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7:31	amherstwire - This is Amherst Wire LIVE from the Massachusetts Senatorial Forum at Bowker Auditorum at the University of Massachusetts

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amherstwire - #UMassForum And we're live

7:35	amherstwire - please comment on the forum as you see it live

7:38	amherstwire - the candidates from left to right: Brown, Robinson, Capuano, Khazei, and Pagliuca

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amherstwire - #UMassForum 5 of the 6 candidates featured on the ballot are present tonight, not present: Attorney General Martha Coakley

7:40	amherstwire - first question is on the economy

7:44

amherstwire - #UMassForum Pagliuca on economy: strong central government regulations, not on a state by state basis

7:44	amherstwire - Brown is talking about the unemployment rate and national debt

7:45	amherstwire - robinson says we have to audit the federal reserve

7:45

amherstwire - #UMassForum Brown on stimulus plan: reduce taxes to stimulate economic activity, put a cap on spending

7:46

amherstwire - #UMassForum Robinson on the economy: "the problem is the federal reserve. We need to audit the federal reserve."

7:47

amherstwire - #UMassForum Robinson: congress should audit the federal reserve, enact law to create oversight committee

7:47	amherstwire - capuano says the problem has been the lack of regulation and transparency.

7:49	amherstwire - Capuano thinks the stimulus didn't do enough to help jobs

7:49

amherstwire - #UMassForum Capuano on economy: government should invest in the creation of jobs, stimulus wasn't enough

7:51	amherstwire - rebuttal and response round now starts

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amherstwire - #UMassForum Khazei on economy: 2.5-5million jobs created under econ plan, support small business, create green jobs (up to 50,000 in MA)

7:51

amherstwire - #UMassForum Rebuttal and Response round

7:51	amherstwire - Brown says we don't need another stimulus

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amherstwire - #UMassForum Brown: "government needs to know when to get out of the way"

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