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Harvard, Sarah - President
HOURS. >> THANK YOU. FIRST, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF YOUNG AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY AND THE CHAPTER HERE AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, I WELCOME YOU FOR COMING...
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Hunter, Jack - Director
HUNTER. [APPLAUSE] >> OKAY, THIS YOU GO. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THIS CAMPUS DEBATE BETWEEN WHAT IS SUPPOSED TON A LIBERTARIAN, A...
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| 00:08:51 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
IS RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE'S CONCERNS, AND IS RESPONSIBLE OF MANAGING OUR RESOURCES BOTH FINANCIAL AND NATURAL. THAT'S, TO ME, IS THE KIND OF GOVERNMENT...
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| 00:11:00 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
BETTER POSITION, WHICH IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY, GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONALITY, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BECAUSE YOUR...
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| 00:11:48 |
Hunter, Jack - Director
OF EVERYBODY. >> OKAY. BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED A GLOBAL DEPRESSION, THE ECONOMY IS NOT AS HOT AS PEOPLE WANT IT TO BE RIGHT NOW. UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS NOT...
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| 00:12:00 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE, YOUR IDEA OF THE PROPER ECONOMIC POLICY THAT WOULD CAT THE MOST WEALTH AND PROSPERITY FOR THE MOST PEOPLE? >> SURE. LOOK AT WHAT'S...
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| 00:15:24 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
THAT RESPONSIVE REPRESENTATIVE, RESPONSE GOVERNMENT. >> AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BORROW, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING....
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| 00:18:37 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
MEDICINE IS WHAT IS KILLING THE PATIENT. >> QUICKER LARGER POINTS. ON THE INFLATION QUESTION, JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, INFLATION IS...
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| 00:21:07 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
TAKE IF YOU'RE WRONG. .. >> TO KNOW THIS IS GOING ON, AND, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THIS THROUGH MORE INFLATION AND THROUGH MORE...
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| 00:23:36 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
OUT? >> ARE YOU ASKING? >> YEAH. >> WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF DEBATE, THE RECOVERY ACT DEBATE. IT'S HARD TO HAVE A PRECISE FIGURE BECAUSE WE'RE HUMAN ...
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| 00:25:25 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
US INTO POSITIVE TERRITORY WHEN WE WERE IN NEGATIVE TERRITORY. >> MY VIEW IS THAT ALL THE PROGRAMS JUST CEMENT INTO PLACE THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE ALREADY...
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| 00:25:53 |
Hunter, Jack - Director
ELECTION. ..
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| 00:26:24 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
IT. >> THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE. YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE WAY THE MORE PRIVATE BUILDING OF ROADS, NONE OF THESE ARE SIMPLE SOLUTIONS. YOU KNOW,...
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| 00:29:12 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
HEARD ANYONE SAY THAT THE DC TRANSPORTATION WAS WORSE THAN LOS ANGELES TRANSPORTATION. [LAUGHTER] SUMAC OH, I'M PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TONIGHT. NOT...
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| 00:32:16 |
Hunter, Jack - Director
IT. >> THAT IS A PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE
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| 00:32:26 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
QUESTION, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERMATH OF SANDY. WE HAD AN ARTICLE IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES." BIG STORMS REQUIRE BIG GOVERNMENT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND...
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| 00:33:49 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
HE FORCED ENOUGH PEOPLE TO EVACUATE AND SO FORTH. AND THEN PUSHING PEOPLE AROUND AND FORCING PEOPLE TO DO THINGS, IT IS NOT THE WAY TO RECOVER FROM...
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| 00:35:10 |
Hunter, Jack - Director
GOVERNMENT TO SAVE YOU, YOU ARE PROBABLY IN BIGGER TROUBLE THAN YOU KNOW. OKAY. GOING BACK TO THE BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LIBERALS AND LIBERTARIANS....
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| 00:36:18 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
OF OUR SOCIETY. CAN WE DO 40 TRILLION OR 50 TRILLION? HOW FAR ARE WE GOING TO GO WITH THIS? >> WHEN OBAMA CAME IN, THE ANNUAL DEFICIT -- THE DEFICIT...
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| 00:39:38 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
WOULD PRESUMABLY GET THE DEBT DOWN TO A REASONABLE LEVEL, BUT NOT IN A WAY THAT WE KILLED AN ECONOMY THAT IS STILL ON THE MEND. >> I AM CERTAINLY...
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| 00:44:28 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
CHANGE. >> CLINTON RAISED TAXES IN 1993. BY 2000 WE HAD A BALANCED BUDGET. THEY'RE ON THE VERGE OF STARTING TO PAY DOWN THE DEBT. LO AND BEHOLD, WE...
