I want people to make a lot more than $9. $9 is not enough. The problem is that if you can’t do that by mandating it in the minimum wage laws. Minimum wage laws never worked in terms of helping the middle class attain more prosperity.
MARCO RUBIOThe world doesn’t just stop and say, well, let’s wait until the president catches up before we start challenging America.
More Marco Rubio Quotes
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The greatest thing that we can do for the world is be America.
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I’m not going to change who I am. I’m not going to change why I’m running… I’m running for president [in 2016], and I’m running because we can’t afford another four years like the last eight years.
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Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for.
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The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it’s by making poor people richer.
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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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Any time you can degrade or take away the top leadership of an organization, it’s a positive step forward.
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Religious freedom is often referred to as America’s first freedom. Our country was founded by religious exiles and built on the belief that God has given all people certain inalienable rights.
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I can tell you what I believe, particularly about Mexican-Americans: they are a community that has contributed greatly to this country, they work extremely hard, they’ve been very productive citizens of our country, and I think that’s true of many ethnic groups in this country.
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Despite our differences, I know that both Republicans and Democrats love America.
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Conservatives aren’t anti-immigrant – conservatives are pro-legal immigration.
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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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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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The vast majority of the American people are hard-working taxpayers who take responsibility for their families, go to work every day, they pay their mortgage on time, they volunteer in the community.
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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 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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