+ people. (Jan 2020)
- Protect voting rights; require automatic registration. (Jan 2020)
- Reinvigorate Civil Rights Division of Justice Department. (Jan 2020)
- Set labor rules to end the gender pay gap. (Jan 2020)
- Co-chaired "Mayors for the Freedom to Marry" effort. (Jan 2012)
- Discrimination against blacks means same against Jews. (Sep 2010)
- 1990s: Three sexual harassment lawsuits at Bloomberg L.P. (Sep 2010)
- Backs same-sex marriage. (Mar 2007)
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Mike Bloomberg on Corporations
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- End forced arbitration, like I do in my companies. (Feb 2020)
- $5 trillion in new revenue from high earners & corporations. (Feb 2020)
- Strengthen & expand Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Jan 2020)
- Raise corporate tax rate to 28%, prevent use of tax havens. (Jan 2020)
- Business have big cash reserves & need no tax cuts. (Dec 2017)
- Reduce 35% corporate tax by eliminating loopholes. (Dec 2017)
- Rezoning old manufacturing sites led to construction boom. (Sep 2010)
- Wooed Goldman Sachs to NYC with $1.65 billion in tax breaks. (Oct 2005)
- Built up a $1.3B company from scratch over 20 years. (Aug 2001)
- Open physical plant at Bloomberg Press encourages creativity. (Aug 2001)
- Making change in difficult, in companies or technology. (Aug 2001)
- Ludicrous to pay CEO bonuses when stock value rises. (Aug 2001)
- Given $10M upon being fired from Salomon Brothers in 1981. (Aug 2001)
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Mike Bloomberg on Crime
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- Makeup of police department should reflect city population. (Feb 2020)
- First priority in crime is to cut murder rate; we cut by 50%. (Feb 2020)
- End cash bail; $2.5 billion for public defenders. (Jan 2020)
- Restore voting rights to felons after they're out. (Jan 2020)
- Stop and frisk: I was wrong and I am sorry. (Nov 2019)
- I was wrong to rely on stop-and-frisk policing. (Nov 2019)
- Supported 1996 crime bill and stop-and-frisk policing. (Nov 2019)
- Crime dropped 32%; murders halved; 36% fewer behind bars. (Nov 2019)
- Reduce crime but with a more racially sensitive police force. (Sep 2010)
- Apologizing for police racial errors kept city calm. (Sep 2010)
- OpEd: never a conspicuous civil libertarian. (Sep 2010)
- Educate prisoners: build more classrooms at Rikers Island. (Jan 2008)
- Fewer homicides in NYC than any year on record. (Dec 2007)
- Reduced murder rate by focusing on domestic violence. (Dec 2007)
- Mandatory minimum sentencing for gun crimes. (Dec 2006)
- Lock them up and throw away key, but no death penalty. (Dec 2005)
- Too much news radio is "all crime, all the time". (Aug 2001)
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Mike Bloomberg on Drugs
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- Decriminalize possession, but wait on pot & kids. (Feb 2020)
- No legalization; pot lowers IQ by 5 to 10 points. (Feb 2015)
- You bet I smoked pot, and I enjoyed it; but. (Nov 2011)
- Stopped smoking at 30; then became anti-smoking proselytizer. (Sep 2010)
- Dubbed "Mommy Mayor" and "Nanny Bloomberg" for anti-smoking. (Sep 2010)
- You bet I smoked pot; and I enjoyed it. (Apr 2002)
- NYPD will continue to vigorously enforce drug laws. (Apr 2002)
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Mike Bloomberg on Education
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- NYC schools did improve; and better for minorities. (Feb 2020)
- Charter schools worked in NYC, but not everywhere. (Feb 2020)
- Make education and training a national priority. (Jan 2020)
- More than 126,000 classroom seats added, 600 new schools. (Nov 2019)
- Help public schools with deductibility of local taxes. (Dec 2017)
- Push Voc-Ed: plumbers earn more than Harvard grads. (Feb 2015)
- Creationism boggles the mind, two centuries after Darwin. (Apr 2013)
- Included among celebrity philanthropists who fund schools. (Feb 2011)
- Pushed for mayoral control of city school system. (Feb 2011)
- Liberate 1.1 million students from deadly bureaucracy. (Sep 2010)
- All social problems are ameliorated by better education. (Sep 2010)
- Increased school budget from $12B to $20B. (Sep 2010)
- Ban the use of cell phones in public schools. (Sep 2010)
