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We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship, upward mobility, and individual responsibility.

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Paul Ryan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 29
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We all need to rededicate ourselves to making America great and making it a more perfect union.
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Child support should do just that - support children, not the federal government.
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Mike Pence is a good man, a principled conservative, and he will make a great vice president.
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Faster economic growth helps raise the economy which raises revenues. And that helps us tackle the deficit. There's two things we've got to do to get rid of this debt. Deal with entitlements, that's why we're frustrated health care reform hasn't passed the senate yet.
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In government-directed economies, the collective takes priority over the individual. The moral ideal is equal results. That approach could not be further removed from the real world.
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The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.
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We`re the generous country, we`re the ones that open our doors to other countries, and in many cases we get taken advantage of because of that.
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We have a massive heroin opioid epidemic problem in America, part of that is because of drugs coming from the cartels from the south.
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Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax government transfer payments have become less progressive.
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We`re talking about bilateral agreements with other countries in Asia, so that we can expand our influence and get countries to play by our set of rules. That`s to me is something that`s really important.
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The debt and the deficit is just getting out of control, and the administration is still pumping through billions upon trillions of new spending. That does not grow the economy.
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The appointment of a special counsel, I think, helps assure people and the Justice Department that they are going to go do their jobs independently and thoroughly, which is what we called for all along.
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When our opponents on the Left have no serious ideas of their own, they resort to emotional appeals that play up Americans’ fears about the future.
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Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.
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Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.
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So, in Europe, they're cutting people's retirement and health benefits. And that's what we want to avoid from happening. They're raising taxes, entering a recession. That's the kind of economic program that President Obama has put in place.
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No, I’m not one (of those) people who votes for something then writes to the government to ask them to send us money. I did not request any stimulus money.
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