Ed Rendell Quotes

• Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There’s absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it’s produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in State, Demonstration

• The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in Medicaid, System

• For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against region, and people against people will have no place in my Administration.

  Ed Rendell

  Topics in Politics

  Tags in People, Administration

• I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches – which you heard in the primary campaign – that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in Primary, Campaign

• And preserving our open spaces or having them there for recreational purposes is one of the things that contributes to the high level of quality of life that we offer in Pennsylvania, and that also translates into economic benefits.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in Recreation, Purposes

• But in the long run we’re not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in State

• Growing Greener doesn’t produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in Greener, Growing

• And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in State, Green, Forests, Tourism

• And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over.

  Ed Rendell

  Topics in Challenge

  Tags in Environmental

• Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that’s something we should get together on.

  Ed Rendell

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Community

• One of the things that people don’t realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in Economic, Development

• I’m interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs.

  Ed Rendell

  Topics in Business, Opportunity

• I think if we’re going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well get the upside for it and dedicate that upside to improving the environment in so many different ways.

  Ed Rendell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Improvement

• I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don’t permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don’t exacerbate the problem.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in Self, Thinking

• I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.

  Ed Rendell

  Topics in Politics, Success

  Tags in Obama

• We’ve been working our tail off and lead by that example.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in Ourselves, Working

• Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in Transportation

• We will not lose this election for lack of money.

  Ed Rendell

  Topics in Money

  Tags in Waste

• If I lose, I lose. I’ll do it on my terms.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in Self

• There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table.

  Ed Rendell

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  Tags in Environmental, Issues

Ed Rendell (25)

Birth:	5th January, 1944
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

About

Edward Gene "Ed" Rendell was born in New York City, New York. He is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania, from 2003 to 2011. Rendell, a member of the Democratic Party, served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000. He was elected District Attorney of Philadelphia for two terms from 1978 through 1986. He served as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 presidential election. He served as the Chairman of the National Governors Association. He earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

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