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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

Jim DeMint

I have been on shop floors. I have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in South Carolina and across the country. And what they want is less regulation.
JIM DEMINT

Company Country Job Jobs Want
Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
JIM DEMINT

Behind Children Left States
Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
JIM DEMINT

Country Dependent Federal Government People
Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
JIM DEMINT

Character Integrity Promise
So, the point I’m making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it’s the job of every congressman and senators to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.
JIM DEMINT

Cutting Jobs Thinking
I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
JIM DEMINT

Contentious Even Play Roles
The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
JIM DEMINT

Goal Opposites Problem
Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.
JIM DEMINT

Children Country Government
Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator – life, liberty and freedom.
JIM DEMINT

Creating Government Rights
Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
JIM DEMINT

Country Facts People Republican
Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.
JIM DEMINT

Heritage Ideas Want
We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
JIM DEMINT

Conflict Freedom Mature Past
No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
JIM DEMINT

Funding Parenthood Protect
I think I’m the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.
JIM DEMINT

Mirrors President Thinking
If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
JIM DEMINT

Chief Problem Scared
The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
JIM DEMINT

Party Politician Tea

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