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Bob Schaffer: “America is good, not so much because of the Congress or our laws or things here in Washington. America is a great…”

On the recordJune 30, 1999
America is good, not so much because of the Congress or our laws or things here in Washington. America is a great country because of the people and because of the philosophy of life that we have here in the United States. It is that philosophy and those people that we in order to honor more by not talking so much about growing Washington, but by shrinking the power of the Federal Government and encouraging and strengthen the lot of the American people.
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Bob Schaffer

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Discussing the importance of American values and the need to reduce federal government power.

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