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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.

Jim DeMint

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Jim DeMint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 2
Business Executive
Former United States Senator
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Greenville
South Carolina
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Democrats have chosen not to defend the Marine Corps, but to pander to anti-war protesters and Berkeley officials that are actively trying to impede military recruitment.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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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.
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NCLB should be called More Children Left behind.
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Vouchers lead to competition, not re-segregation.
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One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.
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Not federal government's job to do good deeds.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now.
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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.
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Quantitative easing prints money & causes inflation.
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Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.
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Marriage is a religious and state issue.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world's religions.
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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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Social Security mess is another failed progressive policy.
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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.
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First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.
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The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.
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