PALIN: She says her team overseeing the development of a natural gas pipeline set up an open, competitive bidding process that allowed any company to compete for the right to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48.

Unemployment peaked at 10.8 percent, worse than the October 2009 high of 10.2 percent, but the jobless rate is still expected to climb. The recession of the early 1980s did not have a financial meltdown. The recession Reagan faced lasted for 16 months this one is in its 23rd month. THE FACTS: The estate tax, which some call the death tax, was not repealed under Reagan and capital gains taxes are lower now than when Reagan was president.Įconomists overwhelmingly say the current recession is far worse. If you want real job growth, cut capital gains taxes and slay the death tax once and for all.' PALIN: Says Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession than the one that appears to be ending now, and 'showed us how to get out of one. After that, she said 'it is a time of crisis and government did have to step in.' In September 2008, she said 'taxpayers cannot be looked to as the bailout, as the solution, to the problems on Wall Street.' A week later, she said 'ultimately what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy.'ĭuring the vice presidential debate in October, Palin praised McCain for being 'instrumental in bringing folks together' to pass the $700 billion bailout. Palin's views on bailouts appeared to evolve as McCain's vice presidential running mate. THE FACTS: Palin is blurring the lines between Obama's stimulus plan - a $787 billion package of tax cuts, state aid, social programs and government contracts - and the federal bailout that Republican presidential candidate John McCain voted for and President George W.

She recounts telling daughter Bristol that to succeed in business, 'you'll have to be brave enough to fail.' PALIN: Rails against taxpayer-financed bailouts, which she attributes to Obama.

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