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  Anna Therese Day asks

  Every election, students play a vital role energizing campaigns. In 2008, both of you supported bailing out struggling financial institutions, which are now making record profits. Meanwhile, the students they lend money to are struggling with increasing debt loads as the price of higher education continues to rise. The amount of student loan debt now exceeds the amount of credit card debt in this country, and neither party seems to have a plan to provide any relief. With millennials graduating tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, why should students lift a finger to help either of your campaigns?

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  Benjamin Feinblum asks

  For President Obama. Americans believe that your approach of bottom up economic policies failed because the economy is not roaring forwards. Most do not know that Republicans blocked 19 jobs bills that would have created several million more jobs by now. I believe they wanted Americans to struggle through the election to gain power. Will you tell the story of your jobs bills, what economists said about them, how debate was blocked, and how it hurt Americans?

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  Amy Sterling Casil asks

  For both candidates, government corruption consistently comes in at the top of polls of voter concerns, along with the need for more jobs. People have seen videos with GSA employees partying with tax dollars, and know that not one of the dozens of financiers, like former Countrywide owner Angelo Mozilo, who were thought responsible for the financial crisis in 2008 have been prosecuted to date. How will you correct this and restore confidence that government employees are trustworthy?

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  Marcus Cunningham asks

  The inner city is quickly becoming a place where young people grow up in a cycle of hopelessness. The violence in Chicago is the most visible example this country's failed urban policies. We are losing these young people to gangs, drugs, and crime. This requires a focused commitment; not lip service, and not a smattering of related programs. What steps would you take to significantly improve the fortunes of urban youth?

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  David Karger asks

  President Obama and Mr. Romney, You are working hard to emphasize your differences in the run-up to this election. But as you are both intelligent and reasonable men there are many issues on which you agree or can find compromises. Whoever is elected will face opposition in congress blocking even the most sensible legislation. Would you be willing to work together to identify some shared legislative priorities and bully a bill through congress *before* the november election?

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