- Slash bureaucracy; reward principal & teacher excellence. (Jan 2008)
- End the shameful practice of social promotion. (Jan 2008)
- No more tinkering at margins: cut bureaucracy; add charters. (Jun 2007)
- Replaced school board with direct mayoral control. (May 2007)
- No social promotion; more after-school. (May 2007)
- Strengthened cell-phone ban in city schools. (May 2007)
- Focus on increasing high school graduation rates. (Apr 2007)
- Debated against eliminating social promotion. (Jan 2007)
- No computers in early grade school. (Aug 2001)
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Mike Bloomberg on Energy & Oil
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- You can reduce CO2: turn off your AC & paint your roof white. (Feb 2020)
- Convince China & India that they'll lose from climate change. (Feb 2020)
- Fracking is ok as a transitional fuel, until 2050. (Feb 2020)
- Outdated solar arrays are closing because they lose money. (Feb 2020)
- Make climate change a U.S. priority; rejoin Paris Agreement. (Jan 2020)
- Make pollution-free homes & vehicles available for all. (Jan 2020)
- Founded $500 million group advocating energy reform. (Nov 2019)
- $218M effort led to closure of 282 coal-fired power plants. (Feb 2019)
- America should be big part of climate solution. (Apr 2018)
- If some countries do right thing on climate, we all benefit. (Apr 2018)
- US must set real and binding carbon reduction targets. (Feb 2008)
- Reducing carbon output increases socio-economic well-being. (Feb 2008)
- Cities are taking the lead on climate change. (Feb 2008)
- While greenhouse gas pollution is free, it will be abundant. (Nov 2007)
- PlaNYC: convert 13,000 taxis to hybrids or high-efficiency. (Nov 2007)
- Direct charge over cap-and-trade, to raise cost of carbon. (Nov 2007)
- Make NYC first environmentally-sustainable city. (Sep 2007)
- Reduce NYC carbon emissions by 30% by 2030. (Jun 2007)
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Mike Bloomberg on Environment
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- Worked with Sierra Club to close coal-fired plants. (Feb 2020)
- Make wildfire resilience a top priority. (Jan 2020)
- Established NYC as largest bike-share network. (Nov 2019)
- EPA failing to focus on clean air and clean water. (Apr 2018)
- Smoking ban has spread from NYC to every big city. (Mar 2013)
- Containerize 12,000 tons of daily trash & export to landfill. (Sep 2010)
- PlaNYC 2030: 25-year plan for pollution & infrastructure. (Sep 2010)
- Congestion pricing: fee for driving into Manhattan. (Sep 2010)
- Creative housing: deck over highways & build brownfields. (Apr 2007)
- Clean up 7,600 acres of brownfields; build more parks. (Apr 2007)
- Environmental justice: clean soot in poor neighborhoods. (Apr 2007)
- $8 fee to enter NYC by car, to encourage mass transit. (Apr 2007)
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Mike Bloomberg on Families & Children
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- Suicides & family violence reduced with 24-hour gun wait. (Feb 2020)
- Create good alternatives for kids so they avoid guns & crime. (Feb 2020)
- NYC teachers don't experience pregnancy discrimination. (Feb 2020)
- I support the #MeToo movement; my employees are happy. (Feb 2020)
- Expand Head Start; and at-home care for at-risk infants. (Jan 2020)
- Guarantee 12 weeks of paid family leave. (Jan 2020)
- Get cities to hike taxes on sugary drinks. (Nov 2019)
- Cut teen smoking by 50%; now focus on e-cigarettes. (Nov 2019)
- Ban flavored e-cigarettes used to entice kids to smoke. (Sep 2019)
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Mike Bloomberg on Foreign Policy
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- US should lead during global emergency; Trump has not. (Apr 2020)
- Work on China's Uighur human rights, using business pressure. (Feb 2020)
- China doesn't want a democracy; but don't go to war over it. (Feb 2020)
- Only solution is to split up Israel and Palestine. (Feb 2020)
- Repair our frayed relationships with our allies. (Jan 2020)
- Trump coddles Russia; they intruded in 2016 election. (Dec 2019)
- System of alliances achieved peace & democratic progress. (Dec 2019)
- Don't recognize Crimea annexation; do extend START treaty. (Dec 2019)
