their plan for america's job creators last week. we are serious about growing this economy. we are serious about free instilling some optimism on the part of small businesses and middle-class in this country. this president continues to give speeches as if he is there for the middle-class and the small businesses, but somehow, the rhetoric falls short because the actions have seemed to hinder job growth an entrepreneurial activity. we want to continue to push forward in this area and welcome the president finally to join us so that we get america back to work. >> you heard from the speaker and a leader on the facts that are out there. when you look at the jobs report, you sit back and wonder why. you saw a keynesian view of the economy. not only did the voters disagree

with it, now the numbers disagree with it. today it takes the average unemployed 39.7 weeks to find a job. you have been 28 weeks with unemployment. you wonder why it has been more than 750 days and the democrats have not passed a budget. why would you wait without a long-term plan? this is a time for harry reid. this is the time for the president to put partisanship aside and put the country first. there are a number of bills that house republicans have passed to roll back regulations, to focus on small business. 70% of all new jobs start with small business. let's put people before politics and let's put this country back to work. >> another month and another data point on the failure of obamanomics.

the administration still does not understand that you cannot spend, borrow, tax, and bail out your way to economic prosperity. if you look at the history of recessions in the postwar era, you have never seen a longer recession attached to a more tepid recovery than that which is occurring under president barack obama. by any historic standard, this nation should be back to work. there should be more money in the pockets of american families to send their kids to college or start a small business but there isn't. again, it is another data point on their failure. it is one of the reasons why last week, as our leader said, republicans announced their plan for america's job creators. but did ministration does not understand that one of the biggest impediments to job creation today is the lack of

confidence. the lack of confidence in the future. that come from an administration where regulators have gone wild, from a ministration pregnant the single largest tax increase in america's history. in america's administration that does not take seriously the debt that is threatening our job creators, threatening our national security, and threatening future generations. our job graders are keeping capital on the sidelines because they know historic levels of debt lead to historical levels of taxation which lead to historic levels of unemployment. that is why republicans are moving. it would put forth a budget that would solve our debt crisis, tax reform, fair and flatter and more common additive tax code, and to take care of the regulatory burden so that job creation or snow that have the confidence to go out and risk capital and put america back to work.

>> unemployment should not be rising in america. there are two main takeaways from these numbers that we heard this morning. one his that the borrowed-spend belt out policies are not working and the stimulus never worked. since president obama took office, we have lost 2.5 million jobs in america. secondly, we need a pro-growth agenda. we need to look at our competitiveness and get americans back to work. it means helping our country and ours and of unleashing those innovators. let's be honest about the debt burden and the impact that it is on our economy. let's recognize that rising gasoline prices are hurting our economy. let's start unleashing american energy. it is when the quickest ways we can get america back to work. everywhere i go, people continue to highlight the regulations that are making it difficult for them to move forward on

anything. one person put to me this way -- he said there is an elephant in the middle of the room and it is the federal government and it is getting harder and harder to get around that elephant. i spent 13 years working in a family business. i understand the rewards as well as the heartaches. during this time, this is when we need to be helping our small businesses and giving them that certainty so that there will be able to take a risk. 70% of new jobs are driven by our small businesses and we need to move forward on those policies that will give our small businesses the certainty to create those jobs. >> we have had 27 jobs reports since the stimulus. every one of those job reports has been underwhelming. it is not five reports for 10 or 15 or 20, it is 27 jobs reports. everyone says the program is underwhelming.

when will the white house realize that they are there -- that there underperformance and lack of planning and failure is a real obstacle to job creation? house republicans have articulated a wide-ranging set of alternatives that are thoughtful and robust and dynamic and that can fundamentally change the trajectory of this economy. the white house has to realize at this point, it is my hope they realize at this point, that simply hope for a change is not an economic policy. >> i have the privilege of serving in the 19th congressional district of new york. about three weeks ago, we had a meeting in my home county of west chester of the westchester county association which consists of local business men and women and the entrepreneurs

and local government officials and also students. we have a wide range of our citizens represented there. i ask them a question. did any members of the audience feel that new york state's own high tax and high regulation model led to increase opportunities and development of the economy and growth in new york? i can tell you that not one hand was raised. they sent a clear message to the members of congress. they are sending a clear message that we share in the house republican conference that we're sending to president obama and to our administration and to the senate and that message is that we must tackle the challenges we face without raising the burdens on the american people of taxes and regulation. we do have a plan. we have presented a plan for prosperity and job growth. i hope and trust the president obama and the administration and the senate will work together

with us to assure that americans have the confidence and the working capital that they need to know that they will not be burdened and will not be punished for success and they will have growth, jobs, and opportunity. >> this weekend on c-span 2, live coverage from the chicago tribune. others on native americans, sexual politics, the taliban, the beginning of the 20th century, clarence darrow and more. also a live studio audience and your calls and questions for eric posner. find the schedule on book- tv.org. >> 2012 republican presidential candidates tim pawlenti, and mitt romney, and ron paul were among the speakers at the.

