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The Many Egregious Flip-flops of Newt Gingrich | Story | POWERWALL
Health-Insurance Mandate:
Flip: Personal responsibility extends to the purchase of health insurance. Citizens should not be able to cheat their neighbors by not buying insurance, particularly when they can afford it, and expect others to pay for their care when they need it. June 2007
Flop: I am against any effort to impose a federal mandate on anyone because it is fundamentally wrong and I believe unconstitutional. May 16, 2011
Cap-and-Trade:
Flip: I think if you have mandatory carbon caps combined with a trading system, much like we did with sulfur, and if you have a tax-incentive program for investing in the solutions, that theres a package there thats very, very good. And frankly, its something I would strongly support. February 2, 2007
Flop: A carbon cap and trade system would lead to corruption, political favoritism, and would have a huge impact on the economy. April 21, 2008
Climate Change:
Flip: I think is that the evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon-loading of the atmosphere. April 10, 2007
Flop: I actually dont know whether global warming is occurring. November 8, 2011
Paul Ryans Budget Plan:
Flip: I dont think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering [Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal] is too big a jump. May 15, 2011
Flop: I made a mistake May 17, 2011
Libya:
Flip: Exercise a no-fly zone this evening Provide help to the rebels to replace [Qaddafi] All we have to do is suppress his air force, which we could do in minutes. March 7, 2011
Flop: I would not have intervened. I think there were a lot of other ways to affect Qaddafi I would not have used American and European forces. March 23, 2011
Criminal Court Trials for Suspected Terrorists:
Flip: Well, I think if [members of the Bush administration] believe they have enough evidence to convict [Jose Padilla], going through the process of convicting him and holding him, I suspect, may be for the rest of his life without parole would not be would hardly be seen as a loss. I think this administration is still wrestling with what are the real ground rules for dealing with people who are clearly outside of normal warfare? Theyre not wearing a uniform. Theyre not part of an army. They are openly threatening to kill thousands or even millions of people. November 22, 2005
Flop: Why would you take a Nigerian national who just tried to blow up a plane over Detroit Why would you take that person, put them in the American criminal justice system, give them an attorney, read them their Miranda rights? January 4, 2010
The Many Egregious Flip-flops of Newt Gingrich | Story | POWERWALL
Health-Insurance Mandate:
Flip: Personal responsibility extends to the purchase of health insurance. Citizens should not be able to cheat their neighbors by not buying insurance, particularly when they can afford it, and expect others to pay for their care when they need it. June 2007
Flop: I am against any effort to impose a federal mandate on anyone because it is fundamentally wrong and I believe unconstitutional. May 16, 2011
Cap-and-Trade:
Flip: I think if you have mandatory carbon caps combined with a trading system, much like we did with sulfur, and if you have a tax-incentive program for investing in the solutions, that theres a package there thats very, very good. And frankly, its something I would strongly support. February 2, 2007
Flop: A carbon cap and trade system would lead to corruption, political favoritism, and would have a huge impact on the economy. April 21, 2008
Climate Change:
Flip: I think is that the evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon-loading of the atmosphere. April 10, 2007
Flop: I actually dont know whether global warming is occurring. November 8, 2011
Paul Ryans Budget Plan:
Flip: I dont think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering [Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal] is too big a jump. May 15, 2011
Flop: I made a mistake May 17, 2011
Libya:
Flip: Exercise a no-fly zone this evening Provide help to the rebels to replace [Qaddafi] All we have to do is suppress his air force, which we could do in minutes. March 7, 2011
Flop: I would not have intervened. I think there were a lot of other ways to affect Qaddafi I would not have used American and European forces. March 23, 2011
Criminal Court Trials for Suspected Terrorists:
Flip: Well, I think if [members of the Bush administration] believe they have enough evidence to convict [Jose Padilla], going through the process of convicting him and holding him, I suspect, may be for the rest of his life without parole would not be would hardly be seen as a loss. I think this administration is still wrestling with what are the real ground rules for dealing with people who are clearly outside of normal warfare? Theyre not wearing a uniform. Theyre not part of an army. They are openly threatening to kill thousands or even millions of people. November 22, 2005
Flop: Why would you take a Nigerian national who just tried to blow up a plane over Detroit Why would you take that person, put them in the American criminal justice system, give them an attorney, read them their Miranda rights? January 4, 2010