Quotes
The Buffalo News
“The VA needs to re-examine its proposal to make sure it is properly balancing the need for speed and efficiency with the needs of all veterans.” (See today’s “Latest News” post)
Sen. Tom Coburn – R-Oklahoma
“My commitment to the people of Oklahoma has always been that I would serve no more than two terms. Our founders saw public service and politics as a calling rather than a career.”
Dan Weber – Founder and President, Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC)
“Neither the President nor the Congress need to punt on a Social Security fix anymore. They can address and resolve it this year – in a simple and straightforward manner that renders Social Security solvent for 75 years and guarantees…
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
“Americans deserve to define their own financial future.Today, we have a government that mandates, regulates, and controls almost everything we do. As a result, we have an unsustainable debt, less prosperity, and less economic freedom.”
David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. and Patrick Tyrrell, The Heritage Foundation
“It is not too late: The individual genius of Americans, acting through their civil society institutions, can still steer the nation from its present disastrous course.” (Excerpted from the closing of “The 2013 Index of Dependence on Government“)
U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security
“With the Disability Insurance program unable to pay full benefits as early as 2016, my number one priority has been to keep this program strong for those who truly need it and protect taxpayer dollars.”
Thomas Sowell
“Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.”
Dan Weber – Founder and President, Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC)
“We’re going to make waves on both sides of the aisle lobbying for a different kind of special interest – the future of America. We will call upon both Republican and Democratic leaders to put the issue on the front…
Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX)
“The measure of America’s compassion is not how long we provide unemployment benefits, but how soon we get people off it and into good paying jobs. That should be Washington’s focus.”
Congressman Dave Camp, House Ways & Means Chairman
“Actually the formula for beating poverty is a job. This administration has no real focus on job creation.” (See Latest News)