Paul Ryan in Speech at 2011 CPAC conference


On Government Reform: Government should not solve every social problem

The size of the budget is a symptom of deeper causes and it points to different ideas about government. We basically need to ask ourselves what should government be doing? What sort of people do we want to be? What kind of character do we want our children and grandchildren to have?

The answer to this question dictates the size of government. If you believe government should be doing more to solve every social problem, you cannot also believe in limited government

Source: Speech to 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference Feb 10, 2011

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