This disappointing data, five years into an economic recovery, underscores the need for a new effort to modernize our country's safety net programs. Paul Ryan More Quotes by Paul Ryan More Quotes From Paul Ryan I feel very strongly about making work pay, about getting people transitioned from welfare to work. Get people skills they need, help they need, so they can get on the ladder of life. Paul Ryan skillspeopleneeds In government-directed economies, the collective takes priority over the individual. The moral ideal is equal results. That approach could not be further removed from the real world. Paul Ryan prioritiesgovernmentreal I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now. Paul Ryan optimismstrongamerica We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America. Paul Ryan layerscareamerica Donald Trump connected in ways with people no one else did. Paul Ryan trumppeopleway We have a plan for a stronger middle class, with the goal of generating 12 million new jobs over the next four years. Paul Ryan classjobsyears This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising people's prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs. Paul Ryan governmentrunningjobs President Obama is the kind of politician who puts promises on the record, and then calls that the record. But we are four years into this presidency. The issue is not the economy as Barack Obama inherited it, not the economy as he envisions it, but this economy as we are living it. Paul Ryan issuespromiseyears The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up to our Founding principles. This is what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said, 'In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.' Paul Ryan opportunitygivingcommitment I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states. Paul Ryan accountabilitygovernmentwant This debt crisis coming to our country. The wall and tidal wave of debt that is befalling our nation. Medicare and Social Security go bankrupt within ten years, we have a debt that is looming so high that in the last year of President Obama's budget just the interest payments on our debt is $916 billion dollars. Paul Ryan wallcountryyears I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation. Paul Ryan richwantjobs I think its rather peculiar. It's not in keeping with our founding documents, our founding vision. But I'd guess you'd have to ask the Obama administration why they purged all this language from their platform. There sure is a lot of mention of government, so I guess I would put the onus on them to answer why they did all these purges of God. Paul Ryan visiongovernmentthinking Hope and change? We're not doing that anymore. They're doing attack and blame. And so, I just think people are going to see through this. They want real leadership. They want us to get this country on the right track. Paul Ryan realleadershipcountry In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government. Paul Ryan gdpgovernmentyears Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes. We're preventing tax increases from occurring. Paul Ryan increasecuttinglooks Every now and then, President Obama sorta drops his veil. He's less coy about his philosophy, he sort of reveals his true governing philosophy, what he really believes. Paul Ryan presidentphilosophybelieve I believe in the principles that built America, I believe in the Constitution. Paul Ryan principlesbelieveamerica Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. Paul Ryan incomereformgovernment Mitt Romney and I know the difference between protecting a program, and raiding it. Ladies and gentlemen, our nation needs this debate. We want this debate. We will win this debate. Paul Ryan gentlemandifferenceswinning
