Mike Bloomberg on Abortion

• Reproductive choice is a fundamental human right. (May 2006)

Mike Bloomberg on Budget & Economy

• Turned NYC’s $5 billion deficit into a $4 billion surplus. (Jun 2007)
• Balanced $6B deficit with higher property taxes. (Oct 2005)

Mike Bloomberg on Civil Rights

• Backs same-sex marriage. (Mar 2007)

Mike Bloomberg on Corporations

• Wooed Goldman Sachs to NYC with $1.65 billion in tax breaks. (Oct 2005)
• Given $10M upon being fired from Salomon Brothers in 1981. (Aug 2001)

Mike Bloomberg on Crime

• 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)

Mike Bloomberg on Drugs

• You bet I smoked pot; and I enjoyed it. (Apr 2002)
• NYPD will continue to vigorously enforce drug laws. (Apr 2002)

Mike Bloomberg on Education

• 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)

Mike Bloomberg on Energy & Oil

• 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)
• Reduce NYC carbon emissions by 30% by 2030. (Jun 2007)

Mike Bloomberg on Environment

• 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)

Mike Bloomberg on Families & Children

Mike Bloomberg on Foreign Policy

• Maintains mayoral office for UN relations, run by his sister. (Feb 2008)
• Four trips abroad in first four months of 2007. (Apr 2007)

Mike Bloomberg on Free Trade

• 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)

Mike Bloomberg on Government Reform

• All presidential candidates should declare an issues matrix. (May 2007)

Mike Bloomberg on Gun Control

• 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)

Mike Bloomberg on Health Care

• 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)

Mike Bloomberg on Homeland Security

• Use DNA and fingerprint technology for worker ID database. (May 2006)

Mike Bloomberg on Immigration

• Normalize status of otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants. (May 2007)
• Border controls fight natural forces of supply and demand. (May 2007)

Mike Bloomberg on Jobs

• 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)

Mike Bloomberg on Principles & Values

• 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)

Mike Bloomberg on Social Security

Mike Bloomberg on Tax Reform

• $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)

Mike Bloomberg on War & Peace

• Nobody wants war to continue, but what happens next? (May 2007)

Mike Bloomberg on Welfare & Poverty

• 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)