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Haley Barbour

"There's no recovery on Main Street, I can tell you that for sure. And in a re - in an economy like this, we don't need to be raising anybody's taxes."

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"There's no recovery on Main Street, I can tell you that for sure. And in a re - in an economy like this, we don't need to be raising anybody's taxes."

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Aberjhani

"Since we took office, inflation, the fiscal deficit and the balance of payments current account deficit have all fallen. GDP growth, foreign exchange reserves, stock market valuations, and investor confidence have all increased. This success is the result of a series of well thought out policies."

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Aberjhani

"And it will often happen that a man with wealth in the form of coined money will not have enough to eat, and what a ridiculous kind of wealth is that which even in abundance will not save you from dying with hunger!"

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Aberjhani

"Market economy favors the have against the have not."

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Aberjhani

"They only let us live in millions for the sake of the economy. I don't know what will happen by the time they figure out how to run the economy without the people."

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Aberjhani

"But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses."

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Aberjhani

"Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists."

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Aberjhani

"Trade can really be good for American workers and American businesses."

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Aberjhani

"My first priority is growing this economy in the long term, and stimulating it in the short term."

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Aberjhani

"Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour."

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Aberjhani

"President Obama insists he's a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works."

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"I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella."
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"I'm floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians."
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"The Obama administration and the Democratic Congress have taken the biggest lurch to the left in policy in American history. There've been no - no Congress, no administration that has run this far to the left in such a small period of time. And there is a reaction to that."
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Haley Barbour
"I have a record as governor. I have a record of cutting spending. And I talked yesterday not only about we ought to cut spending, I talked about how we've cut spending in Mississippi and how if you did the same things in the federal government, you would save tens of billions of dollars a year."
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"Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses."
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"Big business has no party and never shall have."
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"I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will immediately be lobbying. They would be advocating to the Congress, they'll be lobbying our allies and our adversaries overseas. They'll be asking the business community and labor unions."
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Haley Barbour
"When I became governor, spending actually increased 28 percent my first term. Revenue increased 42 percent my first term without raising anybody's taxes. We did it because we had more taxpayers with more taxable income. That's how you get the revenue up. We did that without raising anybody's taxes."
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Haley Barbour
"There's no recovery on Main Street, I can tell you that for sure. And in a re - in an economy like this, we don't need to be raising anybody's taxes."
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