- Saudi Arabia's modernization is going in the right direction. (Dec 2019)
- Partner with World Bank: reduce traffic fatalities worldwide. (Apr 2011)
- Visited Israel for first time just before candidacy. (Sep 2010)
- Peace is fragile and democracy is fragile. (Sep 2010)
- 2008: I know foreign policy from negotiating deals worldwide. (Sep 2010)
- Maintains mayoral office for UN relations, run by his sister. (Feb 2008)
- Four trips abroad in first four months of 2007. (Apr 2007)
- Egypt shakes down Israeli tourists at border crossings. (Aug 2001)
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Mike Bloomberg on Free Trade
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- China tariff--2015: incalculable damage; 2019: not damaging. (Feb 2020)
- Trade with China is good for consumers & the US economy. (Dec 2019)
- Supports TPP and opposes trade war with China. (Dec 2019)
- Vocal defender of global trade and multinational trade deals. (Dec 2019)
- Punitive tariffs harms us, kills jobs, strains relations. (Apr 2018)
- Protectionist viewpoint has a heavy price to country. (Dec 2007)
- Global economy isn’t zero-sum game: US & China can both gain. (Dec 2007)
- Staunchly for free trade and against protectionism. (Mar 2007)
- Open borders for trade encourage entrepreneurship. (Aug 2001)
- American competitive position is strong against China and EU. (Aug 2001)
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Mike Bloomberg on Government Reform
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- Phase out paperless voting machines. (Jan 2020)
- Ensure equal status for Puerto Ricans; supports statehood. (Jan 2020)
- Fund voter registration in FL, WI, OH, MI, and PA. (Mar 2019)
- Make getting on the ballot easier, & better people will run. (Apr 2013)
- Failed to lure Olympics to New York City. (Sep 2010)
- 2005: 8-year term limits; 2009: ran for 3rd term. (Sep 2010)
- All presidential candidates should declare an issues matrix. (May 2007)
- 2001: opposed Giuliani extending NYC term limit. (Jan 2007)
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Mike Bloomberg on Gun Control
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- Second Amendment has guarantees, but gun restrictions ok. (Feb 2020)
- Sue gun stores which don't require background checks. (Feb 2020)
- Close "boyfriend loophole," pass national red flag law. (Jan 2020)
- Ban assault weapons; hold gun industry accountable. (Jan 2020)
- Bloomberg group favors closing background check loopholes. (Nov 2019)
- Gun laws effective but no one law will stop everything. (Aug 2019)
- 80% of NRA members support background checks. (Mar 2013)
- Background checks do work, and should be highest priority. (Mar 2013)
- 2006: Created Mayors Against Illegal Guns; now 600 mayors. (Nov 2011)
- Sued out-of-state gun dealers for selling illegally in NYC. (Sep 2010)
- Enact common-sense measures to keep guns away from criminals. (Apr 2010)
- Put the issue of illegal guns back on the national agenda. (Jan 2008)
- 2nd Amendment doesn’t prevent keeping guns from criminals. (Nov 2007)
- Founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. (May 2007)
- It’s not about gun control, it’s about crime control. (Apr 2007)
- Sued New York City gun dealers to control guns. (Mar 2007)
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Mike Bloomberg on Health Care
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- CDC needs funding to fight coronavirus; Trump de-funded it. (Feb 2020)
- Insurance plans should cover mental health; my companies do. (Feb 2020)
- 2011: We're going to cut back Medicaid and Medicare. (Feb 2020)
- NYC life expectancy grew 3 years during my 12 years as mayor. (Feb 2020)
- I am a fan of ObamaCare; I've praised it; let's expand it. (Feb 2020)
- Cannot take away employer insurance from 160 million people. (Feb 2020)
- Change patent laws to get generic drugs on the market faster. (Jan 2020)
- Protect & expand access to care in rural areas. (Jan 2020)
- Ban flavored tobacco products of all kinds. (Jan 2020)
- Require insurance coverage for mental health care. (Jan 2020)
- Expand ObamaCare & Medicare. (Nov 2019)
- We can never afford to replace employer-based health system. (Jan 2019)
- Individual mandate makes insurance affordable for all. (Dec 2017)
