Rudy Giuliani on Abortion

• Personally oppose abortion, but let the woman decide. (Dec 2007)
• Would probably not sign federal ban on all abortions. (Nov 2007)
• Ultimate decision by woman, her conscience & her doctor. (Aug 2007)
• 2000: ran against Hillary as a pro-choice candidate. (Jul 2007)
• Allowing choice keeps government out of people’s lives. (May 2007)
• Seek bipartisan ways to reduce abortion & increase adoption. (May 2007)
• Forever against abortion; but respect others’ choice. (May 2007)
• Appoint constructionist judges, but no litmus test. (May 2007)
• Would personally advise women against abortion. (May 2007)
• 1997:Supported partial birth; opposed parental notificiation. (May 2007)
• Would not oppose strong pro-life plank of GOP platform. (May 2007)
• Giuliani donated to Planned Parenthood throughout 1990s. (May 2007)
• Ok to repeal Roe v. Wade, but ok to view it as precedent too. (May 2007)
• Allow states to fund or not fund abortion. (May 2007)
• Encourage adoptions; ban partial-birth abortion. (May 2007)
• Embryonic stem cell research ok if limited properly. (May 2007)
• FactCheck: Encouraged adoptions; but over-stated results. (May 2007)
• Pro-choice; no ban on partial-birth abortions. (Dec 1999)

Rudy Giuliani on Budget & Economy

• Get economy back on track based on growth principles. (Jan 2008)
• Include permanent tax cuts in any economic stimulus package. (Jan 2008)
• US less competitive if we overtax, over-regulate & overspend. (Jan 2008)
• Tax cut right now would provide stimulus and avoid recession. (Jan 2008)
• Retire 42% of federal employees in next decade, to save $20B. (Dec 2007)
• Restrain Congress’ spending; don’t ask people to sacrifice. (Dec 2007)
• 10% across-the-board cut; people can get services other ways. (Dec 2007)
• Goal of balancing budget, but no pledge. (Dec 2007)
• Across-the-board spending cuts; zero out failing programs. (Nov 2007)
• Fundamentals: low taxes; few regulations; control spending. (Oct 2007)
• Romney increased spending by 8%; I cut spending by 7%. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck: Hillary never called free market “destructive”. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck: 11% tax-burden decrease is correct but misleading. (Oct 2007)
• I took over NYC in fiscal crisis;then reduced taxes 23 times. (Sep 2007)
• Establish accountability in Washington, like in NYC. (Jun 2007)
• Taught NYC how to use principles of fiscal conservatism. (May 2007)
• 1990s: Cut spending in 1st term but raised spending in 2nd. (May 2007)
• Under-estimate future revenue to force cost containment. (Oct 2002)
• Economic development requires maintenance. (Jan 2000)
• Fiscal responsibility turned $2B deficit into $2B surplus. (Dec 1999)
• Record tourism based on revitalization. (Dec 1999)
• Entertainment revitalization contributes to economy. (Dec 1999)

Rudy Giuliani on Civil Rights

• Comfortable with trying to reach voters in Spanish. (Jan 2008)
• No Marriage Amendment needed now, but maybe if DOMA fails. (Oct 2007)
• Supports domestic partnerships, but not same-sex marriage. (Aug 2007)
• Don’t change gays-in-military policy in time of war. (Jun 2007)
• 1990s: Arrested hundreds of unlicensed art vendors. (May 2007)
• 1990s: City jobs cuts fell disproportionately on black staff. (May 2007)
• Opposed Pres. Bush’s ban on gay marriage. (Jan 2007)
• Pro gay rights. (Jul 2006)
• Anti-Catholic art is disgusting; appoints decency council. (Feb 2001)
• Brooklyn Museum closed due to lease rules, not censorship. (Oct 1999)
• Free speech for private expression, not publicly-funded art. (Oct 1999)
• No taxpayer dollars for offensive art. (Oct 1999)
• Extended all city benefits to same-sex couples. (May 1998)
• Dismantled affirmative action program for NYC contracts. (Mar 1997)
• Supports affirmative action. (Apr 1989)

