Nick Smith said "I think probably it is a nicer, more friendly, better place to work and to live and to raise our kids. How do we get there, I think is the next question. Part of what we need is more and better jobs in our society. Right now that is a real challenge. What we have seen over the last 40 years is a situation where we continue to increase the taxes on individuals and businesses so that government can do the things that they think are good for you. We are suggesting now that we leave more of that hard-earned money in the pockets of people that are out there working for that money, and let them decide how to spend it, instead of this huge, overbloated government bureaucracy in Washington, DC. What has happened in this country is our savings rate that used to be high, we have one of the lowest savings rates out of the industrialized world." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I think probably it is a nicer, more friendly, better place to work and to live and to raise our kids. How do we get there, I think is the next question. Part of what we need is more and better jobs in our society. Right now that is a real challenge. What we have seen over the last 40 years is a situation where we continue to increase the taxes on individuals and businesses so that government can do the things that they think are good for you. We are suggesting now that we leave more of that hard-earned money in the pockets of people that are out there working for that money, and let them decide how to spend it, instead of this huge, overbloated government bureaucracy in Washington, DC. What has happened in this country is our savings rate that used to be high, we have one of the lowest savings rates out of the industrialized world.

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Nick Smith

Republican · Michigan

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for job creation and tax cuts during a speech on budget priorities.

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