Rand Paul: Sen. Paul's State of the Union Response- January 20, 2015

good evening i wish i had better news for you but all is not well in america america is a drift something

is clearly wrong america needs many things but what america desperately needs is new leadership i've

only been in office a short time but one thing i've discovered is that there is no monopoly on knowledge in

washington the best thing that could happen is for us to once and for all limit the terms of all politicians we

already live at the president terms i think we should put limits on the terms of congress and infuse our government with fresh ideas before

small town but they don't understand us they simply seek to impose their will upon us from

what insurance we can buy too what light bulbs we can use to how we generate electricity most

of us in flyover country and i suspect many who live in our big cities think that those income from

it take us for granted those of us who are actively pursuing the american dream simply want government to

get out of the way for those of us who feel separated and distant from the american dream we don't want to be perpetually talked down to forgotten

and left in perpetual poverty many or discourage the thing gifts offer by liberals have

not generated wealth but rather perpetuated poverty people want a way out not fake concern

and bottles the war on poverty is fifty years old and still black unemployment is twice that

of white unemployment income inequality is worsened under this administration and tonight president

obama offers more of the same policies policies that allow the poor to get poor and

the rich to get richer pitting one american against another is not alright but not growing it he

misunderstands the bulk of america wants a bigger pot they want to work and

don't want to hand out but i hand up not only do we need new blood in washington we

need a new way of thinking in washington as a physician i was taught first do no harm to

think america would be better all if all of our politicians took the same approach first do no harm it's

self evident when america must do balance their budget if congress cannot or will not balance the budget then

then all previous presidents combined we borrow a million dollars a minute our

eighteen trillion dollar debt has become an anchor some economists argue that the burden of debt cost

us a million jobs a year i fear that this enormous burden of debt threatens our currency i

does not make us appear stronger when we borrow money from china and said the countries that burn our flag the