It is not merely a mathematical exercise. It’s really a cultural decision over who we are and what kind of country we want to be.

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.