Congressional #9 District Map
Bob Turner
- 40 year veteran of the television industry. Former executive
- Wants to reform Medicare and Social Security without privatizing or bankrupting them
- Advocates raising retirement eligibility age for people who are 55 or younger
- The way to grow the economy is to reduce spending, cut taxes, and decrease regulation
- Believes Stimulus Bill was a failure
- Pro-Isreal and does not recognize a Palestinian state
- Believes in healthcare reform but does not support Obama's healthcare plan
- Against a mosque near ground zero
- Queens native, factory worker, son of a firefighter
- US should withdraw from "brutal wars" and conflicts abroad
- Calls for an end to the war on drugs
- Wants to create jobs by increasing spending on infrastructure
- Wants to strengthen social welfare programs and unions
- Wants to expand Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security
- Advocates cutting the workweek for those who do have jobs and mandating their salaries stay the same, then employing those out of work on other days
- Born and raised in Hollis-Jamaica section of Queens, brother is a State Assemblyman, father was the Speaker of the Assembly
- Favors increasing revenue/taxes to balance budget
- Opposed recent Budget Control Act of 2011 which raised the debt ceiling
- Voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in NY
- Opposes any changes to Social Security
- Supporter of Israel and a strong US-Israel relationship
- Believes in man-made global warming
- Avoids reducing spending or budget cuts
- Sponsored Legislation
GOOD READS ON THE CANDIDATES
Weprin and Turner Know Little About Their District
Bob Turner for Congress
David Weprin for Congress
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