Rudy Giuliani on Corporations

• Reduce corporate tax from 35% to 25%, to increase revenue. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: Corporate tax cut would reduce revenue by half. (Dec 2007)
• Will not sever consulting firm ties unless legally required. (Dec 2007)
• Business goes abroad when we overregulate and overtax. (Oct 2007)
• Low corporate tax rates encourage business locating in US. (Aug 2007)
• 1990s: NYC paid millions in “corporate retention deals”. (May 2007)
• Formed corporate consulting firm, Giuliani Partners. (Jan 2002)

Rudy Giuliani on Crime

• FactCheck: crime NOT at record high when Rudy took office. (Nov 2007)
• FactCheck: NYC crime did drop, but others deserve credit too. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck: Hired 3,660 new cops, but took credit for 12,000. (Oct 2007)
• What has he done for minorities? They’re alive!. (May 2007)
• Enforced jaywalking laws as part of “broken windows” theory. (May 2007)
• Arrested homeless for crimes like public urination. (May 2007)
• Father, Harold, served 16 months for armed robbery. (May 2007)
• As mayor, reduced crime but didn’t raise police pay. (Jan 2007)
• Considered police brutality in Louima case an aberration. (Jan 2007)
• Applies strict moral standards to lawbreakers. (Jan 2007)
• Prosecuted Miss America for fraud (and lost). (Jan 2007)
• Prefers death penalty for 9/11 conspirators. (May 2006)
• Insisted on enforcing minor offenses, & cleaned up crime. (Oct 2005)
• Banished “squeegee men”: civility from treating small crimes. (Oct 2002)
• Community policing is comforting but doesn’t stop crime. (Oct 2002)
• Giuliani backs police in Bronx killing. (Mar 2000)
• Home ownership decreases crime. (Jan 2000)
• Need DNA Lab to Combat Crime. (Jan 2000)
• Crime cut in half in NYC. (Dec 1999)
• “CompStat” system stresses police accountability. (Dec 1999)
• Giuliani’s sampling: large drops in all violent crime. (Dec 1999)
• Quality of Life initiatives as well as crime reduction. (Dec 1999)
• Risk cannot be eliminated, but take security seriously. (Jul 1999)

Rudy Giuliani on Drugs

• AdWatch: Got tough on drugs like meth in Massachusetts. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: Romney’s tough-on-drugs meth bill never passed. (Dec 2007)
• Tried to ban methadone treatment for heroin addicts. (May 2007)
• In Dorismond drug shooting, sullied victim as “no choirboy”. (Jan 2007)
• Drug policy should be an integral part of foreign policy. (Sep 1997)

Rudy Giuliani on Education

• FactCheck: No, Hispanic K-12 test scores are rising. (Dec 2007)
• NYC public school system dysfunctional & should be blown up. (Oct 2007)
• Lobbied to cut state aid to NYC schools. (May 2007)
• Supports Ten commandments & prayer in schools. (May 2007)
• Attended Catholic high school in Brooklyn. (Jan 2007)
• Cut city funding for offensive art at Brooklyn Museum. (Oct 2002)
• Schools should focus on educating kids, not protecting jobs. (Oct 2002)
• Open schools on weekends for remedial catch-up. (Jan 2001)
• Sell Board of Ed HQ to shrink it. (Mar 2000)
• Improve schools by taking on the unions & special interests. (Jan 2000)
• Reading projects offer tutoring & improve test score. (Dec 1999)
• $50M for more art teachers & art programs. (Dec 1999)
• Replace Board of Ed with appointed commissioner. (Apr 1999)
• Opposes prayer in school. (Apr 1989)

  School Choice

• Let parents be the deciders on their children’s education. (Dec 2007)
• All parents want more control & choice over kids’ schooling. (Dec 2007)
• Revolutionize public education by allowing for choice. (Dec 2007)
• Empower parents to decide parochial, charter, or home school. (Oct 2007)
• Supports vouchers and supports using the word vouchers. (Oct 2002)
• Privatize failing schools. (Jan 2000)
• Charter Schools create competition. (Jan 2000)
• Voucher program for New York City. (Jan 2000)
• Experiment in NYC with school vouchers. (Apr 1999)

