"Collectively states are spending more on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education."
Wayne Powell has a "stated position of having no objection to taking `In God We Trust" off of U.S. currency."
"If you look at the benefits and wages of recorded federal employees, they far outstrip the market rates of the private sector."
There is "a situation in this country where you're nearing 50 percent of people who don't even pay income taxes."
"You’ve got each day 10,000 new seniors, baby boomers, becoming eligible for the entitlement programs."
"The budget submitted by Obama will add more to the debt than the outstanding debt of the previous 43 presidents combined."
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