I don’t ever remember them telling us or teaching us that the only way we could be more successful is if other people were less successful. They never inculcated the belief that somehow, in order for us to climb the ladder, other people have to come down from the ladder.
MARCO RUBIOMy father was a bartender. And the journey from the back of that bar to the [election 2016], to me, that is the essence of the American dream.
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For more than two generations, my family had never achieved their ambitions. Their talents were unappreciated and unused. They deserved better. They hadn’t done anything wrong; they just had some bad breaks.
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But let me tell you what happens when regulations go too far, when they seem to exist only for the purpose of justifying the existence of a regulator. It kills the people trying to start a business.
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They’re calling me. I’m getting nonstop e-mails and calls now from people that have been scammed by Donald Trump. And their stories are heartbreaking.
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Despite our differences, I know that both Republicans and Democrats love America.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. And our programs to help them should reflect that.
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Presidents in both parties – from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan – have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity.
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I believe God has blessed our country. This country has been extraordinarily blessed.
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I think we need to simplify our tax code, but not as a way of generating revenue, as a way of making our tax code more growth- friendly.
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American nation was not founded on political principles. This nation was founded on spiritual principles.
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I would say to you that Americans of Hispanic descent want desperately to give their children the chances they never had.
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Any time you can degrade or take away the top leadership of an organization, it’s a positive step forward.
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Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that’s why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.
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Florida is not going to vote for a con artist like Donald Trump.
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Now, the political class tries to make sense of all of this, but they can’t, because never has the political class or the mainstream media that covers them been more out of touch with the American people than they are today.
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And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.
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