The real number of the US’ obligations, unfunded obligations that we’re passing on to our future generates is more like $70 trillion to $75 trillion.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEThe real number of the US’ obligations, unfunded obligations that we’re passing on to our future generates is more like $70 trillion to $75 trillion.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEPutin has as one of his core objectives fracturing NATO, which is one of the greatest military alliances in the history of the world.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEThe U.S. affirms freedom of speech.[Vladimir] Putin is no friend of freedom of speech.
BENJAMIN E. SASSE[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEThere is no equivalency between the United States of America, the greatest freedom loving nation in the history of the world, and the murderous thugs that are in [Vladimir] Putin’s defense of his cronyism. There’s no moral equivalency there.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEWe’re not at war with all Muslims, we’re at war with a subset of Islam that believes in killing in the name of religion, as jihadis do.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEhe U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places or ideas that are in conflict.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEWhat happens in Senate fight club stays in Senate fight club.
BENJAMIN E. SASSESo [Vladimir] Putin is a mess. He’s committed all sort of murderous thuggery, and I am opposed to the way Putin conducts himself in world affairs, and I hope that the president also wants to show moral leadership about this issue.
BENJAMIN E. SASSE[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places where our ideas are in conflict.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEOnce we affirm the goal of trying to make sure that you don’t have jihadis infiltrating terrorist flows, we need to make sure we’re doing it in a thoughtful way that’s thinking about the 10 and 15 and 20 years long battle we’re going to have against jihadists.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEWe obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But we need to tell the truth about the fact that when we set the retirement age at age 65 in America, life expectancy was only 62.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEIn the American constitutional system of three different branches, conflict – and I mean that peaceful, vigorous debate – it’s a feature of our system, not a bug. We need less all-or – winner-take-all politics.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEPeople think if they voted for somebody, they should reflexively defend everything they do or say. And if you voted against somebody, you should just as reflexively oppose everything they do or say. It’s not very helpful.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEI didn’t go to Harvard because I thought they had good academics. I went because they had crappy enough sports so they’d let me play.
BENJAMIN E. SASSEWe should vigorously debate policy differences. We have too much all-or-nothing in American politics.
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