Kristi Noem Quotes

#1. Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C.

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#2. What our family has done is participate in the farm programs. And so the farm programs I think essentially almost every farmer in South Dakota has participated in those, and they haven't been bailouts, they have been programs that the United States has put forward for farmers to participate in.

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#3. A lot of people have tried to put labels on me, but right now I'm focused on being Kristi Noem and getting my message out to South Dakotans.

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#4. I think everyday people on the street who have never been affiliated with the tea party movement are alarmed with the spending and the debt that we have.

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#5. We didn't come here to become Washington, we came here to change Washington.

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#6. I think labels have been used alot during this election process to divide people, and at this point in time we really need people to come together, and be their own person, come with their own suggestions, and really solve the problems that we have facing this country.

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#7. So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party.

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#8. We need to simplify our tax code. We need to make sure that it's not too cumbersome for people to be able to comply with. And that they don't end up spending more money trying to file their taxes than they do actually paying in.

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#9. So when I look at spending more dollars, I look at the fact, do I really want my kids and your kids and everybody else's kids in this country to have to pay that bill?

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#10. I'd rather have a real South Dakotan who has lived in this state and made her living here instead of someone with a fancy East Coast law degree any day.

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#11. I think we need to have competitive tax rates in order to create jobs in this country. And I think it should be fair.

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#12. We have to get government out of the job of picking winners and losers. That's what they've been doing the last year and a half, getting in the way of businesses that are trying to reinvest to get our economy back on its feet.

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#13. We must stop spending money that we just don't have. Historic debt leads to historic tax increases, which stifle job growth.

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