Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin discussed domestic and foreign policy on Thursday during the sole Vice Presidential debate scheduled during the current election season.
A major topic of discussion was the economy.
"Darn right it was the predator lenders," Palin said. It was the lenders "who tried to talk Americans into thinking it was smart to buy a $300,000 house if they could only afford a $100,000 house," she said.
"Let's do what our parents told us before we even got our first credit card, don't live outside your means," she suggested.
According to cnbc.com, "This year alone, 13 banks have gone under." Those banks included: Washington Mutual, Ameribank, Silver State Bank, Integrity Bank and First Priority Bank. Only some of there banks have closed but still that number is deafening.
"Barack Obama was talking about reinstating those regulations," Biden said. "John (McCain) on 20 different occasions in the previous year and a half called for more deregulation," Biden said.
"Biden pointed out Sarah Palin's ability to avoid questions and flip-flop around issues," said senior Robert Edrozo from Texas City, commenting on the Vice Presidential debate. "That was illustrated by the 'Bridge to Nowhere' comments relating to the economy and how she wants to handle it," he said.
Biden said the way Presidential candidate McCain pays for his $5,000 tax credit is by taxing income through employers. He elaborated about how McCain's health care plan is an ultimate bridge to nowhere, because it gets people who have health car nowhere.
"I think it is good that Biden has emphasized Barack Obama's tax plan will result in no new taxes for families that make under $250,000," said junior Justin Hudspeth from Zavalla, public relations director for the SFA Young Democrats.
The one subject discussed that tends to cause a lot of controversy was issues related to same-sex relationships. Alaska grants same-sex benefits to couples, and Biden supports same-sex benefits as well.
"What Biden was saying was constitutionally correct, that every individual has the right to the same benefits, no matter if they are in a homosexual or heterosexual relationship," said Lufkin graduate student Tara Richard. "Sexual preference should not matter; bottom line we are all U.S. citizens and without an explicit reference to the constitution or amendment to the constitution everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation has or shares the same rights," she said.
Stephanie Gilbreath, Boerne freshman, believes the debate was valuable to students.
"I think you got to learn a lot about the vice presidential candidates, especially if you were not sure about either one," she said.
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