freedom the the group is holding. and a two day meeting in washington d.c.. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> very much. as president obama would say," your welcome." [laughter] the bible teaches us that the truth will set us free and there are many truths that i know you have heard here today. as we wind down this great day in that faith and freedom coalition, i would like to share a few additional troops that are important for this future direction of our country.

we live in the greatest nation in history of the world. [applause] there are no people anywhere at any time that have experienced more success and more prosperity than those of us fortunate enough to live in the united states of america in these modern times. as you know, our country faces great challenges. our beloved united states of america is in big trouble. we have to make sure that we see the challenge is clearly and that we call them out clearly and we provide the solutions clearly. unfortunately, we have a president whose policies have failed and he won't tell the people the truth about what is really -- what it will really take to fix these problems. [applause] if we are going to restore the american promise, we need to have a president that keeps his or her promises to america. that is not barack obama.

he started out by making a number of big promises to the country. he stood in iowa and said we need to fix the broken health care system. back then, he opposed the individual mandate. he said he would do health care reform with republicans. he would focus on cost containment. do you remember those statements? did he keep his word to america? barack obama ran and got elected president within the first months of his presidency after he knew about the economic challenges, our nation was facing, he said he would cut the deficit in half during his first term as president. did he keep his promise to america? president obama said not to raise the debt ceiling cab. he has become the champion of raising the debt ceiling. the last thing we need to do is to give barack obama more money to waste in washington, d.c. [applause]

beyond what his promises are that have been broken, we have other challenges we will have to clean up. this is a nation that faces $4 per gallon gasoline. we've got crushing levels of unemployment that is hurting our fellow citizens and families across this country. we've got a federal government that is out of control. we have a president who offers us more fluffy rhetoric. president obama's of the rhetoric does not fill their gas tanks. with tanks it does not been our mortgages. it does not pay for our children's needs up clothes and things they might need. does not pay the mortgage. i think you can join me in telling president obama that we have had enough of your broken promises. we have had enough of your fluffy rhetoric. leave the country or get out of -- lead the country or get out of the way. [applause]

america is drowning in debt and the weight of that is crushing. we are spending, as a federal government, $40,000 per second in money they don't have ahead. in the hour or so you will be gathered here between 9:00 and 10:00, the united states of america will go $144 million more into debt. in just this one an hour. 40 cents out of every dollar that the federal government spends his money they don't have. we're not just running out of money -- we are running out of time. there are people who say that if you tell the truth as you run for president, you may lose an election. i am afraid that if we don't tell the truth we will lose our country. [applause] -- i'm going to say if we don't tell

the truth we're going to lose with my leadership and experience we can get america back to its rightful place. we need to offer real solutions. we will have to have the courage to tell each other and the american people the truth. when i started my campaign, went to the all-important state of iowa and said that even for people in iowa, there are real troops will have to tell her that means we will have to face up -- phase out the ethanol subsidies. [applause] a went down to florida and talked to seniors and others about what it will take to fix social security and other entitlement programs in this country. i went to wall street and tell them to get their snout out of the trough because there are some of the worst offenders when it comes to bail out and special deals. we can to washington, d.c. and told the federal employees that you cannot get paid more and

better than the people who are paying the bill, the taxpayers, so your benefits will be frozen. [applause] if we had time tonight to go around this room and hear each of your american stories, i think we would hear incredible stories about faith and family. think we would hear stories about the value of hard work. i think we would hear inspiring stories about people starting things and having a dream and building and creating. i think we would hear stories about people providing jobs and building businesses and working with others to make the private economy going forward. i think we would hear inspiring stories about challenges that you had in your life may be in finance or health or other loved ones are family members have struggled and maybe them or you have needed a pickup and a pat on the back of encouragement. i think we would hear incredible stories about what inspires you

