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amherstwire -  This is Amherst Wire LIVE from the Massachusetts Senatorial Forum at Bowker Auditorum at the University of Massachusetts
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Twitteramherstwire -  #UMassForum And we're live
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amherstwire -  please comment on the forum as you see it live
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amherstwire -  the candidates from left to right: Brown, Robinson, Capuano, Khazei, and Pagliuca
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Twitteramherstwire -  #UMassForum 5 of the 6 candidates featured on the ballot are present tonight, not present: Attorney General Martha Coakley
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amherstwire -  first question is on the economy
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Twitteramherstwire -  #UMassForum Pagliuca on economy: strong central government regulations, not on a state by state basis
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amherstwire -  Brown is talking about the unemployment rate and national debt
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amherstwire -  robinson says we have to audit the federal reserve
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Twitteramherstwire -  #UMassForum Brown on stimulus plan: reduce taxes to stimulate economic activity, put a cap on spending
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Twitteramherstwire -  #UMassForum Robinson on the economy: "the problem is the federal reserve. We need to audit the federal reserve."
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Twitteramherstwire -  #UMassForum Robinson: congress should audit the federal reserve, enact law to create oversight committee
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amherstwire -  capuano says the problem has been the lack of regulation and transparency.
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amherstwire -  Capuano thinks the stimulus didn't do enough to help jobs
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Twitteramherstwire -  #UMassForum Capuano on economy: government should invest in the creation of jobs, stimulus wasn't enough
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amherstwire -  rebuttal and response round now starts
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Twitteramherstwire -  #UMassForum Khazei on economy: 2.5-5million jobs created under econ plan, support small business, create green jobs (up to 50,000 in MA)
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Twitteramherstwire -  #UMassForum Rebuttal and Response round
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amherstwire -  Brown says we don't need another stimulus
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Twitteramherstwire -  #UMassForum Brown: "government needs to know when to get out of the way"
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