var candidates = new Array(7); candidates[0] = new Array(2); candidates[0][0] = "Hillary Clinton

Political party:
Democrat"; candidates[0][1] = "Education:
$3,500 college tuition tax credit.
Increase Pell Grant.
Additional aid for public service.
"; candidates[0][2] = "Health care:
Affordable universal coverage.
Focus on prevention.
Paperless health information technology system.
"; candidates[0][3] = "Jobs:
Emergency fund to modernize infrastructure and create jobs.
Fund a changeover to clean energy.
Double job training for displaced workers.
"; candidates[0][4] = "Social Security:
Fiscal responsibility to bolster system.
Consider range of modest fixes.
No privatization.
"; candidates[0][5] = "Subprime:
Require federal registration for mortgage brokers.
Require lenders to include cost of taxes and insurance in underwriting assessment.
Eliminate prepayment penalties on mortgage products.
"; candidates[0][6] = "Taxes:
Tax cuts for middle class.
Reform AMT.
End corporate tax loopholes.
"; candidates[1] = new Array(2); candidates[1][0] = "Barack Obama

Political party:
Democrat"; candidates[1][1] = "Education:
Reform No Child Left Behind program.
Affordable college for everyone.
Recruit, prepare, retain and reward teachers.
"; candidates[1][2] = "Health care:
Guaranteed coverage for all.
Coverage mandatory under age 21.
Benefits are portable.
"; candidates[1][3] = "Jobs:
Create jobs with energy independence plan.
Increase funding for workforce training programs.
Double federal funding for research and development.
"; candidates[1][4] = "Social Security:
Raise cap on taxable wages.
No privatization.
No raising retirement age.
"; candidates[1][5] = "Subprime:
New penalties for mortgage fraud.
Mandate accurate loan disclosure.
Establish fund to avert foreclosure.
"; candidates[1][6] = "Taxes:
$500 tax credit per person.
Universal mortgage credit.
Eliminate income tax for some seniors.
"; candidates[2] = new Array(2); candidates[2][0] = "John Edwards

Political party:
Democrat"; candidates[2][1] = "Education:
Reform No Child Left Behind program.
Affordable college for everyone.
Recruit, prepare, retain and reward teachers.
"; candidates[2][2] = "Health care:
Affordable universal coverage.
Health insurance tax credits.
Expand Medicaid.
"; candidates[2][3] = "Jobs:
Raise minimum wage to $9.50 by 2012.
Invest in renewable energy.
Create short-term jobs for hard-to-place workers.
"; candidates[2][4] = "Social Security:
Raise cap on taxable wages.
No need to reduce benefits.
Bipartisan commission to examine issue.
"; candidates[2][5] = "Subprime:
Halt foreclosures temporarily.
Allow judges to modify mortgages.
Freeze introductory rates for seven years.
"; candidates[2][6] = "Taxes:
Raise taxes on high income households.
Eliminate marriage penalty.
Expand Savers Credit.
"; candidates[3] = new Array(2); candidates[3][0] = "Mike Huckabee

Political party:
Republican"; candidates[3][1] = "Education:
Offer art and music education through high school.
Allow students to study personalized curriculums.
Offer incentives so great teachers take jobs in failing schools.
"; candidates[3][2] = "Health care:
Encourage preventative behavior.
Portable insurance policies.
Offer tax credits and make insurance tax deductible.
"; candidates[3][3] = "Jobs:
Boosting defense spending will create jobs.
FairTax will keep more jobs here and give workers their full paychecks.
"; candidates[3][4] = "Social Security:
Fund Social Security with FairTax.
Permit younger workers to have personal accounts.
Offer bigger benefits to those who delay collecting Social Security.
"; candidates[3][5] = "Subprime:
Opposes additional federal intervention.
Opposes federal bailout of borrowers and lenders.
Opposes passing new predatory lending legislation.
"; candidates[3][6] = "Taxes:
Supports the FairTax.
Opposes rolling back Bush tax cuts.
"; candidates[4] = new Array(2); candidates[4][0] = "Mitt Romney

