“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordJune 6, 2012
My experience in business and politics tells me that most of the time when we're trying to solve problems we are actually treating symptoms.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina
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Editor's note · Context

DeMint expresses concern about addressing symptoms rather than root causes in political policy.

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