We have built a government so large and so expensive here in Washington that not even the richest economy in the history of mankind can afford it. That's how big it's gotten.
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The mentality in Washington is, 'Look what our government - what our government can do for the American people.' We've got to get away from that mentality, and realize it's too expensive. We can't afford it.
The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.
The United States prides itself on being the richest country in the world. Yet we can't balance the budget, pay for education, or take care of the aged and infirm.
This is other people's money that Washington is appropriating and spending.
America has seen enough of a handful of people growing rich at the cost of our nation descending into economic crisis.
We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.
The federal government is far larger than the Founding Fathers ever intended it to be. We have racked up over $16 trillion of debt through wasteful spending, and it is time that we cut that waste and start reducing the size of our government.
America is not better off than it was $1.8 trillion dollars ago.
Washington is dominated by big money.
We have a lot of things we give away to people who are very, very wealthy in this country. And I'm not sure that our federal government can afford that.
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