- Obesity kills more people than smoking; limit portion size. (Mar 2013)
- Large sugary drink rule is portion control, not a ban. (Mar 2013)
- 2000: Two stents implanted in coronary artery. (Sep 2010)
- $500M to Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health. (Sep 2010)
- Ban trans-fats and replace with fruit & vegetable vendors. (Jan 2008)
- $2.5B trust fund for NYC future retirees’ health care. (Jun 2007)
- Pay-for-prevention towards goal of universal coverage. (Jun 2007)
- Prioritize city healthcare on HIV, diabetes & hypertension. (May 2007)
- Banned trans fats in NYC restaurants. (Apr 2007)
- Smoking ban was a crusade of his mayoral administration. (Oct 2005)
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Mike Bloomberg on Homeland Security
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- We've stopped making weapons for the last war; good job. (Feb 2020)
- Address high suicide rates and mental illness among veterans. (Jan 2020)
- Reverse ban on transgender people serving in the military. (Jan 2020)
- Expanded surveillance kept NYC safe from terrorists. (Dec 2019)
- Argued against increasing military spending. (Dec 2019)
- Supported building mosque near Ground Zero. (Nov 2010)
- 1960s: Rejected as "1Y" when volunteering for Vietnam. (Sep 2010)
- New York was 49th lowest per-capita in post-9-11 DHS grants. (Sep 2009)
- 9/11 FYPD were heroes because they chose to stay behind. (Jan 2007)
- Use DNA and fingerprint technology for worker ID database. (May 2006)
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Mike Bloomberg on Immigration
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- Staple a Green Card on every foreign student college degree. (Feb 2020)
- Create an earned pathway to citizenship for undocumented. (Jan 2020)
- Fix the country's broken immigration system. (Dec 2019)
- Closing the door to immigration would be national suicide. (Dec 2019)
- America's greatness begins with immigrants, not with a wall. (Feb 2019)
- Reforming broken system is most important step for economy. (Mar 2013)
- Normalize status of otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants. (May 2007)
- Border controls fight natural forces of supply and demand. (May 2007)
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Mike Bloomberg on Jobs
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- Transition retail & coal workers to other jobs. (Feb 2020)
- Raise minimum wage; pay Earned Income Tax Credit monthly. (Jan 2020)
- Assist workers displaced by globalization. (Dec 2007)
- Tariffs to protect jobs end up helping foreign competitors. (Dec 2007)
- NYC jobs program caused lowest unemployment rate since 1976. (Apr 2007)
- Women's groups cite Bloomberg as model place to be employed. (Aug 2001)
- I'd like every company to be 50% male and 50% female. (Aug 2001)
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Mike Bloomberg on Principles & Values
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- I will support any Democratic nominee against Trump. (Feb 2020)
- Ran as Republican because NYC Dems wouldn't let me on ballot. (Feb 2020)
- If elected will put company into blind trust and sell it. (Feb 2020)
- Ridiculous to throw out capitalism; communism doesn't work. (Feb 2020)
- Knows how to beat Trump and his vile policies. (Nov 2019)
- Words matter; what President says is very important. (Aug 2019)
- American Cities Initiative philanthropies gave away $6.4B. (Feb 2019)
- Trump was not a business manager; I ran large organizations. (Apr 2018)
- Keep religion and politics separate. (Jan 2014)
- Self-made billionaire from financial information company. (Sep 2010)
- 1940s: Raised in Medford, reached Eagle Scout at early age. (Sep 2010)
- Childhood home included kosher kitchen, but mom bent rules. (Sep 2010)
- Bill Clinton's sin was self-indulgence, not immorality. (Sep 2010)
- Outsider to both Republican and Democratic establishment. (Sep 2010)
- OpEd: Stiff in public; impatient with retail handshaking. (Sep 2010)
- Impatient with government; executive ok; not legislative. (Sep 2010)
- Offered independent ticket by Sen. Chuck Hagel (R, NE). (May 2007)
- Will decide in early ‘08 on run as self-financed independent. (Mar 2007)
- Acquisition of money inextricably tied to hard work. (Oct 2005)
- Charitable giving based on “Where can I make a difference?”. (Oct 2005)