Rudy Giuliani on Energy & Oil

• Support the technologies that improve alternative energy use. (Jan 2008)
• Opposes mandated 35mpg by 2020; develop alternatives instead. (Dec 2007)
• Don’t draw the line anywhere--advance all technologies. (Oct 2007)
• Accept global warming & work toward energy independence. (Jun 2007)
• Signing Kyoto would just move CO2 emissions to China & India. (Mar 2007)
• No new energy tax; focus on alternatives instead. (Mar 2007)
• Nuclear power is dangerous, but nobody’s died from it. (Mar 2007)
• Develop energy-independent technology, but not wind power. (Mar 2007)
• Got to expand nuclear and do clean coal. (Jan 2006)
• Open Strategic Petroleum Reserve to battle high oil prices. (Feb 2000)
• Oil crisis is “compelling justification” to use Reserves. (Feb 2000)

Rudy Giuliani on Environment

• Prepare better for next Hurricane Katrina. (Aug 2007)

Rudy Giuliani on Families & Children

• Conservative record:I drove pornography out of Times Square. (Oct 2007)
• Annulled 14-year 1st marriage because wife was 2nd cousin. (Jan 2007)
• Restrict sex shops to small buffer zone. (Oct 2002)
• Give Elian citizenship; decide fate in family court. (Apr 2000)
• Good jobs build good families-we’ve created 360,000 jobs. (Feb 2000)
• Child Protection should move toward permanent foster homes. (Jan 2000)

Rudy Giuliani on Foreign Policy

• No one told Obama that Russia has a veto power at the UN. (Sep 2008)
• Stand against Chavez’s & Castro’s form of dictatorship. (Dec 2007)
• Democracy is a long-term goal, after building bedrock. (Aug 2007)
• Iran is dangerous; not 10 years from nuclear weapons. (Jun 2007)
• Bring peace by sharing gift of freedom with Middle East. (Jun 2007)
• 1980s: Denied asylum to Haitian refugees. (May 2007)
• As mayor, asked Yasir Arafat to leave concert both attended. (Jan 2007)
• Foreign experience as mayor, at Justice Dept., & in 91 trips. (Jan 2006)
• The Patriot Act, Afghanistan and Iraq wars: all very good. (Jan 2006)

Rudy Giuliani on Free Trade

• China is a great opportunity and a great caution for the US. (Jan 2008)
• NAFTA has been a good thing and should be enforced. (Dec 2007)
• More trade with Qatar & emirates is good against terrorism. (Dec 2007)
• Good deals pending with Peru, Colombia, Panama, South Korea. (Oct 2007)
• Balance foreign debt by selling more things overseas. (Oct 2007)
• Take advantage of globalization--market US healthcare abroad. (Mar 2007)

Rudy Giuliani on Government Reform

• President must be free to defend nation with surveillance. (Dec 2007)
• Focus on terrorism, immigration, tax cut, & small government. (Dec 2007)
• Supports tort reform like “loser pays” rule. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck: Thompson with GOP; not obstacle to tort reform. (Oct 2007)
• Frivolous lawsuits eat up 2.2% of GDP. (Oct 2007)
• Supports line-item veto, but Clinton’s was unconstitutional. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck: Frivolous lawsuits don’t eat 2.2% of GDP. (Oct 2007)
• Qualification for VP is readiness for presidency, in wartime. (Aug 2007)
• Pardoning Libby OK because sentence was excessive. (Jun 2007)
• Gets credit for killing the line-item veto. (May 2007)
• Line item veto is unconstitutional; beat Clinton’s in 1990s. (May 2007)
• No city reinvention, but success on crime, colleges & budget. (May 2007)
• Attempted to undo term limits to extend his mayoralty. (Jan 2007)
• Ardent supporter of campaign finance reform. (Aug 2006)
• Applied “reinventing government” to New York City. (Oct 2002)
• Debates on campaign finance reform miss the point on honesty. (Oct 2002)

Rudy Giuliani on Gun Control

• Government can impose reasonable regulations on guns. (Nov 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)

Rudy Giuliani on Health Care

• Health Savings Account up to $6,000 per family. (Dec 2007)
• AdWatch:Cancer survival rate 82% in US; 44% in socialized UK. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck:Cancer survival rate 74% in UK; not 44% as claimed. (Oct 2007)
• Medicare and Medicaid need a private solution. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck: No evidence that free market would halve premiums. (Oct 2007)
• $15,000 tax deduction 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)
• Include a health savings account in healthcare reform. (Jan 2006)
• We have the best health care system in the world. (Jan 2006)

