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'My political career began in 1964 at age 3 when I
handed out campaign literature for Barry Goldwater in my father's arms in Mt. Vernon, New York.
Barry Goldwater is my hero and mentor. I pledge to carry on Barry's vision. I pledge that if elected, my
first act is to give the power back to the people. It's your tax money, it's your government. I plan to
return it to you!"
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"I love the smell of vetoes in the morning! I pledge that I will veto
more bills than any President in modern American political history."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"I will end the Nanny State. I will give personal responsibility back to the
American people. The decisions on how to live your lives are yours. The decision on vaccinations for
your children is yours. The decision on what to eat is yours. The decision on what to watch on your
computer or television is yours. The decision to own a gun is yours. The decision to smoke or drink or
gamble is yours. The job of government is not to protect you from yourself. Or to prosecute victimless
crimes. Big Brother will no longer be open for business under my watch."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"Government is supposed to be of the people, by the people, and for
the people. Instead it has turned against the people. Politicians and government bureaucrats of both
parties want to impose their will and take control over every aspect of the lives of the American
people. It's time to turn the tables. I will fight on behalf of the people. I will defend the constitution. I
will repeal laws, not create new ones. I will cut government, not grow it. I will find programs to
terminate, not create new ones. The only power I will relish is the power of the veto. I love the smell
of vetoes in the morning! I vow to veto more bills than any President in history."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"Abortion is a states' rights issue. Education is a states' right issue.
Medicinal marijuana is a states' rights issue. Gay marraige is a states' rights issue. Assisted suicide- like
Terri Schiavo- is a states' rights issue. Come to think of it, almost every issue is a states' rights issue.
Let's get the federal government out of our lives."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"Misguided liberals call tax cuts 'a giveaway to the rich.' They are
missing one very important point. It's not your money. It's not government's money. That's our
money you're talking about. That money belongs to the taxpayers. When you let successful people
keep more of their own money- that's not a giveaway. How can you call it a giveaway, when you allow
me to keep a little more of my own money? We earned that money. It was never yours in the first
place."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"Government should be of the people, by the people, for the people.
What part of that do politicians and government bureaucrats not understand? Government has no
right to keep secrets from the people. The people are paying for it. It's THEIR government. They have
a right to know everything going on. I will make government transparent. One big reality show. I will
eliminate the back-alley deals, the smoke-filled rooms where secret deals are made. With me, what
you see is what you'll get. I'll bring it all out into the open. The people will be back in charge."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"When the mafia comes to a businessman and asks for 10% of what he
makes for 'protection," we rightfully call that extortion. It's a serious crime and we throw that bum in
prison for years. But the I.R.S. comes to that same businessman, asks for 50% and they don't even
offer protection in return. We call that legal taxation. It turns out that the mafia offers a much better
deal."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"The taxes levied on our Founding Fathers by the British...the same
taxes that caused the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution...are miniscule compared to the
taxes we are asked to pay today. It's time for a 21st century Boston Tea Party."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"I pledge to never raise tax rates. Never. I will sign a contract that says
so. If I break it, throw me out with all the other bums!"
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"The legacy I want to leave is simple and straight-forward. I want to be
known as the man who took the power away from the government and gave it back to the people.
Who cut government down to size. Who took the side of the individuals versus government. Who let
the taxpayers keep more of their own money. Who rewarded the people that produced all the wealth,
started the businesses, took the risks, created the jobs, made the payrolls, and paid the taxes. Who
cared about the rights, freedoms and liberty of the people. Who protected the constitution. Who
made all Americans, Libertarians."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"Now the government wants a national I.D. card to 'protect' the citizens.
Let me get this straight... the same people responsible for the Veterans Administration boondoggle,
when a lost laptop resulted in 40 million names going AWOL...now want to hold all our names, ID's and
credit info for safekeeping? Perhaps they didn't get the memo- the only thing that we, the people,
need protecting from is the government!"
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"I pledge to end all taxes on capital gains, dividends and estates (death
taxes). Those are taxes on money that has already been taxed. That is double (or triple) taxation
without representation."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"Affirmative action is reverse racism. PERIOD. No one should be
awarded a job or government contract because of the color of their skin. Two wrongs do not make a
right. Jobs and contracts should be awarded to the most qualified person- no matter the color of their
skin."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"The liberal media demonized 'privitization' of Social Security. In reality,
the issue is simple. American taxpayers deserve the same rights as federal bureaucrats- who retire
with the richest pensions in our country. Far richer than anyone on Social Security. Why? Because
unionized federal employees don't use Social Security. They get their own privatized retirement
accounts. They get to invest in stocks- something they claim would be bad for the rest of us. What a
scam. What a disgrace. What hypocrisy. Either take that right away from them, or let all taxpayers have
personal Social Security accounts."
--Wayne Allyn Root
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"I didn't leave the GOP. The Republican Party left me. Big government conservatives
like George W. Bush have buried the legacy of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan in an avalanche of
big government expansion, big government spending, like a drunken sailor and Big Brother violations
of our rights and freedoms. Government bureaucrats of both parties want the same thing- more
power and control over the lives of individuals. Our Founding Fathers were willing to sacrifice their
lives and fortunes for the very liberties and freedoms that our current politicians destroy through
sheer ignorance, greed and lust for power. Washington, Franklin, Jefferson and Madison must be
rolling over in their graves."
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