Ken Buck Quotes

#1. In my life, I'd like to play more golf and, and get a decent handicap.

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#2. I agree with the idea that there is a separation of church and state. That teachers should not be leading prayer - a particular kind of prayer in classrooms.

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#3. The corporate income tax, in particular, is a tax that puts American corporations at a disadvantage.

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#4. I think it's wrong to compromise your values to fit in with the social climate in Washington, D.C. When it comes to spending, I'm not compromising. I don't care who, what, when or where, I'm not compromising.

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#5. In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

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#6. I think we need to make sure that we are putting Social Security on a sustainable path. It's absolutely something that the federal government is going to be involved in, in the future.

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#7. While I think the earth is warming, I don't think that man-made causes are the primary factor.

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#8. To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional.

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#9. I don't believe that the science is settled on man-made climate change. And so - while I live in Colorado - you see where I live. I love the environment. And - and I want to make sure we do everything we can to protect the environment. I don't want government to put artificial standards on us.

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#10. I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.

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#11. Principles are the most important thing to me. One of the things I think my dad taught me was there are people who accept the world they live in and there are people who change the world they live in. I don't accept my circumstances.

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#12. I won't use abortion as a litmus test with a pro-choice individual. Someone that is an activist on the abortion issue, I think, goes outside the pale, and I cannot support an activist on the abortion issue.

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#13. While we have a Constitution that is very strong in the sense that we are not gonna have a religion that's sanctioned by the government, it doesn't mean that we need to have a separation between government and religion.

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#14. I don't support getting rid of Social Security.

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#15. I think that, you know, this is a different year than most years. We've got to tell the American people that we have to live with less. We have a $13.5 trillion debt. And the only way to do that is an honest campaign with honest people.

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#16. I don't believe in deadlines, I don't believe in telling the enemy when we're going to withdraw.

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#17. A jury could very well conclude that this is a case of buyer's remorse.

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#18. We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.

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#19. Well, we certainly need to raise the retirement age. I've told my 19-year-old and my 22-year-old that they're not going to be getting retirement benefits at age 62.

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#20. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.

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#21. If 'extreme' means that I am unwilling to go to Washington, D.C., and do what President Obama tells me, then so be it. But I am certainly not going to Washington, D.C. to represent the interests of D.C. I'm going there to represent Colorado values.

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#22. When we leave money in the hands of taxpayers, they buy things, they pay taxes, they grow government.

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#23. I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government.

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#24. A consumption tax, a national sales tax makes some sense. But I think that if we move towards a Fair Tax, if we move towards a national sales tax, we have to make sure that we do away with the income tax.

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#25. I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution.

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#26. What I have said is that I think the federal government and we as a society have come too far in trying to separate good organizations that perform good functions for people just based on the fact one has a religious association and one doesn't.

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