Social Security mess is another failed progressive policy.
Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
Many Democrats are sincere in their desire to help others.
American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
Judeo-Christian conservatism overcomes natural selfishness.
Freedom solutions – cross-state insurers; health cooperatives.
Not federal government’s job to do good deeds.
Dependency encourages social problems.
Cash-for-Clunkers program was a stupid idea.
Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
Marriage is a religious and state issue.
The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
I like to be a strategic policy guy.
I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It’s a terrible thing to do.
I don’t need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.
I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.
Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.
From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.
Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.