about our country and the individual responsibility and hard work and faith and family. what we would hear is people standing up and saying how the bureaucracy and the government transformed your life. we need to make sure that we keep first things first and make sure that our future is based on what we now works. the way forward may not be easy but it is not complex. we know the values and principles that this country was founded on. we can look back at the chapters of success of this nation and harvest of those values and principles. need to bring them forward to the opportunities and challenges of our time. it starts with basic common- sense principles. the first one -- we need to be a nation that turns toward god, not away from god. [applause]

this is not the rhetoric of a modern-day politicians. this was the founding perspective of our founders. they put it in the founding document. as an example of that, 49 of the 50 states have language in their state constitutions like minnesota. in the very first sentence in the very first paragraph of our constitution in minnesota it says -- we the people of minnesota grateful to god for our civil and religious liberties. it does not say grateful to our city council member for grateful to our local regulator were grateful to our member of congress. these privileges and rights are endowed to as by our creator. they come from the creator. they are guaranteed by the constitution. let's remember where this begins. the second principle that is very important is that if we are going to provide a quality of life to our citizens, we need to remember this point -- it is are

to have a quality of life unless you have a life. we need to stand as a conservative movement for protection and respect for life. it is the foundation for our country and everything else. [applause] the third is a traditional marriage matters. we need to tell each other and the country that we need to keep traditional marriage elevated on a platform, all domestic relationships are not the same as traditional marriage. it needs to be protected. and mom and dad and parents matter in a child's life for obvious reasons. it is a cornerstone of our nation. it is a cornerstone of our social fabric to define marriage as between a man and woman. the co-authore of the marriage? in minnesota. [applause]

we cannot be a successful and continue to be a great nation unless we are secure. people will not dream or take risks or deploy capital or invent or do things unless they feel secure. as a nation, we need to remember that the first and most important responsibility of our federal government is to keep this nation safe and secure and our people secure. [applause] let's remember that the individuals and the mindset that perpetuated the horrible acts of september 11, 2001 and killed 3000 or so of our federal citizens, that mind-set still exists and they could have killed 30,000 or 300,000 or 3 million. as soon as they get the capability, they will try. we need to make sure we stand strong and diligent and diligent to make sure those threats are identified and called by name

and defeated before they operate against the united states of america. [applause] radical islam, not all of islam, but radical islam believes it's ok to kill and murder in the name of their religion. it is not. we need to make sure we call this by name. we need to make sure we stand up to it. it is not ok and we need to say that. one other thing -- we need a president of united states to stand shoulder to shoulder with our great friend israel and make sure there is no daylight between the united states and israel. [applause]

it has been a long day and you been here a long time. maybe things are wearing on for you. there are a couple of more speakers. i will say this slowly. i know we have some democrat trackers in the back so i will say this slowly. [laughter] so even they can follow along -- are you ready? this one is important for it is very difficult. we cannot spend more than we take in. [cheers] [applause] the federal government takes in about $2.20 trillion in revenue each year and are spending $3.70 trillion. you cannot do that as a family or a business and we cannot let the government do it anymore. [applause]

just because we followed grease into democracy does not mean we will follow them into bankruptcy. [applause] if we are going to provide a quality of life to our citizens, they have to have jobs and we need to do the things that will make it more likely that jobs will grow in this country, not less likely. i talked to hundreds and hundreds of job providers all across this country every day and they all say the same thing. get the government off my back. [applause] the burdens as measured by taxes and regulations and energy costs and litigation costs and the time and expense that goes with government saying that it will be slow and more expensive and more difficult, we want to

encourage our job providers. when government pushes into our lives and says we will take over one more space that was for family and was reserve for never was our communities or churches are places of worship or under remorse or private markets, they not only grow their own budget, they not only grow their footprint but they do something else -- they discourage the american spirit. the brilliance of this country is not in our government. it is in our people and that spirit needs to rise again. we, the american people will take back this country. [applause] i want to close and tight a the best sermons are not preach, they are lived. all the candidates will come out here in places like this and tell you that they are for cutting taxes and reducing spending and for promoting judges who are strict constructionists and pro-life and traditional marriage and being tough on terrorism and school choice and market-based

health care reform and down the list. you will say that sounds pretty similar. i hope you also asked the question -- who has actually done it? in the land of palle fraandal f we moved the needle on all that. this country has been at this intersection before it in the late 1970's, the economy was in big trouble and we were facing foreign security threats and it looked like the future would not be as bright as the past. a new president about to be sworn in walked out of the united states capitol. it was an overcast day in 1981. his name was ronald wilson reagan. as he took to the podium to take the oath of office, i remembered later in his memoirs that the clouds had parted for a brief moment and he felt a ray of warmth at the podium in the very moment he was being sworn in as president of united states.