Rudy Giuliani on Homeland Security

• Whether waterboarding is torture depends on how it's done. (Oct 2008)
• AdWatch: “Ready” with executive experience in crises. (Jan 2008)
• FactCheck: Claimed Clinton cut army by 25%; actually was 16%. (Jan 2008)
• Did business with Qatar, a US ally which protects al-Qaeda. (Dec 2007)
• Didn’t vet Bernard Kerik sufficiently for DHS recommendation. (Dec 2007)
• Remain on offense against Islamic terrorism. (Nov 2007)
• We can’t close Guantanamo; nobody will take the people there. (Sep 2007)
• FactCheck: Dems don’t say “Islamic” but do say “terrorism”. (Aug 2007)
• Use every method you can think of to interrogate terrorists. (May 2007)
• Interrogation & surveillance: do legally but aggressively. (May 2007)
• Avoided military service in Vietnam with a deferment. (Jan 2007)
• Democrats don’t support military the way Republicans do. (Nov 2006)
• Islamic terror is existential threat, not based on US policy. (Jan 2006)
• Fervently supported reauthorization of the Patriot Act. (Dec 2005)
• Terrorism had been festering for many years. (Aug 2004)
• Terrorists can’t be accommodated, appeased, and compromised. (Aug 2004)
• We will see an end to global terrorism. (Aug 2004)
• We’re right and terrorists are wrong--as simple as that. (Oct 2002)
• Deal with untrustworthy negotiators by getting it in writing. (Oct 2002)

  September 11

• Was aware of al-Qaeda before 9/11, but not its enormity. (Dec 2007)
• Quit Iraq Study Group to avoid politicizing it. (Dec 2007)
• AdWatch: Firefighters Union blames Giuliani for 9/11 deaths. (Jul 2007)
• FactCheck: Radio failure PARTLY responsible for 9/11 deaths. (Jul 2007)
• There were other command centers besides the one at WTC. (May 2007)
• WTC7 met Giuliani’s criteria for emergency HQ. (May 2007)
• Lack of unified command & communication added to 9/11 deaths. (May 2007)
• Emergency HQ’s fuel storage contributed to WTC7 collapse. (May 2007)
• Giuliani’s 9/11 actions reassured a traumatized city. (Jan 2007)
• Locating command center in WTC7 contributed to destruction. (Jan 2007)
• Terrorists attacked us before 9/11, and after 9/11. (Jan 2006)
• Would personally execute Bin Laden for attacking NYC. (Oct 2002)
• Led New York City through the events of 9/11. (Oct 2002)

Rudy Giuliani on Immigration

• A special policy for Cuban immigrants fleeing Castro. (Jan 2008)
• Support tamper-proof ID card and path to citizenship. (Jan 2008)
• Let illegals self-select to sign up & work on the tax rolls. (Jan 2008)
• End illegal immigration or we risk legal immigration. (Dec 2007)
• BorderStat & virtual fence: just stop people from coming in. (Nov 2007)
• FactCheck: NYC acted like “sanctuary city”, in all but name. (Nov 2007)
• 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)
• AdWatch: New citizens must read, write, & speak English. (Aug 2007)
• AdWatch: Deport convicted criminals who are illegal aliens. (Aug 2007)
• FactCheck: English literacy already required for citizenship. (Aug 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)
• New York City was not a sanctuary city; we gave name to feds. (Jan 2006)
• We should erect a fence along the border. (Jan 2006)
• If you pay a fine, it’s not amnesty. (Jan 2006)
• NYC services for illegal aliens. (Oct 2005)

Rudy Giuliani on Jobs

• FactCheck: Cut unemployment substantially, but not in half. (Jan 2008)
• Vibrant unions good; but compelling membership bad. (Oct 2007)
• 1990s NYC unemployment fell but so did working class wages. (May 2007)
• Work is a good thing. (Jan 2000)
• 305,000 jobs created during Rudy’s tenure. (Dec 1999)