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Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
OVER EACH OTHER] >> ARE YOU SAYING THAT UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH? >> GEORGE BUSH JUNIOR. [TALKING OVER EACH OTHER] [TALKING OVER EACH OTHER] >> IT DEPENDS...
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| 00:46:28 |
Antle, James - Associate Editor
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, JIM, IF YOU LIKE TO JUMP IN ON THE TAX RATES OR WHATEVER ELSE COMES TO MIND AS WE ARE JUST...
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| 00:50:20 |
Hunter, Jack - Director
I THINK THAT IS UNFORTUNATE IN MECCA WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL SOON CHANGE. >> LET'S SHIFT US. FROM DOMESTIC POLICY TO FOREIGN POLICY. WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED...
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| 00:50:52 |
Antle, James - Associate Editor
SEE THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF AMERICAN CONSERVATISM AND WHERE WE ARE OUT ON FOREIGN POLICY? >> I THINK WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN, AND IT HAPPENS WHETHER YOU ARE...
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| 00:53:11 |
Hunter, Jack - Director
A LITTLE CLASS SAW. >> LIBERTARIANISM WAS FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE, SO WE WILL GET BACK TO THE MIDDLE POINT. BASED ON WHAT HE JUST SAID, DURING THE BUSH...
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| 00:54:21 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
PERSPECTIVE CONSIDERING THAT OBAMA HAS CONSIDERED SO MANY OF HIS PREDECESSORS POLICIES AND EXPAND ON THEM. >> OBAMA HIMSELF HAS NOT INTERPRETED IT AS...
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| 00:58:56 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
CAN GET A TRUE INTERNATIONAL COALITION THROUGH THE U.N., THEN I MIGHT NOT DO IT. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE THAT. >> HOW ABOUT...
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| 01:00:46 |
Antle, James - Associate Editor
YOU KNOW, I'M STILL WAITING FOR MY COUNTRY TO RISE UP AND LIVE UP THE PROMISE OF THAT TREATY. >> I THINK THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. THE IDEA THAT...
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| 01:01:56 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR FAILURES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS. >> YOU'RE PUTTING A LOT OF WORK PUTTING A LOT OF WORK IN OBAMA'S NOT ON US. YOU ARE NOT...
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| 01:03:45 |
Antle, James - Associate Editor
BEHAVIOR. BUT THAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN LIBYA, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL REMARK OKAY, SO WOULD
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| 01:03:51 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
YOU HAVE REPORTED THE IRAQ WAR IF GEORGE W. BUSH HAD PICKED THE RIGHT SIDE. >> WAS A REASON BEYOND,. >> IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ WANT...
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| 01:04:44 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
ATTACK TO TRY TO SCOOP UP RESOURCES FOR YOURSELF. >> HEARING THE TALK, I HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE. SAYING THAT THEY WILL PICK LEGITIMATE PEOPLE...
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| 01:05:30 |
Hunter, Jack - Director
ONE QUESTION I CAN ASK, IT WAS GEORGE W. BUSH WHO WANTED TO DO THE LIBYAN INTERVENTION, WOULD YOU HAVE SUPPORTED IT THEN? >> YES. >> OKAY, LET'S DO SOMETHING...
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| 01:06:13 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
WITH OBAMA AND HIS FOREIGN POLICY, SPENDING KEEPS GOING UP. >> SOME FOLKS DON'T TALK ABOUT THIS IN A GREAT WAY. IT IS THE KIND OF THING WHERE MOST PEOPLE...
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| 01:07:52 |
Hunter, Jack - Director
ETC. >> SO THAT IS HOW YOU WOULD START WITH THE CUTS? >> RIGHT NOW, YES. >> I WILL GET JIM'S OPINION ON THIS, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NATIONAL DEBT AND...
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| 01:08:39 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
SYSTEM. MAYBE SOME WAY TO SAVE MONEY. >> WE HAVE DONE THAT. OBAMACARE IS DEFICIT REDUCTION. IT QUANTIFIES SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS EXPERIMENTAL....
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| 01:09:46 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
SERIOUS. >> WHEN YOU SAY MOST FOLKS AIRPORT,. >> AND NEVER GOT ABOVE 50% POPULAR APPROVAL AND IT HAS ONLY GONE DOWN SINCE THEN. IT IS THE SAME AS AN...
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| 01:12:30 |
Antle, James - Associate Editor
THAT'S OKAY? >> NO, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE A SOLUTION HERE. >> FIRST BEING THAT ANY CUT IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON DEFENSE RELATED PROGRAMS MEANS,...
