Rudolph Giuliani's Kevo

* FactCheck:Hillary never proposed giving $5000 to every child. (Oct 2007)
* FactCheck: 640,000 off welfare in NYC below national average. (Sep 2007)
* Moving people off welfare reduces crime. (May 2007)
* America Works: pay company for jobs for welfare recipients. (Oct 2002)
* Welfare offices as job centers. (Jan 2000)
* The homeless need special attention: reach out & help. (Jan 2000)
* Change welfare offices into job centers. (Dec 1999)
* 460,000 moved off welfare rolls during Rudy’s tenure. (Dec 1999)
* Do whatever it takes to get the homeless off the streets. (Dec 1999)
* Govt stabilizes business; businesses provide jobs. (Sep 1997)

* Desirable but unneeded to ask Congress to attack Iran nukes. (Oct 2007)
* Promise: we will prevent Iran from becoming nuclear power. (Sep 2007)
* We've never won a war while discussing how to retreat. (Sep 2007)
* Negotiate with Iran, but fully prepared for force. (Sep 2007)
* Winning in Iraq is one battle in overall terrorist war. (Aug 2007)
* Keep option open to attack Al Qaeda in Pakistan unilaterally. (Aug 2007)
* Iran's danger is handing nukes over to terrorists. (Jun 2007)
* Keep option for tactical nukes to prevent Iranian nukes. (Jun 2007)
* Take on nation-building in Iraq, to reduce US terrorism risk. (Jun 2007)
* Democrat timetable for retreat "fundamentally irresponsible". (May 2007)
* We did not invite the 9/11 attack by attacking Iraq. (May 2007)
* FactCheck: Did say GOP is fundamentally irresponsible on war. (May 2007)
* Failure should never be the option; self-fulfilling prophecy. (May 2007)
* Only thing worse than invading Iran is Iran having nukes. (May 2007)
* Withdrawal from Iraq encourages future terror attacks. (Nov 2006)
* Liberating the Iraqis is something we should be proud of. (Aug 2004)
* The terrorists have heard from us. (Aug 2004)
* Removing Saddam needed to be accomplished. (Aug 2004)
* You are either with civilization or with terrorism. (Oct 2001)
* No need to understand reasons for terrorism-just stop them. (Oct 2001)
* Iraq: More inspections; counter OPEC’s oil production cuts. (Feb 2000)

* Police the Internet, but don't tax the Internet. (Oct 2007)
* Lower taxes AND fix infrastructure. (Aug 2007)
* No privacy concerns with DNA-like fingerprinting. (Jan 2000)
* Project Smart Schools puts computers in every classroom. (Dec 1999)

* Won't sign no-tax pledge; pledge only to uphold Constitution. (Sep 2007)
* Letting Bush tax cuts expire means economy would decline. (Aug 2007)
* Reducing taxes s a way to raise MORE money. (Aug 2007)
* Eliminate the death tax immediately. (Aug 2007)
* Too complex to get to FairTax; focus on reducing taxes. (Aug 2007)
* Adjust the alternative minimum tax & get rid of death tax. (May 2007)
* Lowering sales taxes creates jobs. (Mar 2007)
* First day as mayor: reduced sales tax from 6% to 5%. (Oct 2002)
* Tax reductions of $10.4B through 2003. (Dec 1999)
* Supports Task Force to continue reduce taxes. (Dec 1999)
* Eliminated sales tax on clothes; reduced real estate tax. (Dec 1999)

* Supports adding private accounts for Social Security. (Oct 2007)
* Get a consensus behind private accounts. (Oct 2007)
* FactCheck: Hillary never proposed giving $1000 to everybody. (Oct 2007)
* Trust me on Social Security reform, but no details yet. (Aug 2007)

* Vibrant unions good; but compelling membership bad. (Oct 2007)
* Work is a good thing. (Jan 2000)
* 305,000 jobs created during Rudy’s tenure. (Dec 1999)

* Sanctuary city policy helped make NYC most legal city in US. (Oct 2007)
* FactCheck: NYC not "sanctuary" but did welcome illegals. (Oct 2007)
* Declared NYC a sanctuary city, and crime fell. (Sep 2007)
* FactCheck: Feds deported 4,000 illegals in NYC, not 2,000. (Sep 2007)
* Need tamper-proof IDs, and database for immigrants. (Jun 2007)
* Reform bill fails to document who left US and who's here. (Jun 2007)
* Shouldn't be debating LEGAL immigration, only ILLEGAL. (Jun 2007)
* Allow immigrants to work, with tamper-proof ID cards. (May 2007)
* Let illegals' kids go to school, or they'll be on streets. (May 2007)
* Change rule barring immigrants from running for president. (May 2007)
* Supports Senate guest worker plan & path to citizenship. (Nov 2006)
* NYC services for illegal aliens. (Oct 2005)

1. We can't close Guantanamo; nobody will take the people there. (Sep 2007)
2. FactCheck: Dems don't say "Islamic" but do say "terrorism". (Aug 2007)
3. Use every method you can think of to interrogate terrorists. (May 2007)
4. Interrogation & surveillance: do legally but aggressively. (May 2007)
5. Avoided military service in Vietnam with a deferment. (Jan 2007)
6. Giuliani's 9/11 actions reassured a traumatized city. (Jan 2007)
7. Locating command center in WTC7 contributed to destruction. (Jan 2007)
8. Democrats don't support military the way Republicans do. (Nov 2006)
9. Fervently supported reauthorization of the Patriot Act. (Dec 2005)
10. Terrorism had been festering for many years. (Aug 2004)
11. Terrorists can't be accommodated, appeased, and compromised. (Aug 2004)
12. Would personally execute Bin Laden for attacking NYC. (Oct 2002)
13. We're right and terrorists are wrong--as simple as that. (Oct 2002)
14. Led New York City through the events of 9/11. (Oct 2002)
15. Deal with untrustworthy negotiators by getting it in writing. (Oct 2002)

* Medicare and Medicaid need a private solution. (Oct 2007)
* FactCheck: No evidence that free market would halve premiums. (Oct 2007)
* $15,000 tax credit for health savings accounts. (Aug 2007)
* Switch from employer decisions to individual choices. (Jun 2007)
* $15,000 family tax deduction for your own health insurance. (Jun 2007)
* 96,000 NYC children insured via HealthStat initiative. (May 2007)
* No socialized medicine; give vouchers to the poor. (Apr 2007)

* Focus on criminals, not on guns. (Sep 2007)
* NYC gun control laws made NYC safest big city in US. (Sep 2007)
* 2nd Amendment gives people the individual right to bear arms. (May 2007)
* Supported nationwide licensing & assault weapons ban. (May 2007)
* Things you do in NY about guns may be different than TX. (May 2007)
* Gun control reduces urban crime; no effect on hunting. (Feb 2007)
* NYC sued two dozen major gun manufacturers and distributors. (Jun 2000)
* All gun owners should pass written test. (Mar 2000)