Political party:
Republican"; candidates[4][1] = "Education:
Offer home schooling tax credit.
Reward teachers performance-based pay and other incentives.
Focus on math and science subjects.
"; candidates[4][2] = "Health care:
Regulate state health insurance markets.
Make all health care expenses tax deductible.
Help uninsured buy private insurance.
"; candidates[4][3] = "Jobs:
Improve workforce training programs.
Improve education to build skilled workforce.
Rescue automotive, textiles and furniture-making industries.
"; candidates[4][4] = "Social Security:
Supports personal retirement accounts.
Opposes raising payroll taxes or slashing benefits for current retirees.
"; candidates[4][5] = "Subprime:
Opposes federal bailout of borrowers and lenders.
Supports expanding the Federal Housing Administration.
"; candidates[4][6] = "Taxes:
Create middle-class savings program.
Reduce income tax rates.
Abolish the estate tax.
"; candidates[5] = new Array(2); candidates[5][0] = "John McCain

Political party:
Republican"; candidates[5][1] = "Education:
Hold schools accountable for performance.
Supports school choice.
"; candidates[5][2] = "Health care:
Tax credits for insurance coverage.
Portable insurance policies.
Alternative health care access.
"; candidates[5][3] = "Jobs:
Turn unemployment insurance program into retraining program.
Strengthen education to improve workforce skills.
Provide supplemental income to displaced, older workers who take new jobs.
"; candidates[5][4] = "Social Security:
Supports personal retirement account.
Believes reform is possible without tax increase.
Will develop a reform plan, and ask Congress for one as well.
"; candidates[5][5] = "Subprime:
Supports federal intervention to ease subprime mortgage pain.
No specific steps pledged.
"; candidates[5][6] = "Taxes:
Repeal the alternative minimum tax.
Reform estate tax.
Ban Internet taxes and cell phone taxes.
"; candidates[6] = new Array(2); candidates[6][0] = "Rudy Giuliani

Political party:
Republican"; candidates[6][1] = "Education:
Create federal school voucher program for special-education students.
Establish pilot scholarship program for children of active duty personnel.
Expand charter schooling.
"; candidates[6][2] = "Health care:
Tax credits for insurance coverage.
Broaden access to Health Savings Accounts.
Allow purchase of insurance across state lines.
"; candidates[6][3] = "Jobs:
Promote jobs in math and science.
Permit early withdrawal from retirement accounts for retraining programs.
Reduce the corporate tax.
"; candidates[6][4] = "Social Security:
Supports private retirement accounts.
Wants bipartisan consensus on any Social Security reform.
"; candidates[6][5] = "Subprime:
Opposes congressional intervention.
Opposes federal bailout.
Stimulate economy with Bush tax cuts and lighter regulations.
"; candidates[6][6] = "Taxes:
Eliminate the estate tax.
Cut the capital gains tax from 15 percent to 10 percent, and index it for inflation.
Implement a one-page Fair and Simple Tax (FAST) form.
"; candidates[7] = new Array(2); candidates[7][0] = "Ron Paul

Political party:
Republican"; candidates[7][1] = "Education:
Abolish the Department of Education.
Veto legislation setting standards and testing for home schooling.
Has introduced legislation aimed at making education more affordable.
"; candidates[7][2] = "Health care:
Make all medical expenses tax deductible.
Remove obstacles to opening Health Savings Accounts.
Reform licensure requirements for pharmacists and nurses.
"; candidates[7][3] = "Jobs:
Abolish federal income tax and payroll taxes.
End taxation on tips that service industry employees earn.
Supports lower taxes to help businesses and individuals.
"; candidates[7][4] = "Social Security:
Reduce payroll taxes.
Allow young workers to opt out of Social Security program.
Opposes taxation of benefits.
"; candidates[7][5] = "Subprime:
Abolish the Federal Reserve.
Restore gold standard.
Let market set interest rates.
"; candidates[7][6] = "Taxes:
End the estate tax, income tax and payroll taxes.
Close the Internal Revenue Service.
End taxation on tips that service industry employees earn.
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