- Started Bloomberg company after Salomon Bros. fired him. (Aug 2001)
- Candidates' religious beliefs should be kept private. (Sep 2010)
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Mike Bloomberg on Social Security
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- 2009: Called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme". (Feb 2020)
- 2009: Social Security a Ponzi scheme, 2020: boost receipts. (Feb 2020)
- New minimum benefit; expand support for senior savings. (Jan 2020)
- Don't kick the can down the road with retirement funding. (Dec 2017)
- To reduce the deficit we must cut entitlements. (Mar 2013)
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Mike Bloomberg on Tax Reform
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- Raise taxes on the rich. (Feb 2020)
- 5% surtax on income above $5 million a year. (Jan 2020)
- Wealth tax is counterproductive and unconstitutional. (Jan 2019)
- Progressive tax yes; wealth tax no. (Jan 2019)
- The wealthy prefer the current rigged system. (Jan 2019)
- Wealth tax is unconstitutional & counterproductive. (Jan 2019)
- Tax cuts paying for themselves defies reality. (Dec 2017)
- GOP tax bill is an economically indefensible blunder. (Dec 2017)
- Raised property taxes to 18.5%, highest in history. (Sep 2010)
- 2004: Refunded $250M to residential taxpayers, not business. (Sep 2010)
- $400 property tax rebate to all homeowners. (Jan 2008)
- Raised taxes on high-earners to incent municipal employees. (Jun 2007)
- Raised property taxes 18% to pay off budget deficit. (Mar 2007)
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Mike Bloomberg on Technology
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- Invest in growth hubs to generate breakthroughs & jobs. (Jan 2020)
- Fix 240,000 miles of roads, 16,000 bridges in 4 years. (Jan 2020)
- Crumbling infrastructure undermines global competitiveness. (Dec 2019)
- Raising deficits constrains federal infrastructure spending. (Dec 2017)
- 1979: On Wall Street at dawn of the computer age. (Sep 2010)
- 1981: Invented "The Bloomberg terminal" for financial news. (Sep 2010)
- Teamed with Gov. Rendell on "Building America's Future". (Sep 2010)
- Wireless network for better NYPD and NYFD communications. (Jan 2008)
- Investing in infrastructure critical to competitiveness. (Dec 2007)
- Publicity helps business, but it's best to say it yourself. (Aug 2001)
- Technology makes our jobs different but more productive. (Aug 2001)
- Political will has not kept pace with scientific advances. (Aug 2001)
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Mike Bloomberg on War & Peace
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- Keep troops in places abroad where terrorists congregate. (Feb 2020)
- Iraq war was a mistake based on faulty intelligence. (Jan 2020)
- Supports Israel's military response to Gaza rocket attacks. (Dec 2019)
- Deep reservations that 2015 Iran nuclear deal wasn't enough. (Dec 2019)
- Supported 2003 Iraq War, as response to 9/11. (Dec 2019)
- No attractive military option against North Korean nukes. (Dec 2019)
- Israel justified in crossing into Gaza to defend itself. (Jan 2016)
- False arguments justify increase in military spending. (Jan 2016)
- 1960s: No burning passion to go war, but it was expected. (Sep 2010)
- Nobody wants war to continue, but what happens next? (May 2007)
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Mike Bloomberg on Welfare & Poverty
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- Greenwood Initiative: a million more homes in black hands. (Feb 2020)
- More African-American home ownership; study reparations. (Feb 2020)
- Put more bank branches in minority neighborhoods. (Feb 2020)
- I fought against red-lining in communities. (Feb 2020)
- Create 1 million new black homeowners. (Jan 2020)
- Mayors Challenge: grants to cities for improving urban life. (Dec 2019)
- Created or preserved 175,000 affordable homes. (Nov 2019)
- Expand the earned income tax credit to raise real wages. (Dec 2017)
- Count poverty based on all costs, minus welfare assistance. (Dec 2007)
- Opportunity NYC: cash transfer to break cycle of poverty. (Apr 2007)
- Instituted $7.5B municipal affordable housing plan. (Mar 2007)
