George H.W. Bush: “Well, I'd go right to the local officials here and get something done about it. You're looking at a man who, as a…”

“Well, I'd go right to the local officials here and get something done about it. You're looking at a man who, as a Congressman from Texas, voted for open housing. My view was if you've got kids dying--coming out of the ghettos--in Vietnam--they ought not to come back and find that they couldn't live where they wanted to live. So I'm a fair housing person. You're talking about something that is already against the law, where people discriminate against, lenders, because of their race is what I think you're saying. That is purely against existing Federal law. You ought to go get it enforced by the local law enforcement people and, if they're violating a Federal law, by the Federal law enforcement. Tax Credit for First-Time Homebuyers Mr. Nigut. A quick followup on what you've made a big issue out of it in the campaign, and that's your break, your tax credit, for first- time homebuyers. How much does it cost, and how do we pay for it?”