Rudy Giuliani on Principles & Values

• Follow Reagan’s advice: my 80% friend is not my 20% enemy. (Jan 2008)
• Criticized for tax-funded police security for his girlfriend. (Dec 2007)
• Bible is greatest book ever written, but it’s allegorical. (Nov 2007)
• AdWatch: NYC was “most successful turn-around in 50 years”. (Nov 2007)
• Absent from Values Voter Presidential Debate. (Sep 2007)
• Presidency requires executive experience. (Sep 2007)
• Issues in my private life don’t affect my public performance. (Sep 2007)
• 12 Commitments to the American People. (Sep 2007)
• I have executive experience; I can restore hope to America. (Aug 2007)
• Apply motto “Live free or die” to our time. (Jun 2007)
• Optimism returns us to “morning in America”. (May 2007)
• Considered priesthood; rejected it because of celibacy. (May 2007)
• Praised RFK in law school newspaper and bashed Goldwater. (May 2007)
• Former Democrat; endorsed twice by the Liberal Party. (May 2007)
• Legacy is safer, cleaner, economically viable NYC. (Jan 2007)
• Favored for presidential nomination in CNN poll of GOP. (Sep 2006)
• Socially liberal stances: weak in primary; strong in general. (Jul 2006)
• Considered medicine & priesthood before entering law. (Oct 2002)

  Past Campaigns

• Founds SolutionsAmerica PAC to help elect strong Republicans. (Dec 2006)
• Solutions America PAC supports 35 candidates for House. (Dec 2006)
• PAC supports 19 candidates for Senate; 20 for Governor. (Dec 2006)
• Bush has the courage of his convictions. (Aug 2004)
• Under Bush, America will lead rather than follow. (Aug 2004)
• Endorsed Democrat Mario Cuomo for NY Governor in 1994. (Oct 2002)
• Dropped out of 2000 Senate race to put his health first. (Oct 2002)
• This is not the right time for me to run for office. (May 2000)
• Withdraws from NY Senate race to fight his prostate cancer. (May 2000)
• Rudy discounts Bush’s impact on Senate race. (Mar 2000)
• Campaign theme: Transformation of NYC. (Dec 1999)
• Turned around NYC & made it safe again. (Nov 1999)
• Love and long term attachment needed to represent NY state. (Apr 1999)

Rudy Giuliani on Social Security

• 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)

Rudy Giuliani on Tax Reform

• Reduce the capital gains tax, permanently. (Jan 2008)
• Cut taxes strategically: only those that bring more revenues. (Jan 2008)
• Cut taxes $3,000 for family of four earning $80,000. (Jan 2008)
• Simplify taxes: plan to file your taxes on one page. (Jan 2008)
• One-page fast form: 24% to 36% reduction in income tax paid. (Jan 2008)
• Cutting anti-competitive taxes raises more revenue. (Jan 2008)
• Recommended 64 tax cuts; accomplished 23 of them. (Jan 2008)
• I am a supply-sider; and I actually made it work. (Jan 2008)
• FactCheck: Claimed 34% NYC hotel tax cut; actual cut was 14%. (Jan 2008)
• Support a flatter and simpler tax and less corporate tax. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: Cut NYC taxes by $5.4B, not $9B as claimed. (Nov 2007)
• 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 is 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)
• AdWatch: Cut or eliminated 23 NYC taxes; and created surplus. (Jul 2007)
• FactCheck: Cut 14 NYC taxes, not 23 as claimed. (Jul 2007)
• Adjust the alternative minimum tax & get rid of death tax. (May 2007)
• Claimed 90s NYC tax cuts reduced deficits. (May 2007)
• 1994 hotel tax cut was effective, but didn’t raise revenue. (May 2007)
• Lowering sales taxes creates jobs. (Mar 2007)
• First day as mayor: reduced sales tax from 6% to 5%. (Oct 2002)
• NYC 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)

Rudy Giuliani on War & Peace

• The Democrats rarely mentioned the 9/11 attacks at the DNC. (Sep 2008)
• The Iraq war was worth the price in blood and treasure. (Jan 2008)
• Iran: Keep military option on table, even if no nukes now. (Dec 2007)
• Keep pressure on Iran, because pressure works. (Dec 2007)
• Disagrees with neocon adviser on immediate need to bomb Iran. (Dec 2007)
• No time limit in Iraq; stay until we achieve stability. (Dec 2007)
• 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)

Rudy Giuliani on Welfare & Poverty

• 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)
• Sold 80% of city-owned abandoned homes to developers. (May 2007)
• Moved 600,000 people off welfare during mayoral term. (May 2007)
• NYC welfare reform focused on workfare assignments. (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)