he turned to the side of the podium and put his hand on his mother's bible and on his hand he laid his hand on the chronicles. it says -- if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and apprise and seek my face and turned from their wicked ways, i will hear from heaven, forgive their sins, and he'll land. that passage does not say if those people over there do something, it says my people. the responsibility first comes to us. this is the united states of america and the way forward will not be easy but we all have a duty and responsibility to restore this wonderful land, this god blessed country. we need to make sure that while it may not be easy, we are up

for the fight. it security were easy, everyone would be secure and prosperity, everyone would be prosperous if it were easy. if for the more easy, everyone around the world would be free. they are not. americans are because our founding fathers had the courage and wisdom to lay down these principles and values in the road map that is our country's founding documents and they envision the desperate ronald reagan personified it. lincoln stood courageously to defend it and now the call comes to each of us. i am ready for this fight. barack obama promised a great change and he did change the country. this time, in 2012, we will change the country and it will be for the better. thanks for being here. let's take back america. thank you very much. [applause] ♪ [jack and diane]

♪ ♪ >> wow, thank you. it is a busy couple of days for us. we have done something. i think we put a warning shot across the bows of the obama administration because we are coming to get him. [applause] many of you know that we have known each other for a long time. we knew each other when we were children. we started dating when we were in high school. we have been married for 42 years. we have five children.

[applause] $5 in law and 16 grandchildren. [applause] i was the one that encouraged mitt to think about getting back in this race. i love my children but any of you that have grandchildren, i love my grandchildren a lot more. [laughter] i am concerned about this country and about the direction it is going and about the future for my grandchildren which is why mitt and i have decided to get into this race and bring america back to where it needs to be. [applause] i have known mitt through thick and then. i have had a few challenges of my own. when i as diagnosed with multiple is process, he was the

man who stood by me and helped make pulled through that process that gave me the strength to overcome multiple sclerosis. it was by myself when i was diagnosed with breast cancer. that was two years ago and he stood by me through thick and thin. we have been for some good times and some bad times. the one person i know that everyone calls on when there is a crisis is mitt romney. he is the guy that knows how to fix things and how to put things back on track and how to turn things around. if ever there was a need in this country to have a turnaround, it is right now. mitt, it is up to you, sweetie. ♪ >> what a group, wow!

this is an exciting thank you. that is a remarkable woman she is my hero. i'm honored to be with you. we are united tonight in many things. we are united in the love we have for this great country. we are united in our belief in the sanctity of human life. we are united in our belief in the importance and significance of marriage between one man and one woman. [applause] we are united in our belief in america. as a gather tonight, we are also united in our concern for america because our country is in peril. about three years ago, america did something which is the kind of thing americans do from time to time. we elect someone new to the president. we did not know much about of him and he did that much of a track record but he was extraordinarily gifted as a

speaker with soaring rhetoric and promises of change and hope and convinced the american people to give him a try. now a third year into his four- year term we have more than rhetoric to go by. we have his record. barack obama has failed the american people. [applause] when he took office, his number 1 job in addition to caring for our troops overseas was to get the american economy to turn around. he can to the american people and said he wanted to borrow $787 billion. if you let me are the kind of money, i will be able to hold on employment below 8%. it has not been below 8% cents. today it kicked up to 9.1%. three years later, we have high unemployment, we have 20 million americans out of work or stop looking for work or in part-time

jobs, 20 million americans. we still have, three years later, home foreclosures at record levels. we have declining home prices. three years later, we have debt piling on debt. we have as much debt now almost the size of our total economy. this presidency has been a failure. what does he say? he says he is just getting started. [laughter] no, mr. president you have had your turn. it is our turn. we are just getting started. [applause] did you hear what he said today about the 9.1% unemployed americans? he said that as a bump in the road. no, mr. president. that is not a bomb. that is americans. unemployed people are not just a statistic. if you have this number of