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| More African-American home ownership; study reparations: Strongly Favors topic 2 Reinvigorate Civil Rights Division of Justice Department: Strongly Favors topic 2 Set labor rules to end the gender pay gap: Strongly Favors topic 2 Discrimination against blacks means same against Jews: Strongly Favors topic 2 Women's groups cite Bloomberg as model place to be employed: Strongly Favors topic 2 I'd like every company to be 50% male and 50% female: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
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topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| I convinced NY Republicans to vote for gay marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Guarantee equal treatment and equal rights for LGBTQ+ people: Strongly Favors topic 3 Co-chaired "Mayors for the Freedom to Marry" effort: Strongly Favors topic 3 Backs same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Keep religion and politics separate: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Creationism boggles the mind, two centuries after Darwin: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Candidates' religious beliefs should be kept private: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| 2011: We're going to cut back Medicaid and Medicare: Opposes topic 5 Change patent laws to get generic drugs on the market faster: Favors topic 5 Protect & expand access to care in rural areas: Strongly Favors topic 5 Ban flavored tobacco products of all kinds: Favors topic 5 Require insurance coverage for mental health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 Get cities to hike taxes on sugary drinks: Favors topic 5 Expand ObamaCare & Medicare: Favors topic 5 Cut teen smoking by 50%; now focus on e-cigarettes: Favors topic 5 We can never afford to replace employer-based health system: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Individual mandate makes insurance affordable for all: Strongly Favors topic 5 Ban trans-fats and replace with fruit & vegetable vendors: Favors topic 5 $2.5B trust fund for NYC future retirees’ health care: Favors topic 5 Pay-for-prevention towards goal of universal coverage: Strongly Favors topic 5 Prioritize city healthcare on HIV, diabetes & hypertension: Favors topic 5 |
No opinion on
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale)
| 2009: Called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme": Favors topic 6 2009: Social Security a Ponzi scheme, 2020: boost receipts: Favors topic 6 New minimum benefit; expand support for senior savings: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Don't kick the can down the road with retirement funding: Opposes topic 6 To reduce the deficit we must cut entitlements: Favors topic 6 |
Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| NYC schools did improve; and better for minorities: Opposes topic 7 Make education and training a national priority: Strongly Opposes topic 7 More than 126,000 classroom seats added, 600 new schools: Favors topic 7 Help public schools with deductibility of local taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Slash bureaucracy; reward principal & teacher excellence: Favors topic 7 No more tinkering at margins: cut bureaucracy; add charters: Favors topic 7 No social promotion; more after-school: Favors topic 7 No computers in early grade school: Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Make wildfire resilience a top priority: Opposes topic 8 Established NYC as largest bike-share network: Strongly Opposes topic 8 EPA failing to focus on clean air and clean water: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Congestion pricing: fee for driving into Manhattan: Opposes topic 8 Reducing carbon output increases socio-economic well-being: Opposes topic 8 Investing in infrastructure critical to competitiveness: Opposes topic 8 Make NYC first environmentally-sustainable city: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Creative housing: deck over highways & build brownfields: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Clean up 7,600 acres of brownfields; build more parks: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Environmental justice: clean soot in poor neighborhoods: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
