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whether taxes should be allowed to rise when tax cuts passed about a decade ago under then-President George Bush are due to expire later this year.
• Varilek said he wants to end tax cuts for people earning higher incomes, but leave them in place for people with more modest incomes. He also wants to close some tax loopholes and end tax subsidies for oil companies.
• "We need to take a balanced approach to balancing our budget, which means some spending cuts but also changes to the tax code that will increase revenues," Varilek said.
• Barth said he would pursue spending cuts throughout the federal budget, but he opposes any tax cuts.
• "I don't plan to raise taxes at all until our economy becomes more robust," Barth

said.
• Barth has said he would support gay marriage, but Varilek opposes it. Varilek said he supports civil unions to give same-sex couples equal treatment under the law.
• The two Democratic candidates agree that President Barack Obama's health care overhaul should be revamped but not repealed. They said valuable provisions of the law include allowing young people to stay on their parents' insurance until age 26 and preventing insurance companies

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