people unemployed, you have college kids that can i go to the next semester and some who can't go to college. you have young married to want to start a house so that cannot afford to do so. you have marriages that sometimes break under the strain of unemployment. you have people who are 55-years old, in the prime of their life, out of work wondering if they'll ever get another job. this is not just a crisis. this is a moral crisis that we face in this country. [applause] with this crisis going on, the president is in the midwest today taking a victory lap about how successful he has been dealing in the automobile industry. he is taking a victory lap at the very time we have more people announced today that are out of work. it is an extraordinary thing. i don't think it is possible to solve the crisis if you cannot see a crisis. this president does not see a crisis and we do. [applause]

i also think it is a moral tragedy for us to pile up more and more debt that we know we cannot possibly pay off in our lifetimes and pushing them on to the next generation. i think it is totally inexcusable. i want to make sure that we as a generation pass along a torch to the next generation rather than passing on a bill for our excesses'. we will do that. i sometimes wonder how the president has been so wrong in his guidance to the economy and the nation. i am reminded of what ronald reagan said. he said it is not the liberals that are ignorant. it is what they know is wrong. [laughter] he has proven that, hasn't he? whether it is the inspiration that came from the faculty lounges he was in or the inspiration that comes from watching the policies of the europeans, much of what he has

done is similar to the policies you see come out of europe. with our economy in trouble, he did what they did. he spent more money and borrowed more money. with people out of work, he did with the europeans did. he pushed unions and saluted the union bosses record. he had the federal government take over health care. with energy challenges, he pursued cap and trade any thought higher prices would help us. the european solutions don't work for europe and they will not work for america. [applause] the right answer for america is to believe in the principles that made america america. for instance, i believe in american free enterprise, american opportunity, american freedom and liberty. my dad grew up poor.

his dad went broke -- broke more than once. my dad learn to be a carpenter. he could not get the time or money to get a college degree. he did not graduate from college. when he got married, they were across the country and he filled the back of the trunk with aluminum paint and he sold paint along the way to pay for gas and hotels. my dad believe in america. he believed in the opportunity that america represented. he was able to grow up and become the chief executive officer of one of america's leading car companies. he also became the governor of a state where he once sold aluminum paint. this is a nation where the circumstance of your birth is no barrier to your achievement if you dream. this is a great land. [applause]

i believe in free enterprise and capitalism, by the way. we need somebody who could stand up for those economic principles back in the world economically. i can do that because i have lived in those principles. [applause] i believe in the constitution and in the 10th amendment to the constitution which limits the power of the federal government and preserves the powers of the states. [applause] if i'm lucky enough to be president, i will go through the federal government and take dozens of programs that are in the federal government and return to the states and the private sector where they belong. [applause] the mother of all power grabs also returned. it is obamacare. we will get rid of that. [applause]

i believe in the principle of limited government. the government is too big. if you realize how much government at the federal and local level now accounts for an error economy, about 40% of the total u.s. economy is accounted for by government. the federal share is about 25% of the total economy, of the gdp. if i'm president of the nine states, i would say we will limit federal spending to 20%. of the gdp and we will not raise taxes and we will finally balance our budget and keep america within its means. [applause] i believe in america. i believe in freedom and opportunity. i believe in free enterprise and

capitalism. i believe in the constitution. i believe limited government and i believe in the greatness of america. when this president went around the world at the beginning of his administration and apologized for america, i was appalled. this is the greatest nation in the history of the earth. [applause] the sacrifice of our sons and daughters is unequaled in world history. this is a sacrifice made to preserve liberty for ourselves and for others. this is a great nation and there is no reason to be ashamed or apologize for america. we are proud of america. [applause] i also believe in the greatness of the american people. i know it is fashionable in some corners to get a little discouraged some time about what you see other americans do. in part, that is the news and the things we are drawn to which are the unusual. if you get a chance to do what i got a chance to do which is go

around the country and run a presidential campaign, you get a chance to meet a lot of people and learn about them. i have had the occasion to be in business 25 years of my life. i joke that i spent 25 years in business and i was on the governor four years and i never inhaled. i am still a private sector guy. i get to meet people in the normal walks of life, in the real world. i went to the olympics and that young people from all over our country and the world. i became governor of my state. i applied some of the same principles in governing a state taking on tough problems, cutting back access, making tough choices. i was probably balanced the budget every year for four years. we lowered taxes 19 times and we put in a rainy day fund of $2 billion. that would help, wouldn't it? [applause] what i drew most from these experiences was the confidence i have in the american people

and the greatness of the american spirit. i remember one day i was in my office serving as governor toward the end of my term. we got a call from the airport. they said that a soldier's body was being returned to our state, coming in on a u.s. air flight but that the family had not been able to be notified in time to get there to receive the body and the family had asked if i would come to the airport to receive the body. of course i said yes and we drove over to the airport. the police guard took me out on the tarmac and the jet came in and the people disembarked in the luggage came down the conveyor. finally, the casket came down the conveyor. the state troopers who were there with me all saluted. i put my hand on my heart. happened to glance up at the terminal. there was a big wall of glass at the terminal in boston. the people coming off the plane had seen all the cop cars so they lined up to see what was going on.