| End cash bail; $2.5 billion for public defenders: Opposes topic 9 Stop and frisk: I was wrong and I am sorry: Strongly Opposes topic 9 I was wrong to rely on stop-and-frisk policing: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Supported 1996 crime bill and stop-and-frisk policing: Favors topic 9 Crime dropped 32%; murders halved; 36% fewer behind bars: Opposes topic 9 Apologizing for police racial errors kept city calm: Opposes topic 9 OpEd: never a conspicuous civil libertarian: Favors topic 9 Educate prisoners: build more classrooms at Rikers Island: Opposes topic 9 Reduced murder rate by focusing on domestic violence: Opposes topic 9 Mandatory minimum sentencing for gun crimes: Favors topic 9 Lock them up and throw away key, but no death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Suicides & family violence reduced with 24-hour gun wait: Opposes topic 10 Close "boyfriend loophole," pass national red flag law: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Ban assault weapons; hold gun industry accountable: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Bloomberg group favors closing background check loopholes: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Gun laws effective but no one law will stop everything: Strongly Opposes topic 10 80% of NRA members support background checks: Strongly Favors topic 10 Background checks do work, and should be highest priority: Strongly Opposes topic 10 2006: Created Mayors Against Illegal Guns; now 600 mayors: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Put the issue of illegal guns back on the national agenda: Opposes topic 10 2nd Amendment doesn’t prevent keeping guns from criminals: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Opposes topic 10 It’s not about gun control, it’s about crime control: Opposes topic 10 Sued New York City gun dealers to control guns: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| $5 trillion in new revenue from high earners & corporations: Strongly Favors topic 11 Raise corporate tax rate to 28%, prevent use of tax havens: Strongly Favors topic 11 5% surtax on income above $5 million a year: Strongly Favors topic 11 Wealth tax is counterproductive and unconstitutional: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Progressive tax yes; wealth tax no: Favors topic 11 The wealthy prefer the current rigged system: Strongly Favors topic 11 Wealth tax is unconstitutional & counterproductive: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Business have big cash reserves & need no tax cuts: Strongly Favors topic 11 Reduce 35% corporate tax by eliminating loopholes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax cuts paying for themselves defies reality: Strongly Favors topic 11 GOP tax bill is an economically indefensible blunder: Strongly Favors topic 11 Expand the earned income tax credit to raise real wages: Favors topic 11 Raised property taxes to 18.5%, highest in history: Strongly Favors topic 11 2004: Refunded $250M to residential taxpayers, not business: Favors topic 11 $400 property tax rebate to all homeowners: Opposes topic 11 Raised property taxes 18% to pay off budget deficit: Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Staple a Green Card on every foreign student college degree: Favors topic 12 Create an earned pathway to citizenship for undocumented: Strongly Favors topic 12 Fix the country's broken immigration system: Strongly Favors topic 12 Closing the door to immigration would be national suicide: Strongly Favors topic 12 America's greatness begins with immigrants, not with a wall: Strongly Favors topic 12 Normalize status of otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 Border controls fight natural forces of supply and demand: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| China tariff--2015: incalculable damage; 2019: not damaging: Opposes topic 13 Trade with China is good for consumers & the US economy: Strongly Favors topic 13 Supports TPP and opposes trade war with China: Strongly Favors topic 13 Vocal defender of global trade and multinational trade deals: Strongly Favors topic 13 Punitive tariffs harms us, kills jobs, strains relations: Strongly Favors topic 13 Protectionist viewpoint has a heavy price to country: Strongly Favors topic 13 Global economy