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Everything’s in danger right now. We are no longer going to be able to meet our core state responsibilities

We’re going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future.

I have three grandchildren and I’m really worried about the world that we’re going to be leaving for them

We can't be the policeman to the world and have $19 trillion in debt, going up to $21 trillion.

I think the process stinks.

And there are many challenges, new questions, new issues facing the Chinese economy, therefore I think it is very timely for the Fifth Plenary session to really focus on development as a key issue.

So is deficit reduction important? Of course, it is. But so is creating the millions of jobs we desperately need. So is making public colleges and universities tuition free.

We were raised to live simply, not to waste. It was a lesson my mother taught me every rainy morning. You see, growing up, I had only one good pair of shoes. So on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry. But I was never embarrassed. Because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young Iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet.

¦You know what, it really is time for a change. You deceived us when you went to Obama and Pelosi to get your votes for the CrOmnibus. You said you’d fight amnesty tooth and nail - you didn’t. You funded it! And then you took the only hostage that Obama would like for us to shoot. It was a terrible strategy, and it follows a number of years of broken promises. It’s time for a change.

If we work hard, we shouldn't have to struggle. There are millions of us working hard who are struggling…We've got kids we have to take care of, and it's really depressing when you can't buy the proper shoes you need for your kids.

We are the biggest buyer of cocoa in the world, and one of the biggest buyers of coffee in the world. Both of those commodities have gotten more expensive as a result of climate change.

We’re aware of where our dollars are going. We’re aware of the power of our dollars. We’re aware of the cultural significance of the way that we choose to wear our hair. There’s been a lot of taking back the power, and a lot of that is from the Internet.