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LEADERSHIP is about
results, not rhetoric.
"Washington is Broken."
We've tried Barack Obama's way...and his way has failed.
Washington is broken and our country is going broke. Fluffy
promises of hope and change don't buy our groceries, make our mortgage
payments, put gas in our cars, or pay for our children's clothes.
"I'm not from Washington, I'm
from the Midwest."
The son of a truck driver, I grew up in the shadow of the stockyards of
South Saint Paul, Minnesota. When I was 16 years old my mom
passed away from ovarian cancer. A while later, my dad lost his
job. In situations like that, you learn some things.
I learned to rely on my faith in God, in challenging times and at all
times. I learned the value of hard work, being honest and never
giving up on the American Dream.
"These are the Midwestern values
I'll bring to the White House."
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
"To have a bigger economy that
produces more jobs,
we need a smaller government that spends less money."
A Fairer Pro-Growth Tax Code
Obama's debt and a planned tax rate increase to 45% is strangling our
economy. We must cut spending and reduce taxes on families and
businesses to create good paying jobs for the American people. We must:
- - Cut the business tax race (now the second highest
in the world) from 35% to 15%.
- - Make the individual tax code fairer and flatter,
reducing rates to 25% and 10%.
- - Eliminate the death tax, capital gains, interest,
and dividends taxes.
Stop the Spending
We need to remind the federal bureaucracy that government exists to
serve its citizens, not itself. We must:
- - Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment that caps federal
spending at 18% of GDP.
- - Apply Lean Six Sigma to federal agencies to save up
to 20% by cutting out inefficient spending.
- - Oppose increasing the debt limit.
- - Give the President power to impound up to 5% of
federal spending until the budget is balanced.
End Big Bank Bailouts
& Corporate Handouts
Barack Obama, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd institutionalized 'too big to
fail.' We simply can't afford to keep bailing out businesses that
fail due to their own mismanagement. We must:
- - End the Wall Street bailouts and the policy of 'too
big to fail.'
- - Privatize Fannie and Freddie.
- - Eliminate corporate tax loopholes and subsidies.
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Reform Entitlement Programs
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are going bankrupt. We must:
- - Give Medicaid to the states, with block granted
funding instead of federal mandates.
- - Gradually raise the Social Security retirement age
for those entering the workforce.
- - Means test Social Security cost-of-living
adjustments for high income people who have not yet retired.
- - Reform Medicare with pay-for-performance, so we
reward healthcare providers for good medical outcomes, not just high
volumes.
Repeal ObamaCare
The Washington takeover of healthcare is a top-down, one size fits all
bureaucracy. As Governor, Tim Pawlenty signed an executive order
rejecting ObamaCare in Minnesota. We must:
- - Repeal ObamaCare.
- - Make quality and costs more transparent, and
incentivize smarter healthcare decisions.
- - Put people, not the government, in charge of their
own healthcare.
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