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Vivek Ramaswamy:
Unleash the animal inside the heart of the American economy
There's this false debate between spending cuts or raising taxes between Democrats and Republicans. I think we have forgotten the biggest ingredient to actually deliver us from our problems. That is GDP growth itself. GDP growth was over 4% in this
country until the early 70s. It's been less than 2.5% ever since. I think we need to unleash the American animal inside the heart of the American economy. And so that's why I'm taking aim at certain opponents or certain anti-growth measures.
Source: CNN SOTU interviews on 2023/2024 Presidential hopefuls
Mar 13, 2023
Asa Hutchinson:
I plan to reduce federal civilian employment by 10%
Whenever you look at reducing the size of the federal government and controlling spending, I presented the idea, the plan to reduce federal civilian employment by 10%. I can do that because we reduced it by 14% in Arkansas. And so these are specific
plans that I present, and it's about the future. It's about the strength of America. It's about our leadership. So no, it's not about the past. It's about the future. And I think that resonates.
Source: Meet the Press on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
May 7, 2023
Francis Suarez:
Vowed to make Miami bitcoin hub; as mayor, paid in bitcoin
Bitcoin friendly Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has announced he's running for President.Suarez, who vowed to make the city a bitcoin hub and has accepted his salary in bitcoin, joins a growing Republican field seeking to unseat President Joe Biden in
the 2024 election. Suarez, who touted bitcoin's "democratizing impact on the future of wealth for every American" in a 2021 interview with CoinDesk, has examined ways to accept taxes and pay municipal employees in the currency.
Source: CoinDesk.com on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Jun 14, 2023
Marianne Williamson:
We are living at the effect of an unjust economic system
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump both said to the American people: I understand your rage. I understand you're upset with an obviously economically rigged system. And that is what the Democrats need to offer in 2024.
A president who isn't just saying, "Oh, it's going well," to millions of people for whom nothing like that is true, but rather we understand that you are living at the effect of an unjust economic system. And we are going to change that.
Source: ABC This Week on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Mar 5, 2023
Nikki Haley:
Our children will never forgive us for $31 trillion in debt
I think we've got $31 trillion in debt. And our children will never forgive us for it. First, we have to stop the spending binge. We've got to put Washington, D.C., on a diet. They can't continue to spend this way.
We are borrowing money just to make our interest payments. We've got to work on a way to actually pay down this debt. Fifteen percent of the federal budget is interest. We need to stop borrowing.
Source: Fox News Sunday on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Feb 19, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:
Shift budget from military to domestic spending
Kennedy said that his "primary platform" on the economy would be cutting military spending and reinvesting that money into domestic spending and development. "My primary platform is to cut the costs on the military,"
Kennedy said on the show. "Again, what we were told was a peace dividend after the collapse of the Soviet Union. … We were going to cut our military budget from about $600 billion a year to $200 billion a year."
Source: ABC News on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Jun 21, 2023
Francis Suarez:
Reduce spending and taxes
On Economic Policy: He has called for reducing spending and taxes, but hasn't given many specifics.
Mayor Francis X. Suarez of Miami has not provided many details on his economic plans, beyond calling generally for lower spending and taxes. His campaign did not respond to a request for more information.
Source: N.Y. Times on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Aug 18, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy:
Unleash the Beast and grow our way out of problems
I'm focused on economic growth; if we're back to 4% GDP growth, we actually grow our way out of many of our fiscal problems. How do we grow the economy? Let's start with shutting down that administrative State that's the source of federal regulations
that act like a wet blanket on most of the U.S economy.That bureaucracy acts as the impediment to economic growth--tear it down! Unshackle ourselves! Unleash the Beast of our U.S economy! From a position of growth we're in a much better place.
Source: YouTube video on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
May 4, 2023
Chris Christie:
Biden responsible for inflation: Jimmy Carter of the 2020s
Q: Inflation is creeping down to 3%. Do you think President Biden deserves any credit for that?CHRISTIE: What he deserves credit for is the fact that everything is 17% more expensive today than it was when he took the oath of office on
January 20 of 2021. Interest rates are at our highest level in 25 years, making it much more expensive for people to buy a home, to buy a car, to be able to invest in their business and grow it to create jobs. This guy is the Jimmy Carter of the 2020s.
Source: CNN SOTU interviews on 2023 Presidential primary hopefuls
Jul 30, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:
American economy is in trouble for most people
Q: We began by asking him to finish this sentence. The American economy right now is what?KENNEDY: In trouble.
Q: Why? A lot of the economic data is good. Consumer spending is good.
KENNEDY: Yeah, I'm aware and we're $33 trillion in debt and we
have two presidential candidates who are saying they brought prosperity to this country, but you've got 57% of the American people who cannot put their hands on $1,000 if they have an emergency. And for those people, the engine light goes on in
their car and it's like the apocalypse happened. It's the end of the world for them. We have now kids can't afford houses. Housing prices have gone from $215,000 two years ago to $400,000 today. Now, part of the
American Dream that if you worked hard, you played by the rules, you can afford a house. You can take a summer vacation, you can raise a family, put money aside for retirement and that was with one job and that's not happening.
Source: CNBC "Last Call" interview with 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Aug 30, 2023
Chase Oliver:
Veto any budget Congress sends that is not balanced
Oliver said he wants to tamp down inflation by returning to pre-?pandemic spending levels, and would veto any budget Congress sends that is not balanced. "And if a government shutdown occurs because of that, well that's less money we're spending," he
said. "And that's a bluff that I've got to be willing to call as a Libertarian."Asked about the impact that would have on American households and the interruption in pay and benefits for millions of Americans, Oliver argued the country has been put
into a "no-win situation, because we've been spent into a $32 trillion debt."
"It's like alcoholism," he said. "If you take the bottle out of the alcoholic's hand, they're going to detox….
But, over time, the body will heal itself. We have to balance our budget now and get spending under control. Because, if we don't, it only gets worse … and eventually will have a bad outcome for our economy."
Source: Cedar Rapids Gazette on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Jul 23, 2023
Chase Oliver:
Reckless spending by both parties causes reckless inflation
Oliver also went on to attack the reckless spending of both Democrats and Republicans over the last several decades, stating, "So I think it's time we provide a new voice with new enthusiasm, with new fresh ideas for the 21st century.
That's why I want to be your candidate, because I know I can be a great messenger of the libertarian philosophy throughout the 2024 election cycle.
There are so many issues where we have to have a libertarian voice, whether it be the extreme rising inflation and cost of living that are happening through households all over the country,
whether it be housing, the cost of food, or any other area the cost of living that has been driven out of control due to reckless inflation that's caused by reckless government spending."
Source: Palm Beach Examiner on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 23, 2023
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