isn’t zero-sum game: US & China can both gain: Strongly Favors topic 13 Tariffs to protect jobs end up helping foreign competitors: Favors topic 13 Staunchly for free trade and against protectionism: Strongly Favors topic 13 Open borders for trade encourage entrepreneurship: Favors topic 13 American competitive position is strong against China and EU: Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| US should lead during global emergency; Trump has not: Strongly Opposes topic 14 China doesn't want a democracy; but don't go to war over it: Opposes topic 14 Repair our frayed relationships with our allies: Strongly Opposes topic 14 System of alliances achieved peace & democratic progress: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Saudi Arabia's modernization is going in the right direction: Opposes topic 14 Supports Israel's military response to Gaza rocket attacks: Favors topic 14 |
No opinion on
topic 15:Expand the military
(0 points on Social scale)
| Argued against increasing military spending: Opposes topic 15 False arguments justify increase in military spending: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Protect voting rights; require automatic registration: Strongly Favors topic 16 Restore voting rights to felons after they're out: Strongly Favors topic 16 Phase out paperless voting machines: Strongly Favors topic 16 Fund voter registration in FL, WI, OH, MI, and PA: Strongly Favors topic 16 Make getting on the ballot easier, & better people will run: Favors topic 16 |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Iraq war was a mistake based on faulty intelligence: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Don't recognize Crimea annexation; do extend START treaty: Opposes topic 17 Deep reservations that 2015 Iran nuclear deal wasn't enough: Opposes topic 17 Supported 2003 Iraq War, as response to 9/11: Strongly Opposes topic 17 No attractive military option against North Korean nukes: Favors topic 17 Israel justified in crossing into Gaza to defend itself: Opposes topic 17 Nobody wants war to continue, but what happens next?: Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Make climate change a U.S. priority; rejoin Paris Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 18 Make pollution-free homes & vehicles available for all: Strongly Favors topic 18 Founded $500 million group advocating energy reform: Strongly Favors topic 18 $218M effort led to closure of 282 coal-fired power plants: Strongly Favors topic 18 America should be big part of climate solution: Strongly Favors topic 18 If some countries do right thing on climate, we all benefit: Strongly Favors topic 18 US must set real and binding carbon reduction targets: Strongly Favors topic 18 While greenhouse gas pollution is free, it will be abundant: Favors topic 18 PlaNYC: convert 13,000 taxis to hybrids or high-efficiency: Strongly Favors topic 18 Direct charge over cap-and-trade, to raise cost of carbon: Strongly Favors topic 18 Reduce NYC carbon emissions by 30% by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 $8 fee to enter NYC by car, to encourage mass transit: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Ban flavored e-cigarettes used to entice kids to smoke: Strongly Favors topic 19 No legalization; pot lowers IQ by 5 to 10 points: Strongly Favors topic 19 You bet I smoked pot, and I enjoyed it; but.: Favors topic 19 You bet I smoked pot; and I enjoyed it: Strongly Opposes topic 19 NYPD will continue to vigorously enforce drug laws: Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Raise minimum wage; pay Earned Income Tax Credit monthly: Strongly Favors topic 20 Invest in growth hubs to generate breakthroughs & jobs: Strongly Favors topic 20 Create 1 million new black homeowners: Strongly Favors topic 20 Proponent of the free market and balanced budgets: Opposes topic 20 Crumbling infrastructure undermines global competitiveness: Strongly Favors topic 20 Mayors Challenge: grants to cities for improving urban life: Favors topic 20 Created or preserved 175,000 affordable homes: Strongly Favors topic 20 Raised taxes on high-earners to incent municipal employees: Strongly Favors topic 20 Balanced $6B deficit with higher property taxes: Favors topic 20 |
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