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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070730/D8QN4AHO0.html

Giuliani: Dems Want Nanny Government
 
 
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Jul 30, 4:06 PM (ET)

By PHILIP ELLIOTT
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MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani on 
Monday accused Democrats of favoring a controlling "nanny government" as 
he continued his bashing of the rival party.

The former New York mayor, opening a two-day campaign trip in the first 
primary state, also claimed that Democrats would raise taxes between 20 
percent to 30 percent. He offered no specifics to back up those figures.

"Democrats are kind of falling over each other seeing who can raise 
taxes faster," Giuliani said. "It looks like they're going to raise 
taxes anywhere between 20 to 30 percent. John Edwards just said he's 
going to raise the capital gains tax double that. Last time we did that, 
we lost 40 percent in revenue. The last time we did what John Edwards is 
discussing, the United States lost revenue by basically discouraging 
people from making investments."

Edwards has proposed raising capital gains taxes for the wealthy while 
creating tax breaks for the middle class.

Last week, Giuliani called the Democrats the "party of losers" and 
singled out Edwards and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for criticism on 
economics and foreign policy.

Giuliani argued that he favors less government and lower taxes.

"That's what makes America great, not this nanny government that 
Democrats want to give us, where government controls your entire life," 
he said.

Giuliani leads in some national polls, but trails former Massachusetts 
Gov. Mitt Romney by double figures in the most recent New Hampshire 
surveys.

On Tuesday, Giuliani intends to outline his health care plan. Giuliani's 
goal is to give individuals more control over health care decisions and 
to encourage state officials to come up with innovative solutions.

Key to his plan is a $15,000 tax deduction for families to buy private 
health insurance, instead of getting insurance through employers. Any 
leftover funds could be rolled over year-to-year for medical expenses, 
under Giuliani's plan.

"That cash allows you to go out and buy cheaper and cheaper policies; 
you can have higher and higher deductibles," Giuliani said earlier this 
month in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

He compared private health plans to plasma TVs, saying the plans would 
come down in cost as demand grows.

Edwards criticized the pending plan in a statement.

"Rudy Giuliani's tinkering does not come close to solving the problems 
of a broken health care system that leaves 45 million uninsured or tens 
of millions facing financial ruin because of inadequate insurance," 
Edwards said.


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