“Well, higher-income people don't have to pay taxes if they don't want to because they can move their money somewhere else, they can move their investments. They can stop investing. They can stop working. They don't need to work. They're higher-income people.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsWellsMovingValuesPayHigherTaxesInvestmentInvestingConservativeIncomeSomewhere ElseConservative Values Author:Rick Santorum
“We need a candidate who's going to be a fighter for freedom. Who is going to get up and make that the central theme in this race because it is the central theme in this race. I don't care what the unemployment rate's going to be. Doesn't matter to me. My campaign doesn't hinge on unemployment rates and growth rates.” NeedsMatterCareValuesGrowthRaceRateConservativeDon't CareCampaignsGet UpFighterI Don't CareCandidatesThemeUnemploymentHingesConservative ValuesUnemployment Rate Author:Rick Santorum
“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
“Obviously the first thing we need to do is repeal “Obamacare.” That's one entitlement that we can get rid of. And that's a couple trillion dollars in spending over the next 10 years.” NeedsYearsFirstsNextCoupleDollarsSpendingEntitlementObamacare Author:Rick Santorum
“We need to have a president that's going to pledge, as I have - I'm going to make America the number-one manufacturer so working men and women can have good paying jobs again in America.” MenNeedsJobsAmericaPresidentNumbersMen And WomenPledgeWorking Man Author:Rick Santorum
“I'm one of the few people up here who actually believes that we need a level playing field when it comes to manufacturing. That means a good tax code, a good regulatory environment, low energy prices, better opportunities for workers to get training...” PeopleNeedsBelieveMeanOpportunityEnergyLevelsEnvironmentFieldsTaxesLowsTrainingWorkersCodeManufacturingPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:Rick Santorum
“Obamacare is a failure but you're going to need 60 votes to change preexisting conditions - other things to make the system work and that's the problem of repealing and replacing, is you can't do it because it's a broken system.” NeedsProblemConditionsBrokenVoteObamacareRepealing Author:Rick Santorum
“The more moral the people are in their business dealings, the less paperwork you need, the more handshakes you can have, the more the wheels of capitalism work better because there's trust in the marketplace. Business ethics is not a joke. And, in fact, I think most businesses that I've dealt with encourage exactly that type of behavior.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFactsMoralTypeBehaviorJokesEthicsCapitalismWheelsMarketplaceDealingsHandshakePaperworkBusiness Ethics 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
“What we should be teaching are the problems and holes and I think there are legitimate problems and holes in the theory of evolution. And what we need to do is to present those fairly from a scientific point of view. And we should lay out areas in which the evidence supports evolution and the areas in the evidence that does not.” ThinkingNeedsShouldDoeProblemViewsSupportTeachingTheoryEvolutionEvidenceAreasLaysPoint Of ViewHolesTheory Of Evolution Author:Rick Santorum
“One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country. It's not okay. It's a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. [Sex] is supposed to be within marriage. It's supposed to be for purposes that are yes, conjugal... but also procreative. That's the perfect way that a sexual union should happen... This is special and it needs to be seen as special.” ThinkingWayNeedsShouldCountryHappensPurposeSexPresidentPerfectCrazySpecialDangerOkayUnionsSupposed To BeRealmsLicenseContraceptionNot OkayConservative ValuesConjugal Author:Rick Santorum
“If all you think we need to do to get this economy going and get this country on the right track is to cut government and reduce taxes, you don't understand America. America is a moral enterprise, not an economic enterprise.” IfsThinkingNeedsCountryGovernmentAmericaMoralEconomyCuttingEconomicTaxesTrackEnterpriseRight Track Author:Rick Santorum
