#erica

People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

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President Obama's fight for rural America is personal. He was raised by a single mom and grandparents from Kansas. He hails from a farming state, Illinois. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#farming #fight #grandparents #illinois #kansas

Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#back #because #believe #give #got

There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

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We are witnessing a slow, steady takeover of our true freedoms. We are becoming a socialist nation, and whoever can't see this is probably hoping it isn't true. If we permit Mr. Obama to take over all our industries, if we permit him to raise our taxes to support unconstitutional causes, then we will be in default. This great America will become a paralyzed nation. ↗

— Jon Voight

#become #becoming #causes #default #freedoms

This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way. ↗

— Jon Voight

#before #country #era #ever #every

Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#bad #countries #latin #latin american #lot

The short story, on the other hand, is the perfect American form. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#form #hand #other #perfect #short

American government was founded on a belief and a faith in God and in doing what is right and just. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#american government #belief #doing #faith #founded

Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

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