70% of children born into poverty will never make it to the middle class. The uncomfortable truth is that there are now a number of other countries with as much or more opportunity than ours. In fact, more people in Canada go on to surpass the income of their parents than in the United States.
MARCO RUBIOTo help people emerge from the poverty, you have to understand, what are the structural causes of it? And the structural causes are partially cultural.
More Marco Rubio Quotes
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Once again, America finds itself with some leaders who believe we can ignore the world without consequences here at home. Apparently they’re oblivious to the reality that we are less insulated from global events than ever before.
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What kind of lives or future would my children have if this was not a land of opportunity?
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The only people benefiting from the status quo in immigration [in the USA] today are the people trafficking human beings across the border, and the people who are hiring illegal labor for cheap purposes.
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The Hispanic community understands the American Dream and have not forgotten what they were promised – that in the U.S., a free market system, allows us all to succeed economically, achieve stability and security for your family and leave your children better off than yourselves.
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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.
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America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.
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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.
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I am but a generation removed from poverty and despair. Where would I be today if there had never been an America?
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I don’t really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism.
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You know, now that I come to think of it, the blizzard may be the best thing to happen to the American economy in 12 months.
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Donald Trump says five things: everyone’s dumb, he’s going to make America great again, we’re going to win, win, win. He’s winning in the polls.
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The most important thing of all is my parents were able to leave all four of their children better off than themselves. That story has a name, it’s called the American dream.
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If Donald Trump builds the wall the way he builds Trump Towers, he’ll be using illegal immigrant labor to do it.
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Government’s role in society is to protect these rights and ensure that we are safe from religious persecution and discrimination.
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I believe God has blessed our country. This country has been extraordinarily blessed.
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