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| 01:15:13 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
TO HAVE SOME CLOSING STATEMENTS FROM EACH PERSON DOWN THE LINE. I GUESS WE WILL START WITH YOU, BILL SCHER REMAPPING YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. I HOPE...
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| 01:16:16 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
TO AND TO BE PART OF THIS ELECTION. >> TIM? >> THOUGH, I WANTED PEOPLE TO STEP UP A LITTLE BIT. WE TALKED ABOUT FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE, AND I WOULD...
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| 01:18:27 |
Antle, James - Associate Editor
THAT. MOST PEOPLE COME OUT OF THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE FROM THE LIBERALS, SO BILL, GET WORK THEM AND WANT TO THANK EVERYONE...
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| 01:21:04 |
Hunter, Jack - Director
ON THEIR PRINCIPLES AND APPLY THEM REGARDLESS OF THE PHYSICAL SITUATIONS WE FIND THEMSELVES IN THE MUCK I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JIM AND BILL FOR BEING...
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| 01:22:18 |
Q&A
COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS. UNDER WHAT MORAL AUTHORITY DO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO KILL PEOPLE ALMOST INDEFINITELY WITHOUT ANY KIND OF CONGRESSIONAL ...
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| 01:22:31 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
OF WAR. .. >> THE PROBLEM, I THINK, THE REAL PROBLEM FOR DRONES IS THEY REDUCE THE CAUSE OF USAGE, AND THEREFORE, TAKE AWAY THE DISINCENTIVE FOR USING...
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| 01:25:44 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
QUESTION. >> DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD FIGHTING WAR AGAINST THE TERRORIST AT THIS POINT OR SHOULD WE NOT, AND IF YOU DO, IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING ABOUT IT...
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| 01:27:52 |
Antle, James - Associate Editor
PENDULUM HERE, IT'S A STRIKING THING WORTH PRAISING. >> YEAH, I THINK IF, YOU KNOW, YOU BLOW UP A WEDDING PARTY, THE PEOPLE RELATED TO THE PEOPLE IN...
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| 01:29:37 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
MEANS OF DOING BOTH OF THOSE? >> I'M ALL FOR IT. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TAXED AT ALL, BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, THIS IS -- WE MAY BE GETTING TO A PRAGMATIC...
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| 01:31:31 |
Antle, James - Associate Editor
THE GUYS WILL CONTRADICT ME. >> I PREFER TAXES ON CONSUMPTION OPPOSED TO AN INVESTMENT OR ANYTHING THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL INCOME. I'M NOT A FAN OF...
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| 01:32:19 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
TO DO. >> I THINK MOST LIBERALS ARE AWARE THAT YOU ARE. I DON'T THINK THAT THE LIBERALS IN GENERAL ABANDONED THE ISSUE THE WAY YOU SUGGEST. OBVIOUSLY,...
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| 01:34:39 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
FROM POINT A TO POINT B IS DIFFICULT. >> I THINK I SAID LEGALIZATION WAS POPULAR, BUT LIBERALIZATION OF DRUG WARS, WINDING DOWN THE DRUG WAR, A BIG...
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| 01:35:43 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
WANT TO KNOW YOUR OPINIONS, SPECIFICALLY, ON WHAT CAUSED THE HOUSING BUBBLE AND SUBSEQUENT FINANCIAL CRISIS. >> YOU STATED THEM ACCURATELY FOR ALL THREE...
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| 01:38:22 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
THE SOLUTION. >> OUTSIDE, YOU LOOK AT REGULATION, LACK OF REGULATION MORE HERE THAN FEDERAL RESERVE PROBABLY, THERE'S ECONOMIC DEBATINGS ABOUT THIS...
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| 01:43:22 |
Cavanaugh, Tim - Correpsondent
TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE ECONOMY GOING, AND, YOU KNOW -- >> OKAY. DISTRIBUTION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH AND TAX RATES, OKAY, GO AHEAD, TIM. >> WE'RE...
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| 01:46:00 |
Scher, Bill - Executive Editor
OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> RICK PERRY DID, MICHELE BACHMANN DID, ROMNEY ELUDED DO IT, AND IN THE 47% VIDEO, THERE'S THOUGHTS ON BROADENING THE...
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| 01:49:51 |
Antle, James - Associate Editor
EDUCATION, ECT.. >> JIM HAS THE FINAL WORD. >> AMAZED BY ALL THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BUY BY RAISING THE TOP TAX RATES FROM 35% TO 39.6%. I'LL DO...
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