American - Politician | November 23, 1950 -
You have to walk in the other guy's moccasins. You have to think what they think. If you want to bring somebody onto your side, you have to figure out what motivates them. What do they need?
Chuck Schumer
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Economic conservatives like immigration reform, and in fact, many of them supported the bill that John McCain and I put together in the Senate.
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When Republicans say, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is reduce rates,' it would be like Democrats saying, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is provide free Medicare at age 55.' We'd like to do that! But it won't bring the deficit down. That's for sure.
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There are some tax expenditures that are there for very obvious and very important and very good policy reasons. Whether it's the charitable deduction or the deduction for homes, it's not a loophole.
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To introduce a whole new tax regime, that would be modern tax reform. But that's too big a task.
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Have kids; have a lot of kids. Start early and keep having them.
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Reclassification is the best way to for us to preserve the Internet as an unfettered tool for communication and the sharing of ideas.
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To do health care was a noble, good thing, and it will help America dramatically. I don't begrudge Barack Obama choosing it, even though if I were president, I might not have.
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There are very close ties between the Jewish and Mormon people.
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The Tea Party is a rear guard, not a vanguard.
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Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
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Every administration has this idea to talk tough to Israel and make nice to the Arabs and the Palestinians, and that's the way to bring about peace. It's counter-productive - it's actually the opposite.
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