Jack Kingston: “Jimmy Carter wrote a book in the 1970s called Why Not the Best? And he talked about rethinking. So many of the things…”

“Jimmy Carter wrote a book in the 1970s called Why Not the Best? And he talked about rethinking. So many of the things that we do routinely in government, and I think that even though we had philosophical differences of what that blueprint should be, that is what, in fact, happened in 1994. I think it took many years with ideas like the challenge of Jimmy Carter, Why Not the Best; and then Ronald Reagan saying, good morning America, bringing out the best news. Now, in this day of great prosperity, the day of great medicine, great technology, great entertainment, great food supply, we still need to get to that next level in a government where our priorities have been very focused in the last 5 years. We protect and preserve Social Security. We protect and preserve Medicare. Then we pay down the debt for the next generation, and then the change. If we go to WalMart and we buy $7 hamburger and we give $10 at the counter, they are going to give us $3 back. The Federal Government, if we get a congressional cashier, he is going to keep the change and give us some more nails and all kinds of things we did not ask for. We are stopping that. To go after great communities, where the kids can walk the streets late at night not having to worry about drug pushers and crime. Education, where teachers in the classroom are getting the money, not the bureaucrats in Washington.”