people walking down all saw the people against the glass of a pulled in behind them. it was a huge crowd up there. every single person i saw had their hand on their part. i could see -- i could not see tears on that glass but i could see the faces of appreciation and a sacrifice of that great soldier. we are a patriotic people. we face extraordinary challenges. the american people rise to the occasion. they ask for one thing -- a leader that will tell them the truth, who will live with integrity, and will lead them in the direction we need to go to preserve this great union. we have lost a couple of years but we have not lost our way. the principles that made america the hope of the earth are the principles that will keep us the great shining city on the hill. it is time for us to come together and to carry our message across this country that we are taking back america or restoring the principles that made america great nation it is. we believe in america and we will keep america strong, the

hope of the earth, worthy of a great sacrifice of those great men and women to sacrifice even today. thank you so much, good to be with you today. [applause] ♪ [journey] ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. thank you.

thank you. it is a delight to be here tonight. i cannot imagine people staying up this late to listen to politicians, believe me. it is great to be here and it is a great theme tonight, talking about freedom and fe. i cannot imagine any two more important issues than that. i frequently will say throughout my campaigning and rallies we have had that the goal of all political activity is liberty and what is the purpose of having this liberty? the purpose of liberty, as far as i'm concerned, is to allow creative energy to be released for us to them and seek virtue and excellence because governments cannot provide virtue and excellence. you have to have a free society so we as individuals can assume that responsibility. [applause] life is precious. i am an ob doctor.

there are some of my friend to take a different position on the life issue. they claim that the mother's life is precious. as an ob doctor, let us begin at conception. [applause] also, it is very legal if i, as a physician, do something wrong and enter the fetus, i can rightfully be sued. that is because of the rights of the fetus. if the fetus is injured in may accident or a homicide, there is a homicide because of a fetus being killed. there is no doubt in my mind about the respect we should have for life. why is this important? for most of us, we respect liberty and freedom. that is what we are engaged in is protecting freedom.

if we do not have high respect for life, how can we be dealing with how our personal freedom, our rights to on school our kids, and the right to pick our religion and make personal choices on what we do? it would be impossible if you don't have high regards and respect for life and then respect for liberty because without liberty, we do not have what has made this country great. [applause] we live in difficult times today because i think there has been a total rejection of some of these basic principles that have made america great. i was in the military during the 1960's. i was in the air force for five years. the 1960's were rough times. we were engaged in an undeclared war. it was tragic and a sense of life lost.

cultural changes were occurring and that is when abortion became commonplace. the people changed before the laws changed. morality has a lot to do with legislation. we don't have abortions today because the law permits it. that has made it worse but law, dated the social changes that occurred. it was the breakdown of our social system at that time. the war had something to do with it. the drug culture had something to do with it. this move toward making life so careless and accepting the notion of abortion. during this time, there was a rejection of the family, as well. it started off and the statistics came out and it showed that minorities were having more babies out of wedlock. now it is cultural. it is getting to be epidemic that the family values and

families have broken down and this is where our real problem comes from. we would like to think that all we have to do is select the right politicians and everything will be okay. believe me, the government is a reflection of the people. that is why the burden is on people like you to make sure that we have those values. [applause] the family is something that is very important. it is ingrained in our christian heritage. in the constitution, one of the provisions of that i cite the most frequently as article 1, section 8 which tells you that everything we are allowed to do, the rest of the things we're not allowed to do in the ninth and 10th amendment confirms that the league. there is a biblical passage in the old testament that says - first samuel, chapter 8 -- that is the provision i am sure you have heard of before. after the israelites can out of

egypt, they had accepted god as their king. that is what they live by. they did not have a king. what they have judges. it was a patriarchal society. it was a family-driven society. there were always going to the arguments and conflicts of these conflicts were taken not to the government but to somebody who was chosen to be a judge. , a respected person that respectable law and their traditions. a time came because there was always a temptation as the israelites were leaving egypt that there was the temptation to drift away from the belief in god. there was this effort made under samuel. the people came and said they want somebody to take care of us. we want a king. stick -- samuel strongly objected to it. he said you don't want the king that will substitute for god. he said -- you need to read that

