If you're in government, the right thing to do is be focused on solving real problems and asking what's the best solution to a particular problem.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The thing that differs me from a lot of other people running for the President of the United States is that I focus on the problem first. Then I focus on what the solution is.
My effectiveness is best placed in solving problems through federal solutions.
So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques.
Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.
The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.
When I consider a problem, it is now instinctive for me to think about the institutions involved, the authorizing environment, possible coalitions, likely opposition, implementation, legal issues, resource dimensions, communications - and how the problem fits into a stream of other issues.
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