“Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.” Quote by Joseph Nye
“America should find its interests in ways which are more consistent with the interests of other countries, which are things that are good for us but also good for others. That will make Americans exporters of hope again, not exporters of fear.” WayShouldCountryAmericaInterestConsistentOther Countries Author:Joseph Nye
“The national interest is predetermined by geopolitics or the history of a country. Important political leaders never just followed their interests - they were concerned about the interests of their people.” PeopleImportantCountryPoliticalInterestLeaderConcernedGeopoliticsPolitical LeadersNational InterestsPredetermined Author:Joseph Nye
“Lets all be reminded, 60 million Americans are on Social Security, 60 million. A third of those people depend on 90% of their income from Social Security. Nobody in this country is on Social Security because they made the decision when they were starting work at 14 that they wanted to trust some of their money with the government.” PeopleMadeCountryGovernmentWantedSocialDecisionMillionsSecurityDependsThirdsStartingIncomeSocial Security Author:Mike Huckabee
“If Congress wants to mess with the retirement program, why don't we let them start by changing their retirement program, and not have one, instead of talking about getting rid of Social Security and Medicare that was robbed $700 billion dollars to pay for Obamacare.” IfsWantSocialPayTalkingSecurityProgramDollarsCongressBillionsMessRetirementSocial SecurityObamacareMedicare Author:Mike Huckabee
“I don't disagree with ending Congress' retirement program. I'm a governor, I don't have a retirement program in my state, and I don't disagree with that.” StatesProgramCongressRetirementDisagreeGovernors Author:Chris Christie
“One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically. Most of the income in this country is made by people at the top who get dividends and - and capital gains.” PeopleMadeCountryReasonSocialTroubleSecurityGainsIncomeStreamsWagesSocial SecurityFundingDividendsCapital Gains Author:Mike Huckabee
“The fair (ph) transforms the process by which we fund Social Security and Medicare because the money paid in consumption is paid by everybody, including illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers, all the people that are freeloading off the system now.” PeopleSocialProcessSecurityDrugFairsPaidIncludingFundConsumptionSocial SecurityMedicareDealerPimpDrug Dealers Author:Mike Huckabee
“I've used the laws of the country to my advantage.” CountryLawUsedAdvantageAttention Seeking Author:Donald Trump
“I've taken advantage of the laws. And frankly, so has everybody else in my position.” LawTakenPositionAdvantageTaken Advantage Author:Donald Trump
“We need to have a regulatory budget in America that limits the amount of regulations on our economy. We need to repeal and replace Obamacare and we need to improve higher education so that people can have access to the skills they need for 21st century jobs.” PeopleNeedsJobsAmericaEconomyCenturyAmountHigherSkillsLimitsAccessBudgetsRegulation21st CenturyObamacareHigher Education Author:Marco Rubio