chapter because he predicts what happens if you have a king. he said the king will take your young people, your young men to fight wars, the young women to be used in the government. they will tax you and overburden you and you have to work 45% of the time for the king. i got to thinking -- it was astute wisdom and advice but isn't that essentially what we have done today? i don't think we need a king and we don't need washington to act as if there is a king in this country. [applause] today, there is so much dependency on the government. it is cradle to grave and we have so little confidence in ourselves. we believe that if we don't have the safety net and the

government there for medical care taken care of, if we don't have the government schools, everything would fall apart. we have lost our confidence and understanding of what to liberty is all about and where it comes from. it does not come from. an arcane or our from our liberties , from our creator. that is where our life and liberty comes from. [applause] it was advised by the founders at the time that the constitution would not work if we did not remain a moral society. we are at the crossroads right now. we have lived beyond our means. we have become totally dependent. we do all the things we should not do and don't do the things we should do. take heart foreign policy -- was the last time we declare war? when is the last time we won a war out right? it has been a long time ago. we need a strong national

defense. we are allowed to defend ourselves, but the obligation is to be through the congress from the people when we have an enemy that we have to go after, we should declare the war and win the war and not have these perpetual wars allowing our president to go into places like libya without even telling us about it. [applause] faith and freedom is a crucial item. we must have the faith that generates an understanding of what to liberty is about. we also have to have confidence and an understanding, understanding about the proper foreign policy but an understanding of free-market economics. what about a biblical understanding about what honest money is about? what about honest weights and

measures and no paper currency and no federal reserve that destroys our currency? [applause] there is nothing more about our financial system or our monetary system. this recent breakdown of our system is proof positive of it. it was predictable that there was a bubble out there. guess what, washington panicked and they said the end of the world is coming so we must tax the people and spend more money and borrow more money and print more money and that will get us out of trouble. they did not ask how we got into this trouble. we spent an borrowed too much and regulated too much and we printed too much and i thought that would help. [applause] it does not work that way. honest money means you cannot

counterfeit money. there's a booklet that teaches a principle that u.s. and individual -- the government cannot do anything as an individual that you cannot do. you're not allowed to counterfeit. why do we allow the government to counterfeit? government does not have to be responsible. we don't need to raise the national debt so they are encouraged to spend more money. [applause] they should not be allowed to just print the money. it is immoral and it is an encouragement for big government. there has not been a war fought in many centers without debasing the currency. since the crash of 2008, our dollar actually has been devalued 50% against gold. therefore, look out for trouble. the odds of us cutting back and letting sensibly are not very

good. we will be challenged. we will be challenged because we will not be able to depend on our king. the kings time has run out and gets to you have to depend on? you have to depend on yourself, your family, your friends, your neighbors, and your church to be prepared. [applause] it will be challenging, there is no doubt about it. the reason we should be optimistic about this is we have great traditions. we know something about sound money, private property, contract rights. it is not like the problems that the soviet system had we are overextended and we cannot be the peacemaker of the world. we cannot be nation-building because we don't have the money. [applause]

when i think about what we need to do, everybody that wants to tell you what to do, says you have to sacrifice. i don't tell people i talk to that is up to you that you have to sacrifice. it might have to go to work and take care of yourself but what would it be like a view of less regulation and no income-tax. that means it could take care of yourself easier. [applause] the people there to be sacrificing are the people who ripped us off in the building up of eight bubble and we beldam out and they are making big bucks again. the middle class lost their jobs and mortgages and houses. a moral society would not let that happen very we need to believe once again in the principles of liberty. we need to understand why the family is the bedrock, the educational system should be for the family and the church. we should be promoting home schooling and private schooling and not depending on our [applause] public school]

system. i have spoken with a lot of young people. the burden is falling on you. [applause] the burden is falling on the young people but it is not the next generation. it is this generation right here today that we have to deal with our problems. there is a lot of enthusiasm for the renewal of the concept of personal liberty and the concept of our constitution and those things that have made america great. i thank you very much. [applause] ♪ [paradise city] ♪ >> next, live, your calls and comments on "washington journal." then a house hearing on radioactive waste. after that, the swearing in of new york rep kathy hochul.

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