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For Over Two Centuries, Each Generation Of Americans Before Us Confronted And Solved Problems. They Embraced Opportunities And Americans Have Never Had It Easy. This Was A Nation Founded By Declaring Independence For The Most Powerful Empire In The World. This Was A Nation That Faced A Divisive And Bloody Civil War, Two Great World Wars, A Long Cold War.

If In Fact The Rates Go Up Because The President Refuses To Budge Then He Will Have To Answer For That Next Year When Our Economy Is Not Growing. When, Unfortunately, People Lose Their Jobs Who Work At A Dental Clinic As A Medical Billing Specialist, Or The Paralegal At A Law Firm Loses Their Job, Or The Courier At The Law Firm Loses A Job, These Are Not Millionaires And Billionaires.

We [the Usa] Have A $16 Trillion Debt Which These Tax Increases Will Do Nothing To Solve And You Will Have At Least 200,000 Less Jobs Next Year Than You Have Now. And The People Who Vote For That Will Be Responsible For That Decision And They Will Held Accountable For That Terrible Public Policy.

The American People Don't Trust The Federal Government To Enforce Our Immigration Laws, And We Will Not Be Able To Do Anything On Immigration Until We First Prove To The American People That Illegal Immigration Is Under Control. And We Can Do That. We Know What It Takes To Do That.

We Understand That Isis Is A Group That's Growing In Its Governance Of Territory. It's Not Just Iraq And Syria. They Are Now A Predominant Group In Libya. They Are Beginning To Pop Up In Afghanistan. They Are Increasingly Involved Now In Attacks In Yemen. They Have Jordan In Their Sights. This Group Needs To Be Confronted With Serious Proposals.