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.
First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.
Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.
I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.
Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.
Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It’s actually the other way around.
The Heritage Foundation is the premier think tank, research organization. The premier idea group for the conservative movement.
We have this kind of revolving door, we don’t have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.
You’ve got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.
Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator – life, liberty and freedom.
So, the point I’m making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it’s the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.
Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.
I’ve developed a lot of reform proposals myself and been accused of trying to destroy Social Security, when the whole point was to try to save it. I think most people know that Social Security is bankrupt.
I have been on shop floors. I have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in South Carolina and across the country. And what they want is less regulation.
I don’t think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it, and without making some modifications such as turning it into a loan at some point. It then encourages people to go back to work.
California is going to take themselves off the cliff culturally and economically, fiscally. They are going to be at the trough in Washington wanting a bailout.
As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society’s most vulnerable.
What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.
We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.
Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.