“I heard governor Romney here called me an economic lightweight because I wasn't a Wall Street financier like he was. Do you really believe this country wants to elect a Wall Street financier as the president of the United States? Do you think that's the experience that we need? Someone who's going to take and look after as he did his friends on Wall Street and bail them out at the expense of Main Street America.” ThinkingWantNeedsBelieveLooksCountryStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHeardEconomicStreetsWallRepublicanExpensesGovernorsRomneyBailMain StreetFinanciersGovernor Romney Author:Rick Santorum
“What Donald Trump is focused on is a policy of trade that looks after the interests of the American worker, not just the overall GDP numbers. And that is what is resonating.” LooksInterestNumbersPolicyTrumpTradeWorkersFocusedGdpAmerican WorkersResonating Author:Rick Santorum
“It's very interesting, if you look at a study that was done by the Brookings Institute back in 2009, they determined that if Americans do three things, they can avoid poverty. Three things. Work, graduate from high school, and get married before you have children.” IfsLooksChildrenDoneSchoolThreeInterestingPovertyStudyMarriedHigh SchoolDeterminedGraduatesVery InterestingThree ThingsInstituteGraduating High School Author:Rick Santorum
“One of the things that I realize is that if you look at big business, I mean, they - and what they fund and what they do, they don't really - they don't fund the small non-profit community-based organizations that really are out there on the front lines helping people. They fund the big philanthropies. They're safe.” PeopleIfsLooksMeanHelpingBigsRealizingCommunityLinesFrontsSafeOrganizationProfitFundPhilanthropyHelping PeopleBig BusinessNon Profit Author:Rick Santorum
“If you look at the big entertainment industry and their pursuit of the bottom line profits in exchange for producing content and distributing that content and marketing that content to inappropriate audiences, that's a problem for me.” IfsLooksProblemBigsLinesAudienceIndustryBottomMarketingProfitEntertainmentPursuitBottom LineInappropriateEntertainment Industry Author:Rick Santorum
“We had 90 percent rates, but nobody paid them. And so you had all these exemptions, exclusions, shelters, all this kind of stuff. And that's why most Americans are saying, 'Look, let's just be honest. Let's have lower rates, but everybody pays them.'” LooksKindStuffPayHonestPercentPaidRateBeing HonestShelterExclusionExemption Author:Rick Santorum
“In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when, if they really took an honest look at the budget, they might find they don't both need to. ... What happened in America so that mothers and fathers who leave their children in the care of someone else - or worse yet, home alone after school between three and six in the afternoon - find themselves more affirmed by society? Here, we can thank the influence of radical feminism.” IfsNeedsLooksChildrenHomeMightCareSchoolAmericaYoungMotherThreeFatherParentHappenedFeminismInfluenceHonestSixRadicalBudgetsAfternoonControversialMe AloneRadical FeminismYoung ChildrenMother And FatherAfter School Author:Rick Santorum
“Look at the political base of the Democratic Party: It is single mothers who run a household. Why? Because it's so tough economically that they look to the government for help and therefore they're going to vote. So if you want to reduce the Democratic advantage, what you want to do is build two parent families, you eliminate that desire for government.” IfsWantLooksTwoHelpingGovernmentRunningPoliticalMotherDesireParentPartyToughAdvantageVoteDemocraticWhat You WantHouseholdDemocratic PartySingle Mother Author:Rick Santorum
“If just a few people make decisions about what this world looks like, what this country looks like, then you have people sitting in offices at major media outlets and Hollywood who think they can deal with a small group of people, to get them to jump through the hoops they want you to.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantLooksCountryDecisionDealsGroupsMediaThis WorldOfficeMajorsSittingHollywoodOutletsSmart PeopleSmall Groups Author:Rick Santorum
“But look what happens when the government gives you rights. When the government gives you rights, unlike when God gives you rights, the government can take them away. When government gives you rights, the government can tell you how to exercise those rights.” GivingLooksGovernmentHappensRightsExercise Author:Rick Santorum
